been
reduced to these. The ministry of that residence is in charge of four
priests, namely, Fathers Melchor de los Reyes, Baltasar de Porticela,
Ygnacio de Alcina, and Matias de Montemayor.

The second residence is that of Palapag. The villages in its mission
number ten, namely, Palapag, Catubig, Burabur, Catalman, Bonbon,
Biri, Bacor, Tubig, Sulat, and Borongan. They are visited--with great
difficulty, because of the roughness of the seas--by six priests,
namely, Fathers Bartolome Besco, Simon Baptista, Diego Flores, Cosme
Pilares, Pedro de Espinar, and Jose Luque.

Oton

One father looks after the fort of Spanish infantry owned by his
Majesty. Another priest attends to the village of Yloilo, which is
composed of Indians and Sangleys. Those priests are Fathers Pedro de
Montes and Juan de Contreras. However, his Majesty gives a stipend
to only one.

Island of Negros

In four villages, namely, Ylog, the capital of the corregidor of the
island of Negros, Canancalan, Suay, and Ygsiu, with two other visitas
in the mountains, there are two fathers, namely, Esteban Jaime and
Francisco Deza.

Mindanao

His Majesty possesses two forts in this great island, that of
Yligan and that of Samboangan, to which two priests of the Society
attend. Father Ygnacio Navarro attends to that of Yligan, and Father
Nicolas Cani to that of Samboangan. There are also two residences in
the said island. The one lying toward the north is that of Dapitan. The
villages in its district are inhabited by Subanos. There are fourteen
churches, besides the one of the natives in the village of Yligan. They
are Cayaguan, Delanun, Bayug, Dapitan, Lairaya, Dipolo, Dicayo,
Duhinug, Piao, Licay, Manucal, Ponot, Silingan, Quipit, besides
some others of less renown. They are in charge of four priests,
namely, Fathers Jose Sanchez, Carlos de Valencia, Francisco Angel,
and Bernardino de Alison.

The second residence is that of Samboangan. It extends from the border
of Dapitan to Sibuguy, the boundary of King Corralat, which is a
distance of about fifty leguas. There are seventeen villages along
that coast, which are as follows: Siocon, Siraney, Cauit, Sibuco,
Bocot, Malandi, La Caldera, Baluajan, Masluc, Manicaan, Ducunney,
Coroan, Bitali, Tungauan, Sanguito, Boloan, and Bacalan. Besides
the above there are three [sic] villages of Lutaos near the fort
of Samboanga, namely, Bagumbaya, Buayabuaya. In addition to these,
that residence inclu