Contents of Volume VIII

Preface ... 9

Documents of 1591

The collection of tributes in the Filipinas Islands

(_concluded_). Domingo de Salazar, and others; Manila,

January-March ... 25

Liberty of the Indians in the Philippinas. Gregory XIV;

Rome, April 18 ... 70

Articles of contract for the conquest of

Mindanao. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas and Estevan Rodriguez

de Figueroa; Manila, May 12 ... 73

Ordinance forbidding the Indians to wear Chinese

stuffs. G. P. Dasmariñas, and others; Manila, April

9-May 20 ... 78

Account of the encomiendas in the Philipinas

Islands. [G. P. Dasmariñas]; Manila, May 31 ... 96

Letter to Felipe II. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, June

20 ... 142

The fortification of Manila. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila,

June 20 ... 169

Investigations at Manila concerning trade with

Macan. Melchor de Baeca, and others; Manila, May

23-November 19 ... 174

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