proceed to deliver the wine, obliging the parties concerned to provide for themselves whatever lack might occur in the future, to which all agreed; in virtue of this, from that time was delivered to them all that was their share in the pro rata division of the net amount of all the wine that was on hand for this purpose. As for the cocoanut-oil for the lamps, there is seldom any change in the amount paid to the churches; for it is the current practice, in all the provinces where that tree grows, that the Indians contribute it on account of the tribute, at the fixed price of one real for a ganta, and at the same price when it must be purchased, which the natives call "bandala." If there is any excess of cost, it is in the fact that oil is bought on urgent occasions in this city for the careening of the vessels and other special needs of the royal service--for which as regards the contributions [to the churches], only so much is levied [from the Indians] as accords with the amount agreed on [with them]. Besides this enormous amount of stipends and offerings with which his Majesty aids the ecclesiastical estate, the ministers in charge of the villages of Indian converts have generally introduced the annual collection, from the parishioners under their administration, of three reals from each whole tribute (that is, a man and wife) and from an unmarried man half that amount, as an offering, for the feasts of the titular saint of the village, the monument, and All Saints' day; this also realizes a considerable sum for them, which may be more clearly understood by the statement which is presented in the following table: Summary of what the ministers who are in charge of the Indian villages receive from their parishioners, as an offering, for the three feast days of each village. [Class] Ministers Villages Tributes Offerings, p. t. gr. Secular ecclesiastics 49 86 32,254 12,095 2 Religious of St. Dominic 42 42 23,316 1/2 8,743 5 6 Religious of St. Francis 62 66 25,520 9,570 Calced religious of St.Augustine 89 93 56,923 21,346 1 Society of Jesus 71 90 35,524 1/2 13,321 5 6 Discalced Augustinians 28 38 11,276 1/2 4,228 5 6 --- --- ----------- ------------ Totals 341 415 184,814 1/2 69,305 3 6