[4] The limits of our space prevent us from presenting part i of this interesting document in full; but such matter is selected as relates to Manila, Cavite, Cebú, and Zamboanga, as being the most important Spanish settlements in the islands. The list at the end shows the contents of Valdés Tamón's report in full, and presents an enumeration of all the military posts, with the names bestowed on the forts therein. Part ii, on the ecclesiastical estate, is translated in full (save for preliminary and final remarks, and two letters of minor interest). [5] The city of Manila is located in 14° 35' 31'' N. latitude, and 120° 58' 08'' E. longitude (from Greenwich). The following longitudes (reckoned from Greenwich) will enable the reader to compute the differences in maps on which longitude is reckoned from other meridians: Madrid (Observatory), Spain, 3° 41' 21'' W.; San Fernando (Observatory), Spain, 6° 12' 24'' W.; Paris (Observatory), France, 2° 20' 14'' E.; Ferro, the extreme southwest of the Canary Islands (the assumed dividing line between the east and west hemispheres), 17° 20' W.; Washington, D. C. (Observatory), 77° 2' 48'' W. (U. S. Philippine Gazetteer, p. 183.) [6] See accompanying plan of Manila, obtained from the Valdés Tamón MS. in Madrid. An interesting "historical sketch of the walls of Manila" is found in the Annual Report of the U. S. War Department, 1903, iii, pp. 434-446, which contains numerous illustrations of the walls and gates, some of which show defenses which have since been demolished. A note (by Capt. A. C. Macomb) states that the map of Manila referred to in Valdés Tamón's report is supposed to be identical with that carried to England by General Draper after the capture of Manila in 1762, which is now in the British Museum in London. Concerning the plates of the map taken to England by Draper (the famous Murillo Velarde map, engraved in 1734), see our VOL. XLIX, note 25. [7] Possibly guns for firing chain-shots (also called "angel-shots"). [8] Pandayes: a term adapted from the Tagal, panday being the equivalent of the Spanish oficial. [9] Thus in MS., but evidently a clerical error, since the amount of pay is so inadequate for the number of men. The amounts of pay given in these lists, added together, make a total which is over 7,000 pesos short of the total in the next paragraph; it is probable, then, that the pay of these artisans should be at least 7,000 more than the amount stated in the text. [10] Perhaps meaning men who had the care of keeping the barracks in order and repair. The word is not found in the dictionaries.