The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 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, Volume XLV, 1736 Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne. The Arthur H. Clark Company Cleveland, Ohio MCMVI CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLV Preface 11 Document of 1736 Commerce of the Philippines with Nueva España, 1640-1736 (concluded). Antonio Álvarez de Abreu; Madrid, 1736. [From Extracto historial.] 29 Bibliographical Data 89 Appendix: Education in the Philippines Letter from the ecclesiastical cabildo to Felipe III. Juan de Bivero, and others; Manila, July 12, 1601 97 The college of San José. In two parts. I--Francisco Colin, S.J.; Madrid, 1663. [From his Labor evangelica.] II--Summary of history, compiled from various sources 101 The college and university of Santo Tomás. In three parts. I--Baltasar de Santa Cruz, O.P.; Zaragoza, 1693. [From his Historia.] II--Cárlos III; El Pardo, March 7, 1785. III--Evarista Fernandez Arias, O.P., Manila, July 2, 1885 141 Royal college of San Felipe de Austria. In two parts. I--Casimiro Diaz, O.S.A.; Valladolid, 1890. [From his Conquistas (written in the first half of the eighteenth century).] II--Summary of history, from notes in Pastells's edition of Colin's Labor evangélica, Barcelona, 1904 170 Secular priests in the Philippines. Felipe Pardo, O.P.; [Manila], June 6, 1680 182 Royal decree concerning native schools. Cárlos II; Madrid, June 20, 1686 184 College-seminary of San Felipe. In two parts. I--Felipe V; Madrid, March 3, 1710. II--Juan de la Concepción, Sampaloc, 1788-1792. [From his Historia general.] 187 College of San Juan de Letran. Vicente Salazar, O.P.; Manila, 1742. [From his Historia.] 208 Law regulating marriages of students. Cárlos IV;