a Pottenciana, with
its chapel and secular chaplain, where the wives of those who travel
and leave the islands in his Majesty's service are sheltered. There
is a royal hospital for the treatment of Spaniards, with its chapel
and secular chaplain. The convents of religious in the said city of
Manila, in regard to the seniority of their establishment there, are
as follows: the calced religious of St. Augustine; the discalced of
St. Francisco, of the advocacy of St. James; those of the Society of
Jesus; those of St. Dominic; and the discalced of St. Augustine--all
with convents and churches of excellent architecture. In addition,
the fathers of the Society of Jesus have a seminary with some twenty
fellowships under the advocacy of St. Joseph, with a university from
which students are graduated in all the faculties. The religious of
St. Dominic have another seminary, with not so many fellowships, under
the advocacy of St. Thomas, where they also graduate students in all
the faculties. In both, lectures are given in grammar, philosophy,
and theology. There is a convent with religious women of St. Clare,
who are in charge of the religious of St. Francis; a hospital of
the Misericordia for poor people and slaves of the Spaniards, the
administration of which is in charge of the religious of St. John
of God, whose convent is located at the port of Cavite. There is
a cabildo and magistracy, with two alcaldes-in-ordinary, a chief
constable, regidors, and a clerk of cabildo; and an accountancy of
results, with its accountant and officials. There are also three
royal officials, with their employes. There are about sixty Spanish
citizens, not counting those who occupy military posts. The latter
amount usually to about four hundred men. There are many servants,
of various nations, amounting to more than four thousand men and women.

Hamlets falling in the circumference of the city of Manila

Outside and near the walls of the city lies the parish of Santiago
where one beneficed secular has charge of all the Spaniards who live
outside the said walls. The village of San Antonio is also near the
walls, and is in charge of a beneficed secular.

The village of Quiapo, which lies on the other side of the river,
is administered by the said beneficed secular.

The village called La Hermita, in whose temple is the venerated image
of Nuestra Senora de Guia, is two musket-shots away from the walls
of Manila, and is administered by a ben