The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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 35, 1640-1649: 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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35. The convent of San Diego of Cavite (a communal convent) has
four religious, and one nurse who attends through charity to the
sailors and natives who work at shipbuilding. It has no ministry,
and is supported by alms.
Province of Camarines
1. In the city of [Nueva] Cáçeres is the convent of Nuestro Padre
San Francisco, which is communal and administers the part of the city
called Naga. It has 150 tributes, or 600 persons. It also administers
the village of Canaman and that of Milanix. The village of Canaman
has 400 tributes, or 1,500 Christians. One religious lives there who
is subject to Naga. The village of Milanix is two leguas thence, and
has 303 tributes, or 1,200 persons. There are generally four priests
and two religious lay-brothers for the hospital in the convent of Naga.
2. The convent of Indar, which is six leguas by sea from Paracali,
has 400 tributes or 1,800 persons. It has a visita up stream. Its
church and house are of plank, and two religious live there.
3. Two leguas [thence] by land is the convent of San Juan Bautista
of Dait, which, together with a visita that it possesses, has 300
tributes, or 1,200 persons. It has a church and house of plank,
and one religious lives there.
4. Eight leguas [thence] by sea is the convent of Santiago of Ligmanan,
with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. It has a stone church and house,
and one religious lives there.
5. Four leguas [thence] by sea and land is the convent of Nuestra
Señora of Quipayo, which, with three visitas, has 600 tributes, or
2,400 persons. Its church and house are built of brick, and it is
administered by two religious.
6. On the other side of [Nueva] Cáçeres (or Naga), toward the main
part of the province and three leguas up the river, is the convent of
Minalana, with 360 tributes, or 1,300 persons. Its church and house
are of plank, and it is administered by one religious.
7. Six leguas [thence] is the convent of Santa María Magdalena of Bula,
which, with one visita, has 250 tributes, or 900 persons. Its church
and house are of plank, and it is administered by one religious.
8. Three leguas [thence] is the convent of Santa Cruz of Nabua,
with 600 tributes, besides some Negrillos who come down from the
mountains. The tributes of the mission alone amount to more than 2,400
persons. The church and house are of wood, and it is administered by
two religious.
9. One legua [thence] is the convent of San Antonio of Iraga, with
460 tributes, or 1,600 persons. Its church and house are of wood,
and it is administered by one religious.
10. Three leguas [thence] is the convent of Nuestro Padre San Francisco
of Buy, with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house are
of wood, and it is administered by one religious.
11. Six leguas [thence] is the convent of Santiago of Libón, with
300 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and house are of brick,
and it is administered by one religious.
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