The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 - 1609-1616 - 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, Sho by Unknown
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Village of Tubor, with one hundred and fifty tributes 150
Village of Baclayon, with three hundred tributes 300 Village of Dita, with three hundred tributes 300 Village of Tubigan, with fifty tributes 50 Village of Hinabangan, with two hundred tributes. 200 Village of Bacacay, with thirty tributes. 30 Village of Talibon, with two hundred tributes. 200 Village of Bauliron, with one hundred tributes. 100 Village of Yngaon, with one hundred and twenty tributes. 120 Village of Panglao, with sixty tributes. 60 Village of Siquior, with eighty tributes. 80 2,200 tributes and 12 churches. Consequently this residence instructs two thousand two hundred tributes, of which two thousand and fifty belong to the king, our sovereign. Four fathers and two brethren minister to all of them. As your Lordship ordered, the Society of Jesus presents this paper, in which are recorded faithfully its ministers, the villages where they are stationed, the churches, tributes, and extent of its field. From it two things are apparent: the first, how necessary is a greater union and settlement of the Indians, in such form as your Highness may judge best; the second, that the need of help by a great number of new ministers is extreme. For where there are four priests, ten are regularly needed, because the indicated number of tributes corresponds to a very much greater number of souls, either now confessing or being catechised for baptism as is apparent from the report of a residence that accompanies this present. |
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