The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736 / 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

APPENDIX: EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Letter from the ecclesiastical cabildo to Felipe III. Juan de Bivero, and others; July 12, 1601.
The college of San JosÉ. In two parts. I—Francisco Colin, S.J.; 1663. II—Summary of history compiled from various sources.
The college and university of Santo TomÁs. In three parts. I—Baltasar de Santa Cruz, O.P.; 1693. II—CÁrlos III, March 7, 1785. III—Evarista Fernandez Arias, O.P.; July 2, 1885.
Royal college of San Felipe de Austria. In two parts. I—Casimiro Diaz, O.S.A.; Valladolid, 1890. II—Pastells’s notes in his edition of Colin’s Labor evangÉlica; 1904.
Secular priests in the Philippines. Felipe Pardo, O.P.; June 6, 1680.
Royal decree concerning native schools. CÁrlos II; June 20, 1686.
College-seminary of San Felipe. In two parts. I—Felipe V; March 3, 1710. II—Juan de la ConcepciÓn; 1788–1792.
College of San Juan de Letran. Vicente Salazar, O.P.; 1742.
Law regulating marriages of students. CÁrlos IV; June 11, 1792.
Royal decree ordering the teaching of Spanish in native schools. CÁrlos IV; December 22, 1792.
Conciliar seminaries. In two parts. I—Governor Rafael MarÍa de Aguilar y Ponce de Leon; March 26, 1803. II—Excerpts from various sources.
Nautical school. In two parts. I— —— Chacon; May 9, 1839. II—Compiled from various sources.
Boys’ singing school. 1901.
Public instruction. Sinibaldo de Mas; 1843.
Educational institutions and conditions. J. Mallat; 1846.
Privileges granted to students. —— Arrazola; December 2, 1847.
Superior school of painting, sculpture, and engraving. Compiled from various sources.
Ateneo municipal. Compiled from various sources.
Educational suggestions. Vicente Barrantes; 1870.
Public instruction. JosÉ Montero y Vidal; 1886.
Girls’ schools in Manila and the provinces. Compiled from various sources.
School of agriculture. Compiled from various sources.
Government reorganization of education in the university of Santo TomÁs. Dr. E. Montero Rios, and others; October 29, 1890.

Sources: The material for this appendix is obtained as follows: I. MS. in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla. II. I—Francisco Colin’s Labor evangelica (Madrid, 1663), book iii, part of chapter xviii, pp. 414–418, from a copy belonging to Edward E. Ayer; II—compiled from various sources, fully credited in footnotes. III. I—Baltasar de Santa Cruz’s Historia (Zaragoza, 1693), book i, chapter xxxvi, pp. 168–172, from copy belonging to Edward E. Ayer; II—Algunos documentos relativos Á la universidad de Manila (Madrid, 1892), pp. 35–37; III—Census of the Philippines (Washington, 1905), iii, pp. 622–626. IV. I—Casimiro Diaz’s Conquistas (Valladolid, 1890), book ii, part of chapter xxxv, pp. 446, 447; II—Pablo Pastells’s notes to his edition of Colin’s Labor evangÉlica (Barcelona, 1904), ii, pp. pp. 261–268, 493, 494. V. Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library), iii, pp. 9, 10. VI. Copy of decree published in Barrantes’s InstrucciÓn primaria (Madrid, 1869), pp. 74–76, from copy belonging to the Library of Congress. VII. I—MS. in Archivo-historico Nacional, Madrid; II—Juan de la ConcepciÓn’s Historia general (Sampaloc, 1788–1792), viii, parts of chapters xiii and xiv, pp. 315–338, from a copy in the possession of the Editors. VIII. Vicente Salazar’s Historia (Manila, 1742), book i, chapter ii, pp. 7–12, from a copy belonging to Edward E. Ayer. IX. ColecciÓn de autos acordados (Manila, 1861–1866), i, pp. 149, 150, from a copy belonging to Edward E. Ayer. X. Barrantes’s InstrucciÓn primaria, pp. 80–82. XI. I—ColecciÓn de autos acordados, v, pp. 15–17; II—ArchipiÉlago filipino (Washington, 1900), i, pp. 343, 344, Census of Phil., iii, pp. 611, 612, and Doctrina y reglas constitucionales de la iglesia filipina independiente (Manila, 1904), pp. 14, 15, 42, 43, and 67, 68. XII. I—ColecciÓn de autos acordados, i, pp. 318, 319; II—ArchipiÉlago filipino, i, p. 349, and Census of Phil., iii, p. 613. XIII. ArchipiÉlago filipino, i, pp. 349, 350. XIV. Sinibaldo de Mas’s Informe (Madrid, 1843), ii, no. 12. XV. J. Mallat’s Les Philippines (Paris, 1846), ii, pp. 239–253, from a copy belonging to Edward E. Ayer. XVI. ColecciÓn de autos acordados, ii, pp. 128, 129. XVII. ArchipiÉlago filipino, i, p. 349, and Census of Phil., iii, p. 614. XVIII. ArchipiÉlago filipino, i, p. 343, and Census of Phil., iii, pp. 603, 604. XIX. Vicente Barrantes’s Apuntes interesantes (Madrid, 1870), pp. 218–225, from a copy belonging to Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. XX. Montero y Vidal’s ArchipiÉlago filipino (Madrid, 1886), pp. 187–193. XXI. Dominican report, 1887, from Census of Phil., iii, pp. 616–620. XXII. Reports of Philippine Commission, 1900, i, p. 39, 1901, i, p. 145, 1900–1903, p. 601; and Reports of Commissioner of Education, 1897–1898, i, p. 980, 1899–1900, ii, pp. 1625, 1626, 1902, ii, pp. 2233, 2234. XXIII. MS. belonging to Edward E. Ayer.

Translations and Compilations: These are all by James A. Robertson, except No. V, above, which is by Emma Helen Blair.

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