[Later, doubts arose as to the exercise of the right and title of patronage which was reserved to the Misericordia in the foregoing agreement; and certain individual members of that association, "moved (as it is inferred) by pious although very indiscreet zeal," stirred up these doubts and made officious inquiries. Although they did no harm, it was thought best to consult the heads of the Jesuit university in regard to the objections thus raised; and their opinion (undated) is given by Maldonado. Those learned professors declared in favor of the hospitalers, saying that any official visitation and inspection of their work could be made only by the archbishop of the islands; the officers of the Misericordia might visit the hospital, but could not, even as its patrons, exercise any legal authority or compulsion over the brethren of St. John, or bring against them any legal claim. The Jesuits refer to such a stipulation in the original document transferring the hospital (chap, vii); they also remind the Misericordia of the wretched condition in which the hospital was when that association gave it up--for this purpose citing the inventory made at that time of the property thus transferred. Some curious particulars are found therein. The old hospital had but one ward, under which was "the old chapel, where the dead were buried." One of the items is, "Twelve head of slaves, most of them more than fifty years old, and some past sixty." Its equipment of bedding, etc., comprises "four old tents of medriñaque; seven mattresses, made of Ilocos blankets, with their outside badly worn; ten pillows, with their covers of medriñaque, old; two tables, with tablecovers, with six napkins, old; twelve sheets of Ilocos weave." Various articles for the use or adornment of the altar in the church are listed, most of them characterized as "old;" while an image of St. Joseph and the Holy Child is "old and battered." There are "nine old cots for beds;" "a large chest, old, without any key;" "an old wooden table, on which the food is distributed;" "two old chairs for seats;" "four large cots, for Spanish women;" "two old books which treat of medicine" (evidently those asked for by the Franciscans in 1619); "one hundred and twelve porcelain vials, empty;" "sixty-one gallipots of Chinese porcelain, empty;" "two stone kitchen mortars, without handles;" and some few other articles suitable for hospital use, that are presumably in good condition. In view of these facts, there is no ground for bringing complaints against the brethren of St. John, especially since they were not obliged by the document of donation to conform to any given standard in their management of the hospital, nor was any provision made therein for summoning them to give account thereof to the ordinary. The labors of conducting the hospital and providing means for its support are quite arduous enough for the order, without imposing upon it the burden of keeping accounts of