enda, with one thousand five hundred Indians living
in the village of Libon and its environs. This lake of Libon, lying
in a mountainous region, has many creeks, by which one can easily
go to Yguas, Albay, Camarines, Bicagua, and other places. The town
of Caceres has in all twenty-four encomenderos. Fourteen of them,
including the seven above mentioned, have seven hundred Indians each;
one has two thousand; another, that of lake Libon, has one thousand
five hundred; and the rest have about three hundred Indians each. The
inhabitants of the Vicor River district pay their tribute in gold and
rice, for they possess these articles in great abundance--for in this
province are the excellent mines of Paracale, sixteen leagues from
the town; they work also the mines of Catanduanes, thirty leagues
from the town. The town has no dependencies, nor does it hold any
jurisdiction over other communities. The whole district is under the
jurisdiction of the alcalde-mayor of the province of Laguna. This
province has a population of about one thousand five hundred, and is
allotted to three encomenderos.

Albay and Baquian are inhabited by about eight hundred Indians, who
are allotted to two encomenderos. Camarines, with about five hundred
men, is under one encomendero.

Libon is under one encomendero, and has one thousand five hundred men.

The province of Paracale and its coast, as far as Mahuban, is inhabited
by about two thousand men, and is allotted to three encomenderos. The
king owns a share of this province.

The district around the bay of Yvalon has a population of about one
thousand five hundred, being divided between two encomenderos.

_Island of Catanduanes_. The island of Catanduanes has a population
of about four thousand, and is allotted to four encomenderos. The
alcalde-mayor receives a salary of three hundred pesos, which is paid
from the fines forfeited to the royal treasury, or from the royal
treasury itself. He appoints no lieutenant, except one for the town
when he is absent. The governor appointed a notary for this town, who,
having little to do, attends also to the affairs of the alcalde-mayor,
and accompanies him on his tours of inspection. Thus his various
occupations yield him an annual income of nearly four hundred pesos.

There is also a treasurer in this town, appointed by the governor,
at a salary of two hundred pesos. His duty is to collect the tribute
due to his Majesty, and to go every year to Manila