There are forty-three religious in Manila--sixteen priests, eleven students, eight lay-brethren, and eight novices--counting among the priests the father provincial and his associate, Father Valerio, who are now about to go on a visit, with one brother already counted; and Father Alonso de Humanes, who is now about to go to Roma with another brother of Manila; and counting also the three religious in the seminary of San Joseph. Consequently they attend not only to preaching to and confessing the Spanish in Manila, and the other duties usual in the professed houses; but also to the principal object, the studies of Latin, arts, and theology, and the training of novices. They have charge of the seminary for the secular students; and attend to the Indians of San Miguel and the others of the city, with frequent confessions and sermons. _Mission of Silan_ One father and one brother--sometimes two fathers--generally reside in this mission [_doctrina_] in subordination to the college of Manila. The tributes of the village of Silan are about four hundred, and those of the village of Malabag, a visita, lying one-half legua away, about seventy tributes. _Octon_ The mission [_mision_] of Octon has one father and one brother. The novitiate of San Pedro, which is being founded and instituted, has two brethren. _Residence of Antipolo_ There are four fathers and three brethren in this residence. The villages of this residence where the fathers always officiate number three, and have three churches: Antipolo, with two visitas, namely, Santa Cruz and Mahayay; Taytay, with one visita, namely, Caynta; and the village of Santiago de la Cruz, which has no visita, but attracts savage Indians from the forests. The souls in confession of this residence number about five thousand, already well instructed Christians, and they give much occupation to the fathers. The churches and tributes in charge of the fathers of the Society of Jesus in the province of Pintados are as follows. _Zebu_ The college of Zebu has in charge an Indian village situated one legua from the city, which has eighty tributes. It has three fathers and three brethren, who are busily occupied with the Spanish inhabitants and soldiers, the Indians of the city and of the neighborhood, and the boys' school. It needs many more laborers. _Residence of Dulac_ Part of the island of Leyte and part of that of Ybabao--on that side where those two islands almost join--have four fathers and two brethren in charge. This [_i.e._, the waterway between the islands] has been a great convenience for conducting the instruction. This residence comprises a circuit of about thirty leguas or so. In that space it has in charge the following villages, each village having one church. Tributes