4. Letter from Serrano, 1626.—­The same as No. 2.

5. Letter from Fernando de Silva, 1626.—­The same as No. 3.

6. Letter from sisters of St.Clare.—­“Simancas—­Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de personas eclesiasticas de Filipinas; anos 1609 a 1644; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 43.”

7. Petition for aid to seminary.—­“Simancas—­Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y espedientes de personas seculares vistos en el Consejo; anos de 1628 a 16[34?]; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 40.”

8. Royal decrees, 1626.—­(a) The first of these is in “Audiencia de Filipinas; registro de oficio, reales ordenes dirigidas a las autoridades del distrito de la Audiencia; anos 1597 a 1634; est. 105, caj. 2, leg. 1.” (b) The other two are taken from the Archivo Historico Nacional, as noted below.

9. Importance of Philippines.—­The same title as No. 7, but “anos de 1565 a 1594; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 34.” (Evidently misplaced.)

10. Decrees regarding religious.—­(a) The same as No. 8 (a). (b) Also in the Sevilla archives; but we have followed Pastells’s text in his edition of Colin (t. iii, pp. 760, 761). (c) The same as No. 1.

11. Inadvisability of occupying Formosa.—­Simancas—­Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y espedientes del presidente y oidores de dicha Audiencia vistos en el Consejo; anos 1607 a 1626; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 20.”

12. Report of appointments.—­The same as No. 3.

13. Letters from Tavora, 1628.—­The same as No. 3.

14. Reasons for suppressing silk trade.—­The same as No. 7.

The following documents are obtained from the “Cedulario Indico” of the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid: 

8 (see No. 8, ante).—­(b) “Tomo 39, fol. 185,” and “Tomo 32, fol. 16,” respectively.

15. Letter from king to Tavora.—­“Tomo 40, fol. 56 verso, no. 69.”

16. Decrees regarding Chinese, 1627.—­“Tomo 39, fol. 87, and fol. 186 verso,” respectively.

17. Decrees regarding Chinese, 1628-29.—­“Tomo 39, fol. 188 verso, fol. 189 verso, and 190 verso,” respectively.

The following document is obtained from MSS. in the collection “Papeles de las Jesuitas,” in the Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid: 

18. Relations of 1628-29—­“Tomo 169, no. 3,” and “Tomo 84, no. 13.”

The following document is taken from a MS. in the British Museum: 

19. Military affairs of the islands.—­In a collection of papers entitled “Tratados Historicos, 1594-1639;” pressmark, “(693. h. 17) / 65.”

The following document is taken from Pastells’s edition of Colin’s Labor evangelica: 

20. Royal decree aiding Jesuits, 1625.—­In vol. iii, pp. 754, 755, (See also No. 10, ante.)

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