A Visit to the Philippine Islands

About this eBook

Author

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman, Jude Eylander, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project and the German State Library in Berlin.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Philippines -- Politics and government -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46695

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46695

Release Date

August 26, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.MANILA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
6. 6.VISIT TO LA LAGUNA AND TAYABAS.
7. 7.HISTORY.
8. 8.GEOGRAPHY—CLIMATE, ETC.
9. 9.GOVERNMENT—ADMINISTRATION, ETC.
10. 10.POPULATION.
11. 11.MANNERS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE PEOPLE.
12. 12.POPULATION—RACES.
13. 13.ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
14. 14.ARMY AND NAVY.
15. 15.PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
16. 16.ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY.
17. 17.LANGUAGES.
18. 18.NATIVE PRODUCE.
19. 19.VEGETABLES.
20. 20.ANIMALS.
21. 21.MINERALS.
22. 22.MANUFACTURES.
23. 23.POPULAR PROVERBS.
24. 24.COMMERCE. — EXPORTS FROM MANILA FOR 1858. — EXPORTS FROM MANILA FOR 1858. ( Continued. )
25. 25.FINANCE, TAXATION, ETC.
26. 26.TAXES.
27. 27.OPENING THE NEW PORTS OF ILOILO, SUAL AND ZAMBOANGA.
28. 28.ZAMBOANGA.
29. 29.ILOILO AND PANAY. — Comparative Cost.
30. 30.SUAL.
31. 31.INDIAN SONG OF THE PHILIPPINES. — II. — III. — I. — II. — III.
32. 32.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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