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Tribunal (town hall). Reforms affecting
travellers. 225

Chapter XIV
Spanish-Philippine Finances
Philippine budgets. Curious items of revenue and expenditure. 227
Spanish-Philippine army, police, and constabulary statistics. 230 The
armed forces in the olden times. 232 Spanish-Philippine navy and
judicial statistics. 233 Prison statistics. Brigandage. The brigands'
superstition. 235 A chase for brigands. The anting-anting. Pirates. 237
The notorious Tancad. Dilatory justice. A cause célèbre. 239
Spanish-Philippine Criminal Law procedure. 241

Chapter XV
Trade of the Islands from Early Times
Its early history. Its State galleons. 243 The Consulado merchants. The
Mexican subsidy. 244 In the days of the Mexican galleons. The Obras
Pias. 245 Losses of the treasure-laden galleons. Trade difficulties. 246
The period of restrictions on trade. Prohibitory decrees. 248 The
Manila merchants alarmed; appeal to the King. 249 Penalties on
free-traders. Trading friars. The budget for 1757. 250 Decline of trade.
Spanish trading-company failures. 252 The Real Compañia de
Filipinas; its privileges and failure. 253 The dawn of free trade.
Foreign traders admitted. 254 Manila port, unrestrictedly open to
foreigners (1834), becomes known to the world. 256 Pioneers of
foreign trade. Foreign and Philippine banks. 257 The
Spanish-Philippine currency. Mexican-dollar smuggling. 259 Ports of
Zamboanga, Yloilo, Cebú, and Sual opened to foreign trade. 261 Mail
service. Carrying-trade. Middlemen. Native industries. 263 The first
Philippine Railway. Telegraph service. Seclusion of the Colony. 265

Chapter XVI
Agriculture

Interest on loans to farmers. Land values and tenure in Luzon Island.
269 Sugar-cane lands and cultivation. Land-measures. 271 Process of
sugar-extraction. Labour conditions on sugar-estates. 273 Sugar
statistics. World's production of cane and beet sugar. 275 Rice.
Rice-measure. Rice machinery; husking; pearling; statistics. 276 Macan
and Paga rice. Rice planting and trading. 278

Chapter XVII
Manila Hemp--Coffee--Tobacco
Musa textilis. Extraction and uses of the fibre. Machinery. 281 Hemp
experiments in British India. Cultivation. Qualities. 283 Labour
difficulties. Statistics. Albay province (local) land-measure. 286 Coffee.
Coffee dealing and cultivation. 289 Tobacco. The Government
Tobacco Monopoly. 292 Tobacco-growing by compulsory labour.
Condition of the growers. 294 Tobacco Monopoly abolished. Free trade
in tobacco. 296 Tobacco-trading risks; qualities; districts. Cigar values.
299

Chapter XVIII
Sundry Forest and Farm Produce
Maize. Cacao-beans. Chocolate. 300 Cacao cultivation. Castor oil.
Gogo. 302 Camote. Gabi. Potatoes. Mani (pea-nut). Areca-nut. Buyo.
303 Cocoanuts. Extraction of Tuba (beverage). 304 Cocoanut-oil
extraction. Coprah. Coir. 305 Nipa palm. Cogon-grass. Cotton-tree. 307
Buri palm. Ditá. Palma brava. Bamboo. 308 Bojo. Bejuco
(Rattan-cane). Palásan (Bush-rope). 310 Gum mastic. Gutta-percha.
Wax. Cinnamon. Edible Bird's-nest. 311 Balate (Trepang). Sapan-wood.
Tree-saps. 312 Hardwoods; varieties and qualities. 313 Molave wood
tensile and transverse experiments. 315 Relative strengths of
hardwoods. Timber trade. 317 Fruits; the Mango; the Banana; the
Papaw, etc. 318 Guavas; Pineapples; Tamarinds; the Mabolo. 320

Sundry vegetable produce. Flowers. 321 Botanical specimens--curious
and beautiful. Orchids. 322 Firewoods; Locust beans; Amor seco. 324
Botanical names given to islands, towns etc. 324 Medicinal herbs, roots,
leaves and barks. Perfumes. 325

Chapter XIX
Mineral Products
Coal import. Coal-mining ventures. 326 Comparative analyses of coal.
328 Gold-mining ventures. The Paracale and Mambulao mines. 329
Iron-mining ventures. Failures, poverty and suicide. 332 Copper.
Marble. Stone. Gypsum. Sulphur. Mineral oil. 334

Chapter XX
Domestic Live-stock--Ponies, Buffaloes, Etc.
Ponies. Horses. Buffaloes (carabaos). 336 Donkeys. Mules. Sheep.
Fish. Insects. Reptiles. Snakes. 338 Butterflies. White ants. Bats. Deer.
Wild boars. 340 Fowls. Birds. The Locust plague. Edible insects. 341

Chapter XXI
Manila Under Spanish Rule
The fortified city. The moats. The drawbridges. 343 Public buildings in
the city. The port in construction. 344 Manila Bay. Corregidor Island
and Marivéles. 345 The Pasig River. Public lighting. Tondo suburb.
346 Binondo suburb. Chinese and native artificers. 347 Easter week.
The vehicle traffic. 348 The Theatres. The Carrillo. The "Moro Moro"
performance. 349 The bull-ring. Annual feasts. Cock-fighting. 350
European club. Hotels. The Press. Spanish journalism. 351 Botanical
gardens. Dwelling-houses. 353 Manila society. Water-supply. Climate.

354 Population of the Islands in 1845; of Manila in 1896. 355
Typhoons and earthquakes affecting Manila. 356 Dress of both sexes.
A "first-class" funeral. 357 Excursions from Manila. Los Baños. 359
The story of Los Baños and Jalajala. The legend of Guadalupe Church.
360

Chapter XXII
The Tagálog Rebellion of 1896-98
First Period
The Córtes de Cadiz. Philippine deputies in the Peninsula. 362 The
Assembly of Reformists. Effect of the Cavite Rising of 1872. 363
Official acts conducive to rebellion. The Katipunan League. 364 Arrest
of prominent Filipinos. The first overt act of rebellion. 366 War
commences. The Battle of San Juan del Monte. 368 Execution of
Sancho Valenzuela and others. 369 Andrés Bonifacio heads the
movement. He is superseded by Emilio Aguinaldo. 370 Imus (Cavite)
is captured by the rebels. The history of Imus. 372 Atrocities of the
rebels. Rebel victory at Binacayan. 373 Execution of 13 rebels in
Cavite. The rebel chief Llaneras in Bulacan. 374 Volunteers