5. _Letter from Fernando de Silva_, 1626.--The same as No. 3.

6. _Letter from sisters of St.Clare_.--"Simancas--Eclesiastico;

Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de personas eclesiasticas

de Filipinas; años 1609 á 1644; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 43."

7. _Petition for aid to seminary_.--"Simancas--Secular; Audiencia de

Filipinas; cartas y espedientes de personas seculares vistos en el

Consejo; años de 1628 á 16[34?]; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 40."

8. _Royal decrees_, 1626.--(a) The first of these is in "Audiencia

de Filipinas; registro de oficio, reales ordenes dirigidas á las

autoridades del distrito de la Audiencia; años 1597 á 1634; est. 105,

caj. 2, leg. 1." (b) The other two are taken from the Archivo Historico

Nacional, as noted below.

9. _Importance of Philippines_.--The same title as No. 7, but "años

de 1565 á 1594; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 34." (Evidently misplaced.)

10. _Decrees regarding religious_.--(a) The same as No. 8 (a). (b)

Also in the Sevilla archives; but we have followed Pastells's text

in his edition of Colin (t. iii, pp. 760, 761). (c) The same as No. 1.

11. _Inadvisability of occupying Formosa_.--Simancas--Secular;

Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y espedientes del presidente y oidores

de dicha Audiencia vistos en el Consejo; años 1607 á 1626; est. 67,

caj. 6, leg. 20."

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