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of copra from India for 1912-13 amounted to 34,350 tons valued 

 at 8,330,991 pesos, as compared with 32,876 tons valued at 

 7,368,683 pesos in the previous year. 



Statistics covering imports of copra into the United States 

 show the following yearly amounts and corresponding values. 



The economic loss to the Philippine Islands due entirely to 

 unsatisfactory methods of preparing copra has been commented 

 upon repeatedly. The actual figures are startling, as may be 

 seen from Table V, where the monthly losses during the period 

 from 1907 to 1911 are shown in detail. 



Table V. — Comparative 'prices per metric ton in Europe for copra from 

 Ceylon and from, the Philippine Islands. 



1907 



Month. 



January 



February _ . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July -_. 



August 



September , 



October 



November.. 

 December.. 



Average- 

 Loss in 1907 — 



Ceylon. 



Pesos. 

 257.90 

 267.00 

 270. 10 

 255.50 

 245.40 

 238.00 

 229.90 

 221.70 

 215.60 

 218.70 

 215.30 

 200.70 



236.31 



Philippine 

 Islands. 



Pesos. 

 242.00 

 246. 00 

 248.80 

 239. 90 

 229.90 

 216.20 

 206.20 

 196.20 

 183.50 

 186. 10 

 180.30 

 175.70 



212.56 



Difference. 



Pesos. 

 15.90 

 21.00 

 21.30 

 15.60 

 15.50 

 21.80 

 23.70 

 25.50 

 32.10 

 32.60 

 35.00 

 25.00 



23.75 



Shipped 



Philippine 



Islands. 



Tons. 

 1,850 



900 

 1.082 

 4,568 



600 

 2,500 

 5,250 

 5,035 

 6.610 

 8,500 

 5.886 

 11.750 



Loss to 



Philippine 



Islands. 



Pesos. 



29,415.00 



18, 900. 00 



23,046.60 



71,260.80 



9,300.00 



54,500.00 



124. 435. 00 



128,435.00 



212,181.00 



277,100.00 



206, 000. 00 



293,750.00 



1,448,32X.40 



1908 



January 



February .. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



November . 

 December. - 



Average . 

 Loss in 1908 



186. 14 

 176.40 

 163.62 

 165. 46 

 169. 10 

 173. 36 

 177. 12 

 176.06 

 178.34 

 186. 38 

 188.86 

 196.12 



178.08 



169.22 

 157.82 

 144.78 

 147.44 

 146.86 

 151.46 

 155. 98 

 158.60 

 157.82 

 160.86 

 160.58 

 169.64 



156.74 



16.92 

 18.58 

 18.84 

 18.02 

 22.24 

 21.90 

 22.14 

 17.46 

 20.52 

 25.52 

 28.28 

 26.64 



21.42 



6,000 



1,250 



7.500 



4,000 



5,000 



9,000 



4,350 



9,750 



7,250 



12,750 



11,000 



11, 848 



103, 520. 00 



29, 750. 00 



141,600.00 



72,080.00 



111,200.00 



197, 100. 00 



96,318.00 



170, 235. 00 



148,770.00 



325, 380. 00 



311.080.00 



315, 630. 72 



2,022.663.72 



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