ributes,
and 436 souls; Escalante, with 2,133 1/2 tributes, and 5,429 souls;
Cadiz, with 1,187 1/2 tributes, and 3,842 souls; Saravia, with 2,140
tributes, and 9,825 souls; Minuluan, with 1,854 1/2 tributes, and 9,637
souls; Bacolod, with 1,905 1/2 tributes, and 8,059 souls; Murcia, with
1,400 tributes, and 6,500 souls; Sumag, with 1,179 1/2 tributes, and
3,772 souls; Valladolid, with 2,567 1/2 tributes, and 9,430 souls;
San Enrique, with 1,155 tributes, and 4,463 souls; La-Carlota,
with 1,131 tributes, and 3,068 souls; Pontevedra, with 1,451 1/2
tributes, and 4,683 souls; Ginigaran, with 2,185 1/2 tributes, and
9,728 souls; Isabela, with 832 tributes, and 3,171 souls; Gimamaylan,
with 1,641 tributes, and 6,402 souls; and Cabancalan, with 1,550 1/2
tributes, and 6,449 souls. The missions of Inagauan, San Sebastian,
and Bayauan, were established in 1868, while that of Tolon had been
established in 1855. In the twenty-eight villages above mentioned,
there are about forty Recollect missionaries, who are in charge of
two hundred thousand souls. The fertility of the island of Negros and
the opening up of the country in modern times have caused a great
increase in population from the near-by provinces of Cebu, Bohol,
Iloilo, Antique, and Capiz. Agriculture has been greatly advanced
and other improvements brought in by the Recollects.]

Province of Calamianes

These islands, located to the south of Manila, form in their multitude
an archipelago. Many of them of small extent, are inhabited; others
are the temporary habitation of the natives, who go thither to sow
their fields, because those lands are suitable for farming; and others
form a civil village and are religiously organized. The northern
boundary of this archipelago is the Chinese Sea; the eastern, that
of Visayas; the southern, the island of Paragua, which is included
in this province; and the western, the Chinese Sea. The capital is
about one hundred leguas from Manila. It has a military government
and an alcalde-mayor for its judicial business. As regards religion,
all the parishes existing in Calamianes belonged to the bishopric
of Cebu from the time of their reduction until the bishopric of Jaro
was erected, when all these parishes passed to its jurisdiction.

In the year one thousand six hundred and twenty-two, the numbers
of the discalced Augustinians were increased by the second and third
missions who had come from Espana, and by certain men who had tak