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noticeable being those of the mestizo corporation of Santa Cruz, 

 carrying a bust of Carriedo crowned with laurel ; of the officials 

 of Tondo, with a fountain from which flowed wine and water ; and 

 of the Chinese citizens of Manila, representing a sampan, and 

 manned by Chinese children.^"'^ Before the opening ceremony, 

 mass was celebrated opposite the fountain in a temporary struc- 

 ture erected by the house of Lorenzo Rocha who also entertained 

 the officials at luncheon after the proceedings."' In addition 

 to the bronze and silver medals, which the national mint was 

 permitted to coin for two months, two gold medals were also 

 struck, one of which was laid under a commemorative stone, 

 while the other was presented to the Conde de Peracolls as the 

 head of the Carriedo family."* The invitation ball was given 

 in the Theater of Varieties on Calle Arroceros, and the Italian 

 Opera Company, from whom it was taken for the night, was 

 reimbursed by being excused the rent of the building for ten 

 nights. During the whole celebration, the streets were decorated 

 by day and illumined by night."** There were decorative arches 

 on the south side of the Bridge of Spain, and of the Santa Cruz 

 and Carriedo Bridges, and on Plaza Goiti. 



Alms were distributed in commemoration of the event to the 

 hospitals, the prisons, and the poor ; ^" a degree was conferred 

 in every department of the university ; money was given to every 

 parish priest within the municipal radius for a mass for the 

 soul of Carriedo ; and every child born or person married within 

 the week received a liberal present,"^ thirty-seven couples and 

 parents of eleven children availing themselves of this latter 

 offer.^*^ In addition, two of the local newspapers. El Diario 



"' Mas y Otzet, Carriedo y sus obras (1882), 107. The whole description 

 by Maz y Otzet, who was the official historiographer, is very vivid. 



"' Actas de Carriedo (July 23, 1882). Invitaciones. Traida de aguas. 

 Inauguracion de la primera fuente (1882). 



"' The medals had on the obverse the words "Reinando Alfonso XII. 

 Commemoracion de la traida de aguas potables. 24 de Julio, 1882," and 

 on the reverse "Gobernando Filipinas el General Marques de Estella. 

 Carriedo y el Municipio de Manila." — El Comercio de Manila (July 30, 

 1882); Mas y Otzet, Carriedo y sus obras (1882), 118; Actas de Carriedo 

 (Nov. 12, 1884); Actas de Manila (1882), 104. 



^'^ Ibid. (1882), 93-96, 97. The chairman of the entertainment com- 

 mittee throughout the celebration was Francisco de Paula Rodoreda, whose 

 widow is still resident in Manila. 



"° Mas y Otzet, Carriedo y sus obras (1882), 102-103. 



'''Ibid., 127-129. 



•"Actas de Manila (1884), 191. 



