He makes recommendations for the routes and equipment of the vessels, both going and returning; and for the seasons best for sailing.
A letter from Francisco de Otaco, S.J.

(January 14, 1620), mentions various arrangements for the despatch of more missionaries to the islands, and laments the recent loss of a fleet sent to the aid of the Philippine colony.

A royal decree of May 29 in the same year orders the governor and Audiencia to correct the religious who have levied on the Indians exactions of forced service.
The Jesuit chronicler of events in 1619 continues the record for the year ending July, 1620.

Some account of the war waged by the Chinese and the Tartars is given.

The persecution of the Christians in China has slackened, and the authorities of that country are more favorable to the Jesuit missionaries there.