of Panay provides the city of Manila and other places with a
large quantity of rice and meat.

_Alcalde-mayor of Arevalo, with a salary of 300 pesos_. The city of
this island has one alcalde-mayor, four regidors, one alguazil-mayor,
two alcaldes-in-ordinary, and one notary for the public and for the
cabildo. The regidors are elected for life, and the alguazil-mayor
remains in office as long as does the alcalde-mayor. Being a new
town, there are few lawsuits; and the notary can depend on no other
compensation than that which he derives from lawsuits among the Indians
(for he accompanies the alcalde-mayor on his official visits), and from
the cases which are brought before the law for settlement. This city
holds jurisdiction over a circuit of three leagues, but it possesses
no territory of its own.

The following are the principal communities in this island:

The village of Oton, next to the town.
The village of Ticbaguan.
The river Jaro.
The river Yvahay.
The river Ajuy.
The river Harahut.
The river Panay.
The river Aclan.
The village of Antique.
The village of Bugason.

and others of less importance. The alcalde-mayor receives a salary
of three hundred pesos, paid from the fines forfeited to the royal
treasury; and if those do not suffice, he will be empowered by the
governor and other royal officials to collect the tribute which
his Majesty receives in that island--from somewhat more than two
thousand men, who dwell in the vicinity of the rivers Haraut, Ajuy,
and Panay--the fifths of the gold which is dug in that region,
almost nothing in amount. This town is about fifty leagues from
that of Santisimo Nombre de Jesus in the island of Cubu. As this
island contains great abundance of timber and provisions, it has
almost continuously had a shipyard on it, as is the case now at the
location of the town of Arevalo, for galleys and fragatas. Here the
ship "Visaya" was launched. This island is about one hundred leagues
in circumference.

_Island of Ymaraes_. About two arquebus-shots from the island of
Panay lies the island of Ymaraes. It is about twelve leagues in
circumference, and has a population of about five hundred Indians,
all of whom are in charge of one of the encomenderos of the island
of Panay. It abounds in rice, cotton, honey, wax, and much game, as
is usual in all the islands. It has much timber, which serves for the
shipyards, and for house-building i