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and leather goods. From Germany come better-class textiles, 

 tricots, hardware, paper, leather, steel and iron, machinery, etc. 

 From Switzerland are imported St Gall laces, muslins and silks. 

 From France come Lyons silks, machinery for cigarette mak- 

 ing, and paper. Austria contributes principally Vienna furni- 

 ture and Bohemian glassware. Belgium sends glass and glass- 

 ware, iron, paper, cement, etc., while Russia and America furnish 

 kerosene, and the latter country also sends flour and tinned 

 meats. Spain formerly exported little but wines and preserved 

 foods in tins. Within the last few years she has commenced send- 

 ing to the Philippines other articles to compete with the wares 

 of other countries. The Spanish goods are in every way inferior 

 to those of foreign manufacture, and on account of their being 

 free from import duty the prices are considerably lower. 



In the following table the exports during the last five years 

 are given. The minor articles have been omitted : 



Principal Exports from the Philippines from January 1 to December SI, 1896 



Countries. 



Sugar. 



Hemp. 



Coffee. 



Tobacco. 



Cigars. 



Sapan- 

 wood. 



Copra. 



To United States 



Piculs. 

 793,165 

 542,874 

 774,852 



Piculs. 



815,044 



615,554 



5,660 



33,892 



61,660 



Piculs. 

 199 



Quintals. 



47,816 



132 



154,930 



62 



16,076 



Thousands. 



35,010 



180 



32,610 



14,850 



112,540 

 610 



Piculs. 

 3,340 



Piculs. 

 33,200 





928 





548,812 







To China, Japan, and 



1,379,377 

 97,920 



307 



50,323 



3,895 

















Total in 1896 



Total in 1895 



3,588,188 



3,694,769 

 3,109,108 

 4,184,296 

 3,954,060 



1,531/810 



1,664,590 

 1,591,962 

 1,282,942 

 1,581,100 



1,434 



3,287 

 9,008 

 5,102 

 21,801 



219,016 



225,677 

 194,500 

 230,572 

 254,063 



195,800 



198,270 

 140,075 

 133,846 

 133,404 



53,663 



38,919 

 75,115 

 76,588 

 52,452 



585,907 

 594 469 



Total in 1894 



510,633 

 188,404 

 292,536 



Total in 1893 



Total in 1892 





Values— 1894, 1895, and 1896 



Articles. 



Si i lt:h- .... 

 Hemp ... 

 Coffee .... 

 Tobacco 

 Cigars ... 

 Sapan-u i 

 Copra .... 

 Various. 



Total 



$14,000,000 



11,160,000 



2,630,000 

 1,990,000 



70,000 



2,630, 



224,000 



.112,239,000 

 13,317,000 



158, I 



2,707,750 



1,786,200 



58,400 



2,898,000 



60,800 



$12,771,50(1 



833,225.150 



$12,590,000 



12,750,000 



412,000 



2,310,000 



1,500,000 



102,000 



2,£ .mi in 



115,000 



$32,279,000 



Tlie exports from Manila alone, the most important place to 

 lie considered, were during the past six years as follows : 



