s work is so important to this commonwealth,
and in order to place in a better position here the daughters of
honorable men who have not the money to marry them, on account of
the depreciation of the encomiendas and property--you may be pleased
to order the viceroy to be diligent in coming to our aid by enabling
these religious to come; and that you will give to this seminary an
income adequate for its maintenance, or give me permission to apply
to it some repartimiento of Indians.

8. _That Captain Don Luis Perez and the fathers of the Society are
establishing a seminary for the natives; that this had not been done
earlier because the income assigned to it has not been furnished;
and that the work should be furthered._

Don Luis Perez Dasmarinas, according to an order which he had from
your Majesty, agreed with the fathers of the Society of Jesus that
they should establish a seminary for the natives, where they might be
taught civilized ways and instructed in religion; and that he should
give them the wherewithal to erect a building, and a thousand pesos
of income for its maintenance. To begin the work, he presented to the
said Society six hundred pesos, and the income was put in the treasury
of the fourths. When I arrived here I confirmed these negotiations,
according to the royal decree of your Majesty in which you gave me the
same orders; and likewise the royal Audiencia, being petitioned to
confirm them, did so. This work has ceased because enough money has
not been furnished for it, and because the income is not sufficient,
owing to the fact that the said treasury of the fourths is much
embarrassed. If it be your Majesty's pleasure, it would be well that
this holy intention of your Majesty be furthered, so that the Indians
may learn the Spanish language in an orderly manner, and in this way
be better instructed. For this it will be necessary to give the said
Society the means to build the said seminary, and the thousand pesos
of income each year in perpetuity, from the royal treasury of your
Majesty, or else a repartimiento of Indians, as soon as one becomes
vacant--your Majesty giving me permission to apply it in such wise
that, besides this instruction, education and a living may be given
there to a few poor students, who will be learning the language at
the same time. When they are ordained they will act as ministers of
instruction, and will make it unnecessary for so many ministers to
come out here at so gre