d the Marianas. Among those provinces are
counted one hundred and seventy-nine curacies, of which one hundred and
twelve are held by regular missionaries, and fifty-five by seculars
(either Indian or mestizo clergy), as will be seen from chart number
6. [117]

The ecclesiastical court is composed of a provisor and vicar-general,
who is at present the priest Don Esteban Meneses; of a secretary of
the exchequer and of government, which office is filled by Doctor Don
Marcos del Rosario; and of a notary, who is Don Pedro Magno, a priest.

In the following chart can be seen the revenues assigned to the parish
clergy of the cathedral of Cebu, and the expenses for worship assigned
to the same.

Chart showing the revenues of the clerical cathedral of Cebu, and
their distribution for the services of divine worship

Classes Pesos Reals of Maravedis
fuertes silver

One reverend bishop, 4,000 0 0
Two assistant chaplains
for the throne, at 100
pesos apiece, 200 0 0
Two sacristans of the
cathedral and curacy, at
91 pesos, 7 reals, and
6 maravedis each, 183 6 12
One chaplain of the fort, 96 0 0

Expenses

For the wine, oil, wax, etc.,
which are allowed to the
chaplain of the fort or
fortress, 52 2 0
For the alms assigned to the
cathedral for divine worship, 438 4 17
_Idem_ to the chapel del
Pilar of Zamboanga for the
festivities, 41 4 17

Total, 5,012 0 46

The college seminary of San Carlos, which is located in the city of
Santo Nino de Cebu--the capital of the island of its name and of
those called Visayas, and the residence of the most excellent and
illustrious bishop, to whose authority and vigilance are submitted all
matters relating to the spiritual part--has about eighteen or twenty
pupils, counting seminarists and collegiates. In that institution
are taught grammatical studies [_minimos_], syntax, philosophy, and
moral theology, whose respective chairs are in charge of learned and
industrious professors. The territory of the civil provinces which
form this bishopric is divided into twenty-four outside