[131] Ermita has a present population of 12,246.  It is the seat of the observatory of Manila, and of the normal school.  See Bulletin No. 1, ut supra; and U.S.  Gazetteer of the Philippine Islands, p. 189.

[132] Now [1893] this is in charge of the Recollects.—­Coco.

[133] Spanish, ni hay padre para hijo, ni hijo para padre—­“there is neither father for child, nor child for father.”

[134] Now [1893] there are 1,805 inhabitants; and the village of Pineda, with 8,196 inhabitants, was separated from it.  The Virgin de los Remedios [i.e., “of the remedies”] is still highly reverenced.—­Coco.

Malate has now (see Bulletin No. 1, ut supra) a population of 8,855.

[135] In 1893 Tanauan had a fine stone church with three naves and a convent.—­Coco.

See ante, note 58.

[136] The Order ceded it to the Franciscans.—­Coco.

[137] Fray Hernando Cabrera took his vows at Cordova in 1601.  Upon going to the Philippines he filled the following positions:  sub-prior at Manila, 1609; missionary at Batangas, 1611; at Taal, 1613; at Paranaque, 1614; at San Pablo de los Montes, 1618, 1626, and 1629, where his efforts resulted in an excellent and well equipped church and convent; definitor, examiner, and definitor-general.  He died at sea in 1630, while on his way to Nueva Espana.  See Perez’s Catalogo, pp. 78, 79.

[138] Fray Diego Munoz was born in the town of Zafra, of the province of Badajoz, and took his vows in the Augustinian convent of Mexico in 1571.  He was renowned for both his learning and his virtues, and on his arrival at the Philippines in 1578 was given the chair of sacred theology in the convent of San Pablo at Manila.  He was the first commissary of the Holy Inquisition in the islands; missionary at Pasig and Malolos in 1580 and 1584 respectively, and of the Tondo Sangleys in 1581; definitor in 1584; provincial in 1587, when it was necessary to obtain dispensation from Rome, as he had not reached the required age.  During his term as provincial the regulations of the order were received, and the present Manila convent begun.  He died in 1594, leaving sermons in Castilian and Tagal, one volume each.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 22.

[139] The last census before 1893 gave Apalit 11,563 inhabitants.—­Coco.

Bulletin No. 1 (ut supra) shows the present civilized population to be 12,206.

[140] Fray Juan Quinones was born at Sevilla about 1551 of a noble family.  He studied in the university of Mexico, and took the habit in that city in 1575.  He went to the Philippines in 1577, where he threw himself fervently into the missionary work.  In 1578 he was named minister to Bay and extended his efforts to Taal and Pasig.  He was definitor in 1581 and 1587; prior of Manila in 1586, and vicar-provincial in 1587, dying that same year at the convent of San Pablo in Manila.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 19.