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Excerpt from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Vol. 13: 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
A new monastic order, the Augustinian Recollects, is permitted to send missionaries to the islands. Lit tle of importance occurs there in 1604; but among the Spaniards there is much fear of an invasion by the Chinese, in revenge for the late slaughter of their countrymen in Luzon. Yet the cupidity or laxity of the officials has permitted the number of Chinese resi dent in the islands to increase beyond proper limits; and the archbishop of Manila endeavors to secure strict enforcement of the laws against this dangerous immigration. The leading officials of the Augustin ian order complain (1605) of their provincial as un scrupulous and overbearing, and ask for relief and the suitable adjustment of the affairs of their prov ince.
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