has been made for mines, and everything possible has been done, as
your Majesty may see by the letter to the viceroy. There has also been
built a hospital in this city, to which I have granted an encomienda,
as I have already advised your Majesty. I have built the church of
San Agustin, the expenses of justice have been paid, and a house
has been built for the friars. As the corsair had burned everything,
they were given three hundred pesos from the royal treasury for this
purpose. As the city was without a public church, I have had as large
a one as possible built of wood. There could not be a better or larger
one in this country; and the work has been going on for five months,
but even yet it is not finished.

He who is governor here must exercise constant vigilance in affairs. He
must know what is being accomplished in the different works, and
when the persons who draw salaries journey to and from different
points. He must be watchful of the provisions and supplies, and in
truth, the governor must be an overseer of all the offices. It is
especially difficult to prevent things from happening behind one's
back. I have also had a house built where the governor lives, as
there was none here before. In truth, I may say that when your Majesty
was pleased to order me to come here, the path was not discovered by
which they brought me on the sea, and the land was neither subdued nor
peopled. I say this without prejudice to the services of my neighbors,
and I humbly beg that your Majesty be pleased to grant me grace and
remember me. In Manila, June the eighth, 1577.

[_Endorsed on front_: "Relation of the condition in which were found
the Filipinas Islands. Their location is described in detail, and the
fertility of the soil for food products, pasturage, the sugar industry,
and that of indigo. The year 1577."]

Bull for Erection of the Diocese and Cathedral Church of Manila

Gregory, Bishop, servant of the servants of God: In perpetual
remembrance of the affair.

Trusting in the safeguard of Him who moves the hinges of the earth,
toward whom are bent the minds of men--through whose providence,
moreover, all things derive their government--we willingly do our share
of the duty entrusted to us from above, to the end that they who now
are in darkness may be enabled to enjoy the true light which is Christ
Jesus, and that the rays of His light may beam upon them. Wherefore,
in accordance with the preeminence of this apo