period of our stay in Bohol, exempt from all trouble, and the steady
increase in our enjoyment of the consideration and confidence of our
proteges, we shall always make known the facts--very surprising and
very gratifying to our corporation--that were already begun to be
observed from the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight,
when the first Recollects went to that island. They were received
without any opposition, obeyed without repugnance, and were loved
and respected; and these mutual relations have continued without any
lapse until the present time.

[The towns of this Recollect province are the following: Loon, with
3,097 1/2 tributes, and 17,202 souls; Calape, with 2,627 tributes,
and 8,187 souls; Tubigon, with 2,109 1/2 tributes, and 10,008 souls;
Inabangan, with 1,568 tributes, and 7,024 souls; Getafe, with 144
tributes, and 3,912 souls; Talibon, with 1,089 tributes, and 8,558
souls; Ubay, with 669 tributes, and 2,844 souls; Candijay, with
738 tributes, and 5,030 souls; Guindulman, with 1,994 1/2 tributes,
and 9,600 souls; Sierra-Bullones, with 541 1/2 tributes, and 2,235
souls; Duero, with 1,175 1/2 tributes, and 5,352 souls; Jagna,
with 2,431 tributes, and 11,829 souls; Garcia-Hernandez, with 1,225
1/2 tributes, and 6,847 souls; Valencia, with 1,307 1/2 tributes,
and 7,099 souls; Dimiao, with 1,717 1/2 tributes, and 8,280 souls;
Lila, with 879 tributes, and 4,023 souls; Carmen, with 749 tributes,
and 3,575 souls; Bilar, with 1,281 1/2 tributes, and 5,669 souls;
Balilijan, with 1,051 1/2 tributes, and 5,998 souls; Catigbian,
with 651 1/2 tributes, and 2,759 souls; Loboc, with 2,469 tributes,
and 11,430 souls; Sevilla, with 996 1/2 tributes, and 4,835 souls;
Loay, with 1,759 tributes, and 8,171 souls; Alburquerque, with 1,191
tributes, and 5,319 souls; Baclayon, with 2,609 tributes, and 11,142
souls; Tagbilaran, with 1,954 tributes, and 11,081 souls; Paminguitan,
with 5,705 souls; island and village of Dauis, with 1,889 tributes, and
9,090 souls; Panglao, with 1,457 tributes, and 6,543 souls; Maribojoc,
with 3,372 tributes, and 18,200 souls; island and village of Siquijor,
with 1,740 tributes, and 7,800 souls; Canoan, with 1,465 tributes,
and 7,082 souls; Laci, with 1,180 1/2 tributes, and 5,403 souls;
and San Juan, with 1,143 tributes, and 5,280 souls.]

The province of Bohol at the present time

After having mentioned in rapid survey the villages of which this
province is at present composed