13.
Letter to Silva. Felipe III; December 2, 1613.

_Sources_: All these documents save one are obtained from original
MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla. The second is taken
from _Doc ined. Amer. y Oceania_, vi, pp. 298-314.

_Translations_: The first and second are translated by James
A. Robertson; the remainder by Robert W. Haight.

STATUS OF MISSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Order of St. Augustine

_List of the convents and ministrations of the Order of our father
St. Augustine in these Philipinas Islands, and the religious and
ministers necessary for them._

_Spanish towns_

In the convent of the city of Manila, twenty priests and ten brethren.

In the convent of the city of Santisimo Nombre de Jesus, five priests
and two brethren.

In the convent of our Lady of Guadalupe, three priests and one brother.

_Province of Tagalos_

Tributes Indians Ministers

In the convent of Batangas and its visitas
there are two ministers, who minister to eight
hundred tributes, or two thousand four hundred
[souls] in confession. 800 2,400 2

In the convent of Taal and its visitas
there are three ministers, who minister to
one thousand five hundred tributes, or four
thousand five hundred in confession. 1,500 4,500 3

In the convent of Tanavan and its visitas
there are two ministers, who minister to
eight hundred tributes, or two thousand four
hundred in confession. 800 2,400 2

In the convent of Sant Sebastian and its
visitas there are two ministers, who minister
to one thousand tributes, or three thousand
in confession. 1,000 3,000 2

In the convent of Bay and its visitas
there are two ministers, who minister to
one thousand tributes, or three thousand in
confession. 1,000 3,000 2

In the convent of San Pablo and its visitas
there are three ministers, who minister to
two thousand tributes, or six thousand in
confession. 2,000 6,000 3

In the convent of Tagui and its visitas
there are two ministers, who minister to
five hundred tributes, or one thousand five
hundred in confession. 500 1,500 2

In the convent of Pasig and its visitas
there are three m