that cape and the small island of Santiago. The submarine cable from
Hongkong formerly landed here, but now reaches Manila direct.

[31] The paragraphs in italics which accompany the sections of Tello's
letter are apparently brief summaries thereof, made by some clerk
for the use of the Council of the Indias.

[32] Referring to the diocese of Nueva Cáceres (also known as
Camarines). It was offered successively to three Franciscans, two of
whom declined the honor; the third, Fray Pedro Bautista, was already
a martyr in Japan when the royal decree arrived at Manila. The office
was finally conferred (1600) upon Francisco de Ortega, O.S.A. Benavides
was the first bishop of Nueva Segovia, and Agurto of Cebú.

[33] A grant of graces, indulgences, and dispensations awarded by
the Holy See to the faithful of either sex, inhabitants of Spain,
Portugal, their colonies, and the kingdom of Naples. The condition
requisite for the enjoyment of these favors is the contribution yearly
of a small alms for the support of divine worship and maintenance of
institutions of beneficence, as hospitals, asylums, and the like. Among
the privileges granted are absolution from reserved cases, commutation
of vows, exemption from abstinence and fasts, and so on. In former ages
the alms thus contributed were employed in battles against infidels and
heretics. The document empowering the recipient of the above favors
to make use of them must be printed on stamped paper, and sealed and
signed by the commissary-general apostolic delegated therefor by the
Holy See. The dispensation must be renewed yearly. Moroni--_Dizionario_
(Venezia, 1840), v, 283-285--states that, from the revenue thus
received from the Crusade sales annually, the following amounts are
turned over to the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatican,