THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES 53 



as against an exportation of- 



261 piculs hemp, at the average price of 



$4.00 



$1,044 00 



555 quintals cordage, 





5.00 



2,775 00 



5 quintals hemp rope, " 





125.00 



625 00 



84.5 cavans coffee, ' 





6.00 



507 00 



4,405 piculs sugar, " 





7.00 



100,835 00 



3,200 quintals indigo, " ' 





60.00 



192,000 00 



1,105 quintals liquid indigo, " ' 





3.50.... 



3,867 50 



8,825 piculs sapan-wood, " 





1.25 



23,531 25 



236 piculs shells, " ' 





8.00 



1,888 00 



31 piculs tortoise shell, " 





350.00 



10,850 00 



3,410 piculs sulphur, 





2.50. ... 



8,525 00 



2,610 piculs ebony, " 





1.75 



4,567 50 



1,532 piculs hulled rice, 





1.50. .. 



2,298 00 



42 piculs shark fins, 





16.00 



672 00 



2,266 piculs beche-de-mer, " ' 





24.00 



54,384 00 



5.68 piculs birds' nests, 





130.00 



738 40 



H4.24 piculs white birds' nests, ' 





3,200.00 



301,568 00 



1 ,332 piculs dried crabs, 





6.00 



7,992 00 



1,176 piculs pure cotton, 





22.00 



25,872 00 



310 piculs glue, " ' 









1,192 piculs rattan, " 





4.50... 



5,364 00 



1.280 piculs wax, " ' 





28.00.... 



35,840 00 



230 taels gold, " 





13.00 



2,990 00 



1,391 trunks timber, " ' 





1.25 



1,738 75 



1 ,066 cavans cowry shells, " ' 





2.00 



2,132 00 



1,000 cavans salt, " ' 





.25 



250 00 



105 gantas cocoa, " ' 









1,348 gallons rum, " ' 





.50 



674 00 



580 pairs plowshares, ' 





.50 



290 00 



420 carpenters' axes, " 





.50 , 



210 00 



3,353 buffalo hides, " ' 







1,257 37 



3,153 cow hides (tanned) " 





.75 



2,364 75 



684 stag hides, 





.13... 



88 92 



1,280 mats, " 





.30 



384 00 



731 buri mats, " 





1.00 



731 00 



748 hats, 





.30 



224 40 



Various 









12 riding horses, at the average pri< 



:e of 



50.00.... 



600 00 





$806,945 29 



There was, therefore, nearly three times as much imported as 

 exported. The list of articles exported, with their prices, is in- 

 teresting. Of the leading articles of today, sugar was the only 

 one of importance, and even this came after white birds' nests 

 and indigo. ( !omparing with this the table of Dr F. J. F. Meyen, 

 <>n board the Prussian merchant ship Prinzess Louise, eleven 



