er was suppressed for ever in France in 1764.

[92] At the date of the Tagalog Rebellion (1896) the Jesuits in the
Islands were as follows: In Manila, 24 priests, 25 lay brothers, and
13 teachers; in Mindanao, 62 priests and 43 lay brothers, making a
total of 167 individuals. They were not allowed to possess real estate.

[93] _Vide_ "Catalogo de los Religiosos de N.S.P. San
Agustin." Published in Manila, 1864.

[94] The Augustinian Order was founded in the 4th century; the
Franciscan in 1210 and confirmed by Papal Bull in 1223; the Dominican
in 1261; the Recoleto in 1602; the Benedictine in 530; the Capuchin
in 1209 and the Paulist in 1625.

[95] For any further expense this might incur, 3 per cent, was deducted
from the parish priests' emoluments.

[96] "Recopilacion de las Leyes de Indias."--Ley 46, tit. 14, lib. 1 deg.,
forbids priests and members of any religious body to take part in
matters of Civil Government.

[97] In the early days of Mexican conquest, the conquered land was
apportioned to the warriors under the name of _Repartimentos_, but
such divisions included the absolute possession of the natives as
slaves (_vide_ "La vida y escritos del P. Fray Bartolome de las Casas,
Obispo de Chiapa," by Antonio Maria Fabie, Colonial Minister in the
Canovas Cabinet of 1890 Madrid).

[98] Juan Salcedo, Legaspi's grandson (_vide_ Chaps. ii. and iv.) was
rewarded with several _Encomiendas_ in the Ilocos provinces, on the
west coast of Luzon, where he levied a tribute on the natives whom
he subdued.

[99] Changed afterwards to Manila Province; now called Rizal Province
(Morong district incorporated therein) since the American occupation.

[100] "Noticias de Filipinas," by Don Eusebio Mazorca. Inedited
MS. dated 1840, in the Archives of Bauan Convent, Province of Batangas.

[101] The text reads thus:--"Para ser jefe de Provincia en estas Islas
no se requiere carrera, conocimientos ni servicios determinados, todos
son aptos y admisibles.... Es cosa bastante comun ver a un peluquero
o lacayo de un gobernador, a un marinero y a un desertor transformado
de repente en Alcalde-Mayor, sub-delegado y Capitan a guerra de una
provincia populosa, sin otro consejero que su rudo entendimiento,
ni mas guia que sus pasiones." Tomas de Comyn was an employee of
the "_Real Compania de Filipinas_" (q.v.), and subsequently Spanish
Consul-General in Lisbon.

[102] Transferred to Bais in January, 1889, in consequence of the
rise of