ver of Tanay
and the island of Negros, five hundred and fifty-seven tributes, which
represent two thousand two hundred persons. It has no instruction,
but is pacified and has justice. It needs one minister. ... DLVII.

_Abuyo_: _Francisco Albarez_--Francisco Albarez de Toledo collects,
along the river of Abuyo, Vincay, and Maya, four hundred and eighty
tributes, which represent one thousand nine hundred and twenty
persons. It is pacified, and has justice, but no instruction, which
is needed. ... CCCCLXXX.

_Camote and Matan_: _The city_--The city of Sanctissimo Nombre de Jesus
has of its own, in Camote and Matan, two hundred and eighty-seven
tributes, which represent one thousand one hundred and forty-eight
persons. They are pacified, and have justice, but no instruction,
which is needed. For this and the two following one minister is
necessary. ... CCLXXX.

_Mindanao_: _Roman_--Alonso Roman collects in Mindanao one hundred
tributes, which represent four hundred persons. It is pacified,
but has no instruction. It has justice. ... C.

_Masagua y Payta_: _Espinosa_--Christoval Espinosa collects,
from the encomienda of Masagua y Payta, in Ybabao, one hundred and
thirty-seven tributes, which represent five hundred and forty-eight
persons. It is pacified, and has justice, but no instruction, which
is needed. ... CXXXVII.

Thus the tributes of the island of Cebu and its jurisdiction amount to
fifteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-three whole tributes. This
means thirty-five thousand [_sic_] persons, and for these there are
but two ministers. Twenty-one ministers are necessary to furnish
sufficient instruction. As to justice, the entire province is
sufficiently governed by one alcalde-mayor and his deputy.

Panay

The town of Arevalo is the capital of this island of Panay, and
contains more than twenty Spanish citizens. There is one alcalde-mayor
and one corregidor for the river of Panay, besides its body of
magistrates, and a parish which is in charge of an ecclesiastic.

_Oton and Ymaral_: _Dona Lucia_--Dona Lucia de Loarca collects,
from the village of Oton and its tingues, the island of Ymaras,
and the river of Hilo, one thousand six hundred tributes, which
represent six thousand four hundred persons. Oton has instruction,
and one of its two friars visits Ymaras and the tingues. There is no
instruction in Hilo. It needs one more minister. Justice is had from
Arevalo. ... MDCL.

_Xaro_: _Captain Arceo