The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; 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, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 36]

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lands belonging to the citizens of Manila, which are
in charge of a secular cura.
In the jurisdiction of the alcalde-mayor of Tondo,
which is the place nearest to the city of Manila besides the aforesaid villages (which all' belong to him,
except the port of Cabitte), is the village of Tegui,
close to the lake. It is in charge of calced Augustinian religious.
In the interior are located the villages of Silan
and Ymdan which are in charge of fathers of the
Society of Jesus.
Up-stream and next to the jurisdiction of Tondo
begins the jurisdiction of the lake of Bari [sic; sc.
Bay] which lies east of Manila; this jurisdiction lies
along the shore of the said lake. The chief village is
called Barii (whence the name of the said lake)
and it is in charge of calced Augustinian religious.
The village of San Pablo, distant six leguas inland, is in charge of the same calced Augustinian
religious.
There is a hospital located on the bank of the said
lake, which is in charge of religious of St. Francis.
These religious have charge of most of the villages
of that jurisdiction with the exception of that of
Binan and its subordinate villages.
Coasting along Manila Bay, one comes first to the
island of Maribeles, a small jurisdiction in charge
of a Spaniard, who is corregidor and serves also as
sentinel. Its villages are in charge of discalced
Augustinian religious, with the exception of that of
Maragondon and its subordinate villages, which are
in charge of religious of the Society of Jesus.
Leaving the bay, and pursuing the same voyage
made by the ships that go to Nueva Espafia, on the