Chapter I: Front Matter

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898

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, showing the
political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those
islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the
close of the nineteenth century,

Volume XLV, 1736

Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson
with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord
Bourne.

The Arthur H. Clark Company
Cleveland, Ohio
MCMVI

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLV

Preface 11

Document of 1736

Commerce of the Philippines with Nueva España,
1640-1736 (concluded). Antonio Álvarez de Abreu; Madrid,
1736. [From Extracto historial.] 29

Bibliographical Data 89

Appendix: Education in the Philippines

Letter from the ecclesiastical cabildo to Felipe III.
Juan de Bivero, and others; Manila, July 12, 1601 97
The college of San José. In two parts. I--Francisco
Colin, S.J.; Madrid, 1663. [From his Labor evangelica.]
II--Summary of history, compiled from various sources 101
The college and university of Santo Tomás. In three
parts. I--Baltasar de Santa Cruz, O.P.; Zaragoza, 1693.
[From his Historia.] II--Cárlos III; El Pardo, March 7,
1785. III--Evarista Fernandez Arias, O.P., Manila, July 2,
1885 141
Royal college of San Felipe de Austria. In two parts.
I--Casimiro Diaz, O.S.A.; Valladolid, 1890. [From his
Conquistas (written in the first half of the eighteenth
century).] II--Summary of history, from notes in
Pastells's edition of Colin's Labor evangélica, Barcelona,
1904 170
Secular priests in the Philippines. Felipe Pardo, O.P.;
[Manila], June 6, 1680 182
Royal decree concerning native schools. Cárlos II;
Madrid, June 20, 1686 184
College-seminary of San Felipe. In two parts.
I--Felipe V; Madrid, March 3, 1710. II--Juan de la
Concepción, Sampaloc, 1788-1792. [From his Historia
general.] 187
College of San Juan de Letran. Vicente Salazar, O.P.;
Manila, 1742. [From his Historia.] 208
Law regulating marriages of students. Cárlos IV;
Aranjuez, June 11, 1792 218
Royal decree ordering the teaching of Spanish in native
schools. Cárlos IV; Madrid, December 22, 1792 221
Conciliar seminaries. In two parts. I--Governor Rafael
María de Aguilar y Ponce de Leon; Manila, March 26,
1803. II--Modern conditions; excerpts from various
sources 223
Nautical school. In two parts. I--Chacon; Madrid,
May 9, 1839. II--History; from various sources 240
Boys' singing school. [From Archipiélago filipino,
Washington, 1900.] 244
Public instruction. Sinibaldo de Mas, Madrid, 1843.
[From his Informe.] 246
Educational institutions and conditions. J. Mallat;
Paris, 1846. [From his Les Philippines.] 263
Privileges granted to students.----Arrazola; Madrid,
December 2, 1847 279
Superior school of painting, sculpture, and engraving.
Compiled from various sources 282
Ateneo municipal. Compiled from various sources 284
Educational suggestions. Vicente Barrantes; Madrid,
1870. [From Apuntes interesantes.] 286
Public instruction. José Montero y Vidal; Madrid, 1886.
[From his Archipiélago filipino.] 296
Girls' schools in Manila and the provinces. Compiled
from various sources 304
School of agriculture. Compiled from various sources 315
Government reorganization of education in the university
of Santo Tomás. Dr. E. Montero Rios, and others; Madrid,
October 29, 1890 319

ILLUSTRATIONS

View of port of Tacloban, in the island of Leyte; from
photograph procured in Madrid 33
Chart of the stockfarm of Biñán belonging to the college of
Santo Tomás, of Manila, 1745; photographic facsimile from
original manuscript by the land-surveyor, Francisco Alegre,
in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla 143
Autograph signature of Juan de la Concepción, et al.;
photographic facsimile from original MS. in Archivo general
de Indias, Sevilla 193
A Cebú coal mine; from photograph procured in Madrid 225