THE PlIILIITINE ISLANDS 



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appears to 1)e increasing, although the drought of 1880 

 largely affected the suppl}'. Thus, while in 1880 it was 



MANILA HEJIP (Mt'.sa tcjiilis). 



returned at a value of £1,040,000, the total value of 

 that exported in 1890 was £2,150,000, and even this 

 large figure was less than the estimated value of ship- 



