54 . THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES 



years later, we find a great increase in exports — in the case of 

 sugar tenfold, though with hemp, again, not figuring at all. 

 He gives the exports as folloAvs : 



1829. 1830. 



Sugar 120,274 piculs. - 138,387 piculs. 



Indigo 11,809 " 13,863 " 



Sapan-wood 11,675 " 11,594 " 



TT n q • „ / 114,793 cavans. 197,486 cavans. 



mined nee j 104,357 piculs. 179,532 piculs. 



TT , ,-. , . • r -, ■, s f 30,830 cavans. 



TJnhulled rice (paddy) | 2 £ m pieulg< 



Rum 19,551 gallons. 



p. f 4,595 arobas. 4,257 arobas. 



° lgars \ 52,843 kilograms. 48,955 kgr. 



The remaining less important articles are omitted. 



Since foreigners have ceased to be handicapped by Spanish 

 discriminations, trade has steadily increased, even if not to the 

 extent it should ; the trade of the Philirjpines should be twenty 

 times what it is today. At the end of the twenties, imports and 

 exports were practically equal. 



Imports. Exports. 



1827 $1,048,680 $1,093,690 



1828 1,550,933 1,475,034 



Up to the seventies both had been increased more than ten- 

 fold, the exports considerably exceeding the imports. In round 

 numbers, the trade for the years 1870, 1875, and 1880 may be 

 stated as follows : 



Imports. Exports. 



1870 , $14,000,000 $16,000,000 



1875 13,000,000 19,000,000 



1880 17,000,000 22,000,000 



The only exception is the year 1872, when the exports stood 

 at 16? million dollars and the imports at 22 million dollars. In 

 1892 the exports were 33 million dollars ; the imports 25 mil- 

 lion dollars. 



It is a difficult matter to give statistics of the imported goods, 

 since there are innumerable articles not entered separately at the 

 custom-house, but placed for the purposes of duty in certain 

 classes. Some of the leading goods may, however, be mentioned. 

 „From England, Manchester articles figure conspicuously, to- 

 gether with a number of less important wares, such as hardware 



