Provincia de la Laguna[1]
Villa de Pila—exports agricultural products to Santa Cruz and to the capital (Huerta, 121)
Lumbang—exports agricultural and other items to Santa Cruz and to the capital (Huerta, 124)
Majayjay: weekly market on Mondays (Huerta, 126)—“Todos los lunes hay un Mercado bastante surtido, aunque diariamente espenden tambien en una plaza que tiene junto á la Iglesia, los articulos de primera necesidad.” (Huerta, 126-127). Agricultural exports sent to “la administracion colectora de pagsanhan, y al Mercado de Santa Cruz” (Huerta, 130). Mondays confirmed by Boncocan/Diestro.[2]
Siniloan: weekly market on Mondays[3] (Huerta, 131): “Todos los lunes hay un Mercado….” Agricultural and other products are exported to Santa Cruz and to the capital (Huerta, 132). Mondays confirmed by Boncocan/Diestro.
Pangil—exports of agricultural products and fish go to Santa Cruz (Huerta, 134).
Nagcarlan—products sent to San Pablo and the market at Santa Cruz (Huerta, 138). Boncocan/Diestro indicate that the weekly market here was held on Sundays.
Paete—Boncocan/Diestro say that the Paete market was held on Fridays.
Caboan
Santa Cruz—market days are Wednesdays and Thursdays (Huerta, 143): “Pero lo que mas llama la atencion es el gran Mercado que celebra semanalmente los miércoles y jueves, el cual es seguramente el mas concorrido de todas las Islas Filipinas. En dicho Mercado se reunen todos los productos agricolas é industrials de las provincias de Tayabas, Batangas y de la misma laguna, los cuales son esportados por los comerciantes de la provincial de Manila para el abasto de la Capital y estramuros …” (Huerta, 143-144). Wednesdays and Thursdays confirmed by Boncocan/Diestro.
Lilio—agricultural products go to the market at Santa Cruz (Huerta, 146).
Mabitac
Cavinti
Los Baños
Longos—any exports are sent to the market at Santa Cruz (Huerta, 156).
Paquil—exports sent to the markets at Santa Cruz and at Siniloan as well as to the capital (Huerta, 159).
Pagsanhan—exports sent to the market at Santa Cruz and to the capital (Huerta, 163).
San Antonio—agricultural and other exports are sent to the market place at Santa Cruz (Huerta, 168).
Bay—agricultural and fish exports are sent to the capital and to the market at Santa Cruz (Huerta, 170).
Magdalena—market on Sundays (Huerta, 171): “Los domingos hay un pequeño para abasto del pueblo” (Huerta, 171). Agricultural and other exports are also sent to the market at Santa Cruz (Huerta, 171).
Luisiana—agricultural products, “especialmente al beneficio del vino y aceite de coco” are sent “á la administracion colectora de Pagsanhan, y al Mercado de Santa Cruz” (Huerta, 173).
Boncocan/Diestro indicate that Binan and Calanan (neither mentioned by Huerta since they were not parishes staffed by Franciscans) weekly markets were held on Sundays.
[1] Initial listing and designation taken from Félix de Huerta, O.F.M., Estado geográfico, topográfico, estadístico, histórico-religioso de la santa y apostólica Provincia de San Gregorio Magno, de religiosos Menores Descalzos de la Regular y más estrecha Observancia de n. s. p. s. Francisco en las islas Filipinas; comprende el número de religiosos, conventos, pueblos, situación de estos, años de su fundación, tributos, almas, producciones, industrias, casos especiales de su administración spiritual, en el archipiélago Filipino, desde su fundación en el año de 1577 hasta el de 1865 (Binondo: M. Sánchez, 1865. 2nd ed.). 713pp. Municipality entries with no information indicate I found nothing of value for this topic in this source and edition. Note also that the listing in this volume is only for parishes administered by the Franciscans; there were of course other municipalities in these provinces and as we develop data for those pueblos I will add them.
[2] Rhina A. Boncocan and Dwight D. A. Diestro, Nineteenth Century Conditions and the Revolution in the Province of Laguna (Diliman, Quezon City: Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines, 2002), 34-35. I owe references from this source, which I have not yet seen, to Dan Doeppers.
[3] Both Majayjay and Siniloan are reported to have market days weekly on the same day, Monday. This is a surprise. I would have expected to have different market days during the week so that merchants could more efficiently move from pueblo to pueblo to buy and sell.