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to the number of 9,250, of an average weight of a little more 

 than 4 kilograms each. The price was 6 pesos per hundred 

 stones. In the first eleven months of 1911, 2,900 paving stones 

 were sold, of an average weight of a little more than 7 kilograms 

 apiece. The price was the same. As will be noted, the differ- 

 ence of a few kilograms in the weight of paving stones makes 

 no difi'erence in the price. Stones suitable for paving blocks 

 25 centimeters square and under can be picked up on or near 

 the surface in abundance in San Esteban. But when the paving 

 stones required are of such a size as to require their being split 

 out of the solid rock, the price rises with a jump. For example, 

 paving stones about 100 by 50 centimeters in size are said to 

 sell for 80 pesos to 100 pesos per hundred. 



It should be stated that it is customary at San Esteban for 

 the maker to transport articles intended for shipment to the 

 beach without extra charge. 



Mortars. — During the period April 11, 1910, to the end of 

 the year, 447 rice mortars were sold, of an average weight of 

 nearly 93 kilograms each. The average price was 1.50 pesos. 

 During the first eleven months of 1911, the number sold was 160, 

 the average weight nearly 91 kilograms, and the avei'age price 

 1.50 pesos. This is what one usually has to pay at San Esteban 

 for 90-kilogram mortars, although I have heard reports of a 

 trader having obtained them cheaper. Those 25 kilograms 

 heavier cost 2 pesos or 2.50 pesos apiece, while those of the 

 heaviest class sell for 3 pesos. 



Mills. — In 1910, 18 mills, and in 1911, 8 mills, appear on the 

 books of the municipal treasurer as having been sold, at an aver- 

 age price of 30 centavos apiece. The weight and kind are not 

 specified. These articles were probably rather light corn-mills 

 of the sort in common local use. I know of no other records 

 of sales of San Esteban mills. According to the most reliable 

 information I could secure, one can not depend on buying corn 

 mills of the local type at less than 50 centavos; the heavy corn 

 mill called the "Kagayan mill" is worth locally from 1 peso to 

 1.50 pesos, and an ordinary rice mill, weighing in the neighbor- 

 hood of 35 kilograms, 1.50 pesos. 



Filters cost from 4 pesos to 9 pesos according to size. 



SUMMARY. 



The raw material, with the exception of that used for filters, 

 is found on Government land ; it appears to be abundant. Men 



