Layavan

19.  The convent of Layavan, with seven hundred families in its charge.

Camigui

20.  That of Camigui, with the bay of Liangan, has six hundred families.

Baqua

21.  That of Baqua has charge of one thousand two hundred families divided among six villages.

Parasao

22.  That of Parasao governs eight hundred families who live in that place.

Bagangan

23.  That of Bagangan, with eight hundred other Christian families.

Tuggaban

24.  That of Tuggaban has in charge one thousand three hundred families.

Banton

25.  That of Banton, with one thousand two hundred families.

Divail

26.  That of Divail cares for one thousand three hundred families.

Parava

27.  That of Parava administers one thousand families.

Sampongan

28.  That of Sampongan governs six hundred families.

Surigao

29.  That of Surigao another six hundred.

Casteel

30.  That of Casteel, a like number.

Father Fray Christoval de Santa Monica, father of the said province, commissary and procurator-general, added: 

Gura

31.  That of Gura.

Baler

32.  That of Baler.

Binangonan

33.  That of Binangonan.

In other records and documents which have come from the said province is found the relation of: 

Abucai

34.  That of Abucai.

Dagat

35.  That of Dagat.

Tebastlan

36.  That of Tebastlan.

Many of the said convents are no longer in existence now, either through lack of religious, or for other accidental reasons; because these have occurred, it has been deemed advisable to abandon them—­although the churches are still standing and are cared for, and our religious visit those villages, preserving them in the faith, so that the spiritual food is not wanting to them.

Sec.  XII

Mention of some hardships which Ours have suffered in the spread of the Catholic faith

It would be beyond our powers to tell what Ours suffered in spreading the gospel truth, and in drawing the souls of so many barbarians and heathen from their blindness and errors; for, as they have cared more for gaining the reward of heaven than of earth, what is known of it is little or almost nothing.  We trust in God, who can reward those who serve Him, and that He will have given great glory to those who have suffered so much for the extension of His honor, by bringing so many people to recognize Him.  Let us, then, relate that the father-provincial of the above named houses visits them three times during