Felipe II, and others; June 17-November 15.
Brief erecting Franciscan province of the Philippines.

Sixtus V; November 15.
Sources: All these documents, except in two cases, are obtained from the original MSS.

in the Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla.

The first document is taken in part from another copy which is preserved in the Real Academia de Historia, Madrid; and the papal brief is translated from the text given in Hernaez's _Coleccion de Bulas_.
Translations: The first document is translated by James A.Robertson, Emma Helen Blair, and Robert W.Haight (of the University of Wisconsin); the second, sixth and ninth, by Arthur B.Myrick, of Harvard University; the seventh, by Robert W.Haight; the papal brief, by Rev.T.C.Middleton, O.S.A., of Villanova College; the remainder, by James A.Robertson.
Memorial to the Council Memorandum of the Various Points Presented by the General Junta of Manila to the Council, So That in Regard to Each the Most Advisable Reform May Be Instituted (In the first general junta ["assembly"], held in the royal buildings, three conclusions were reached: First, the requirements of the country and the necessity for this journey; second, the person who should make the journey; third, the necessity for convening other assemblies in order to treat more clearly and more specifically the matters which needed attention in detail.

As the president and auditors could not be absent from their regular occupations, it was decided that thereafter should assemble for this purpose the bishop of the islands with one or two prebends to represent the cabildo of the church; one of the officials of the royal exchequer; the mariscal of Bonbon; the master-of-camp, with two other captains, in behalf of the military; two regidors with two other citizens, representing the cabildo and city, and some procuradors from other towns of the island; the three superiors of the religious communities; and other religious men therefrom, who are learned, seniors in their houses, and men of experience in the affairs of the country.