the amount of their collections at the order of their respective prelates, so that in the presence of the other keyholders, the same deposit may be made. Since it was determined by the above-mentioned royal decree, the persons who are to have charge of the three keys, so far as this archbishopric is concerned, are this vice-patron [i.e., the governor], his Excellency the archbishop, and the member of the cabildo who shall be elected; it is only to be noted, in order to avoid any reason from which any doubt can result prejudicial to this important object, that the peculiar provision for the collection of the three per cent corresponding to the curacies of the district, is comprehended in the preceding article; and by this methodical order, all the governors, corregidors, and alcaldes-mayor, except those of Cebú, Camarines, and Ilocos, must be guided. For the foundation of the seminary of Nueva Segovia, the alcalde-mayor shall confer with his Excellency, the bishop of that diocese, in order that they may select a site fitting for the extension which should be given to it, with respect to the number of persons whom it can maintain, and who are necessary for the discharge of the duties of the bishopric. For that purpose a plan of the work must be made by experts, and at the same time its cost must be estimated, so that after it has been sent to the superior government, with expression of the funds existing in the three per cent, and of what it is calculated that those funds will yield annually, the government may take the fitting measures, in order that the construction may not be undertaken if it must be suspended later through lack of funds. May God preserve you many years. Manila, March 26, 1803. II MODERN CONDITIONS [The following is taken from Archipiélago Filipino (Washington, 1900), i, pp. 343, 344.] There are five seminaries in Filipinas, corresponding to the archdiocese of Manila, and to the four suffragan dioceses of Cebú, Jaro, Nueva Cáceres, and Nueva Segovia, in which the bishops, in accordance with the terms of the Council of Trent, have established the training of the secular clergy. They cannot properly be said to have begun to perform their functions until 1862, when the fathers of the congregation of St. Vincent of Paul came to these islands. Those fathers took said seminaries in charge and direct them at present, with the exception of that of Nueva Segovia, which was in charge of the calced Augustinian fathers. Before the year 1862, the majority of the secular clergy was educated in the colleges of Manila, especially in that of San Juan de Letran, and in that of San José....