Ten thousand tributes.  There must be in Pangasinan between ten thousand and twelve thousand half-pacified tributes, two thousand belonging to his Majesty, and the rest to private individuals.  The capital of this province is a place called Binabatonga.  It formerly contained about three thousand houses, or, according to other estimates, a greater number; but it now has only about two thousand.  The province has some good ports.  One is that of Agoo, commonly called “the port of Japon,” because it was the first port which the Japonese occupied in these islands [when our people first saw them here].  Another port is Bolinao, which is better than any other.

Judicial offices in Pangasinan.  There is only one judicial office in this province, namely, the alcaldia-mayor of Pangasinan.

The province of Ilocos

Next after Pangasinan, toward the north, on the same coast, comes the province of the llocos, a people on the whole more settled and tractable; and although there have been some disturbances among them, they are now very peaceable.  They are well supplied with provisions, especially with rice—­a great quantity of which comes to Manila every year during February and a part of March, for at this time the winds are favorable for going from Ilocos to Manila and back again.  The capital of this province is the town called Fernandina [now Vigan], which was settled by the master-of-camp Guido de Lavazares, who governed these islands in fifteen hundred and seventy-three, upon the death of the adelantado, Legaspi.  This province must nave between fourteen thousand and fifteen thousand tributes, which are collected without resistance.  Five thousand of them belong to his Majesty, and the rest to private individuals.  There used to be in it, also, a great quantity of gold but the Ygolotes Indians diminished the amount for the reason given above. [25] This diminution is quite noticeable.

Judicial offices of the province of Ilocos.  There is in this province only one judicial office, the alcaldia-mayor of Ilocos.

The province of Cagayan or Nueva Segobia

After Ilocos comes the province of Cagayan, the northernmost portion of the island of Luzon, where there is a great deal of incompletely pacified country.  It contains villages inhabited by a very strong and warlike people, who have given us much trouble.

Twelve thousand [tributes].  Between twelve thousand and thirteen thousand tributes are collected in the pacified portions of the province.  Fifteen hundred, or a little more, belong to his Majesty, and the rest to private individuals.