1. Petition of the Recollects.—­“Simancas—­Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de personas eclesiasticas de Filipinas; anos 1609 a 1644; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 43.”

2. Dominicans, in re Audiencia.—­The same as No. 1.

3. Letter from Juan de Silva.—­“Simancas—­Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del presidente y oidores de dicha Audiencia vistos en el Consejo; anos 1607 a 1626; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 20.”

4. Letters from Felipe III to Silva.—­“Audiencia de Filipinas; registros de oficio; reales ordenes dirigidas a las autoridades del distrito de la Audiencia; anos 1597 a 1634; est. 105, caj. 2, leg. 1.”—­except that of November 12, 1611, noted below.

5. Hospital at Nueva Caceres.—­“Simancas—­Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de los obispos sufraganeos de Manila; anos de 1594 a 1698; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 34.”

6. Letters to Dominican Provincial.—­The same as No. 4.

7. Status of missions.—­The same as No. 3.

8. Letter from Soria.—­The same as No. 5.

9. Recommendations regarding archbishopric of Manila.—­“Simancas—­Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; consultas originales correspondientes a dicha Audiencia; anos 1586 a 1636; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 1.”

The following is obtained from the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid: 

10. Letter from Felipe III to Silva, November 12, 1611.—­“Cedulario Indico, tom. 38, fol. 143, no. 108.”

The following are found in Recopilacion de leyes de Indias (Madrid, 1841): 

11. Laws regarding commerce.—­In lib. ix, tit. xlv.

12. Decree regulating services.—­In lib. vi, tit. 12, ley 40.

The following are taken from the Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library): 

13. Relation of 1609-10.—­In vol. i, pp. 273-340.

14. Letters from Ledesma and Rivera.—­In vol. i, pp. 403-429.

The remaining documents are obtained from the following sources: 

15. Jesuit missions, 1608-09.—­From Annuae litterae (Dilingae, 1610), pp. 507-532.

16. Foundation of the college of Santo Tomas.—­From Algunos documentos relativos a la Universidad de Manila (Madrid, 1892), pp. 5-20.

17. Trade of the Philippines.—­From Doc. ined.  Amer. y Oceania, vi, pp. 298-314.

18. Account of the battle of Playa Honda (in “Expedition against Dutch, 1615").—­From Colin’s Labor evangelica (Madrid, 1663), pp. 802-810.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE PHILIPPINES 1565-1899 AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLANDS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS

List of Philippine Governors