Sources: The material of this appendix is obtained from the following
works: _Recopilacion de las leyes de Indias_ (Madrid, 1841), lib. i,
tit. xiv; also tit. xii, ley xxi; tit. xv, ley xxxiii; and tit. xx,
ley xxiv, from a copy in the possession of the Editors. Colin's _Labor
evangelica_ (Madrid, 1663), pp. 811-820; from a copy in the possession
of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago. San Antonio's _Chronicas_ (Manila, 1738),
i, book i, pp. 172-175, 190-210, 214-216, 219, 220, 223-226; from a
copy in possession of Edward E. Ayer. Delgado's _Historia general_
(Manila, 1892), pp. 140-158, 184-188; from a copy in possession of
the Editors. Le Gentil's _Voyages duns les mers de l'Inde_ (Paris,
1781), pp. 170-191; 59-63; from a copy in the library of the Wisconsin
State Historical Society. Mas's _Informe sobre el estado de las Islas
Filipinas en 1842_ (Madrid, 1843), vol. ii; from a copy in possession
of James A. Robertson. Buzeta and Bravo's _Diccionario de las Islas
Filipinas_ (Madrid, 1850), ii, pp. 271-275, 363-367; from a copy in
possession of James A. Robertson. Jagor's _Reisen in den Philippinen_
(Berlin, 1873), pp. 94-100; from a copy in the Mercantile Library,
St. Louis. _Provincia de San Nicolas de Tolentino de Agustinos
descalzos_ (Manila, 1879); from a copy in possession of Edward
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from a copy in the library of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.

Translations: These are made (partly in full, and partly in synopsis)
by James A. Robertson.

LAWS REGARDING RELIGIOUS IN THE PHILIPPINES

[The following laws governing religious in the Philippines are taken
from _Recopilacion leyes de Indias_, lib. i, tit. xiv.]

LAW XXX

Inasmuch as some of the religious who minister in the Filipinas Islands
are accustomed to go to China without the proper orders, leaving the
missions which are in their charge, whence follow many troubles and
losses to what has been commenced and established in the instruction
and education of the Indians because of the lack that they occasion,
we charge the superiors of the regulars in the Filipinas Islands not
to allow any of the religious of their orders to go to China, or to
abandon the missions in their charge, without the special permission
and order of the governor and archbishop, which shall expressly
state that such religious is not going in violation of this law;
and great care and vigilance shall be exercis