The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 / 1625-29 / Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.

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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, n^o. 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, n^o. 3,” and “Tomo 84, n^o. 13.”

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