Barile.  The village of Barile is another encomienda; it is inhabited by four hundred natives.  It is also an encomienda.

Burugan.  The village of Burugan has about seventy Indians.  It is also an encomienda.

Candaya.  The province of Candaya has three hundred and fifty Indians, belonging to two encomenderos.  It is also an encomienda.

No Spaniards are to be found in any of the principal encomiendas, in all this province, although fourteen of them possess holdings therein.  These Spaniards, because they were inhabitants of the town of Cubu, received each two or three small villages, together with service from the Indians, fowls, and other means of maintenance; for the principal encomiendas were distant from them thirty or forty leagues, more or less.  On the other side of the above-mentioned native communities, at about two arquebus-shots from the Spanish town of Ssantisimo Nombre de Jesus (thus called because an image of the child Jesus, of the time of Magallanes, had been found there, and was held in great reverence by the Indians), is a village of the natives belonging to the royal crown, with about eight hundred Indians.  The commander Miguel Lopez de Legazpi exempted this community from paying tribute; for they had always taken sides with the Spaniards, and had helped them to conquer some of the other islands.

Observations on the island of Cubu.  In this village live thirty Spaniards, and as many encomenderos.  Counting both citizens and soldiers, fifty or sixty Spaniards ordinarily reside there.

Alcalde-mayor in Cubu.  The governors of these islands have always appointed an alcalde-mayor, at a salary of three hundred pesos taken from the fines forfeited to the royal treasury; and the royal treasury not being sufficient, the alcalde-mayor has not, as yet, appointed any deputy.  There are six regidors, who, up to the present time, have been elected annually.  The past governors appointed also an alguazil-mayor, whom they can remove and replace at their pleasure.  There is no remuneration for this last office; and it is therefore given to an encomendero, who is generally one of the leading citizens.  There are also two alcaldes-in-ordinary, and one notary for the cabildo and the public.  If all these officials were not also encomenderos, they would be unable to support themselves; for the town possesses no commerce which comes within their reach.  The town has the best port of these islands, and it was for this reason that Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founded a settlement there.  It was he who founded the above-mentioned town, in the year of sixty-four.  Perhaps the traffic with Maluco may prove of advantage to the town, for there is no other place in its vicinity with which any commerce could be carried on.  Its neighborhood is poor, and all the vast district round about lacks gold mines or gold-placers, except in the island of Mindanao—­and that but little—­as