The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 / 1629-30 / 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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[132] In 1893 there were 12,858 inhabitants.—Coco. The present civilized population of Aráyat is 12,904. See Bulletin No. 1, ut supra.

[133] Information regarding this father is very slight. He was admitted as confessor to the Spaniards, as appears by an Augustinian record of November 12, 1602 after having been examined, and having presented his licenses to confess, which had been given him in Goa. In 1604, he returned to be approved. See Pérez’s Catálogo, p. 185.

[134] In 1893, one of the best towns in Iloílo, with a population of 15,842.—Coco.

Bulletin No. 1 (ut supra) gives the civilized population for 1903 as 20,964.

[135] Now Dingle, and not connected with Pototan. It has a population of 9,769.—Coco.

Also in Iloílo province and with a present civilized population of 12,129. See Bulletin No. 1, ut supra.

[136] Spanish, lamentado; thus in printed text, but this word seems of dubious accuracy.

[137] It now has [1893] a beautiful stone church, and a population of 5,281. Its modern name is Dueñas.—Coco.

Also situated in the province of Iloílo, with a present civilized population of 6,700. See Bulletin No. 1, ut supra.

[138] This is a very important town in Iloílo. In 1893 it had 15,151 inhabitants. It had a beautiful stone church, built very high, and in the form of a Greek cross, crowned with a fine cupola.—Coco.