The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 52, 1841-1898 / 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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2. Matta’s report.—From an unpublished MS. in the possession of T. H. Pardo de Tavera, who furnished to the Editors a typewritten copy of it.

3. The Philippines, 1860–1898.—Written especially for this series by James A. LeRoy, Durango, Mexico.

4. Events in Filipinas.—Summarized from volume iii of Montero y Vidal’s Historia de Filipinas.

5. Constitution of Liga Filipina.—From a copy, furnished by Epifanio de los Santos, of Rizal’s original MS.

6. Friar memorial.—From James A. LeRoy’s copy of one of the printed originals, revised by a printed copy belonging to the Madrid edition.

7. Appendix on agriculture.—The first section, from a printed copy of Basco’s decree (Sampaloc, 1784) belonging to Edward E. Ayer; the second, from Jagor’s Reisen (Berlin, 1873), pp. 303–306, from a copy in the Mercantile Library, St. Louis; the third, from Fernandez and Moreno’s Manuel del viajero en Filipinas (Manila, 1875), pp. 172–178, from a copy belonging to the Editors.

APPENDIX: AGRICULTURE IN FILIPINAS

By Joseph Basco y Vargas (Arayat, March 20, 1784), and others.

Sources: The first section of this document is obtained from a printed copy of Basco’s decree, in the possession of Edward E. Ayer; the second part, from Jagor’s Reisen, pp. 303–306; the third, from Fernandez and Moreno’s Manual del viajero en Filipinas, pp. 172–178.