eld. He discusses the governor's suggestions
regarding the provision of clergymen for various districts, and
explains what he is willing to do. He objects to placing one friar
alone in a village, and desires to leave the assignment of the friars'
charge to their superiors--citing for this the arrangements already
adopted in Mexico regarding this matter; he also objects to any
interference with his priests by the governor, rebukes the latter for
assuming to instruct his bishop in the episcopal duties, and asserts
his own rights and privileges. Salazar declares that he cannot find
suitable laymen to instruct the Indians, and that they come to him for
help and counsel because the governor treats them so ungraciously. He
no longer fills the office of "protector of the Indians," for it has
brought him only sorrow, and he cannot do for them what he desires.

A decree of Gregory XIV (dated April 18, 1591) requires restitution
to the Indians for the losses caused to them in the conquest of the
Philippines, according to the ability of the individual conquerors;
and sets free all Indian slaves in the islands. On May 12 of that
year are signed articles of contract for the conquest of Mindanao,
a task which is undertaken by Estevan Rodriguez de Figueroa (the same
officer formerly sent thither by Sande). He is to establish at least
one settlement there; and encomiendas are to be allotted, the most
important being reserved for the crown, and one-third of the remainder
for the conqueror. Certain documents dated between April 9 and May 20,
1591, relate to a municipal ordinance (March 30) forbidding the Indians
to wear silks or other stuffs from China. Dasmarinas institutes an
inquiry (April 9) into the results of this on the natives, and the
possibility that the decree should be suspended in some cases. Ten
witnesses, converted Indian chiefs, testify that the importation of
Chinese goods has ruined the native industries, and demoralized the
people; and that the ordinance should be enforced.

A document unsigned, but prepared by order of the governor (dated
May 31, 1591), gives "a detailed account of the encomiendas in the
Philippinas Islands," royal and private, pacified and hostile, with
and without instruction; the names of the encomenderos, and the number
of the tributarios, religious ministers, and magistrates in each. At
the beginning is given a description of the city of Manila, with
the churches, public buildings, governmental