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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55: 1609-1616; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55: 1609-1616; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

Village of Carigara, with about three hundred and
sixty tributes.                                                 360
Village of Barugo, with one hundred and eighty
tributes.                                                       180
Village of Alangalan, with four hundred tributes.               400
Village of Xaro, with three hundred and fifty
tributes.                                                       350
Village of Leyte, with two hundred and twenty
tributes.                                                       220
Village of Ogmuc, with one hundred and sixty
tributes.                                                       160
Village of the island of Camotes, called Poro, with
one hundred and fifty tributes.                                 150
Village of Baybay, with one hundred and eighty
tributes.                                                       180
Village of Canamucan, with one hundred and twenty
tributes.                                                       120
Village of Ymasava, with forty tributes.                         40
Village of Cabalian, with one hundred and fifty
tributes.                                                       150
Village of Panaon, with fifty tributes.                          50
Village of Nonangan, with sixty tributes.                        60

                                     2,420 tributes and 13 churches.


Consequently, the said residence has in charge thirteen churches in
which are instructed two thousand four hundred and twenty tributes;
these are administered by four priests, aided by two brethren.


_Residence of Tinagon_

This residence is located in the island of Ybabao and includes the
islets of Cavayan and Capul. Twelve villages with their churches are
instructed in it. They are as follows, lying within a distance of
twenty leguas.


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