Beautiful Philippines: A Handbook of General Information

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Author

Philippine Islands. Commission of Independence

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Philippines -- Economic conditions

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61774

Release Date

April 7, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.List of Illustrations — ILLUSTRATED MAPS
4. 4.FOREWORD
5. 5.I. Historical Background
6. 6.II. The Material Spain Found
7. 7.III. The First Philippine Republic
8. 8.IV. Population of the Philippine Islands — FOREIGN POPULATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS — COMPARATIVE POPULATION
9. 9.V. Geographical Items of Interest — DIFFERENCES IN TIME — COMPARATIVE AREAS
10. 10.VI. The City of Manila
11. 11.VII. The Environs of Manila
12. 12.VIII. Other Cities — BAGUIO — CEBU — ILOILO — ZAMBOANGA
13. 13.IX. The Provinces—Beauty Spots
14. 14.X. Agricultural Products, Forest Resources, Minerals, and Other Industries — Hemp exports, 1913–1922 — Coconut oil exported, 1913–1922 — Sugar exported, 1913–1922 — Cigars exported, 1913–1922 — Number of rural credit associations and average number of stockholders, amount of capital stock paid up, and loans made in 1923, by provinces and subprovinces — FOREST RESOURCES — MINERALS — Importation of iron and steel and manufactures thereof — Calorific values of various coals — Importations of coal into the Philippine Islands, 1908–1922 — OTHER INDUSTRIES — PUBLIC LANDS
15. 15.XI. The Trade of the Philippine Islands — Total trade (imports and exports) by countries for the years ended December 31, 1917–1922 — Values of imports and exports, and total volume of trade, showing balance for each year, from 1913 to 1922 — [Excluding gold and silver ore, bullion and coin] — Values of principal articles exported, 1921–1922 — [Source: Bureau of Commerce and Industry] — Values of principal articles imported, 1921–1922 — [Source: Bureau of Commerce and Industry] — Aggregate value of merchandise carried by vessels engaged in foreign trade, by nationality — [Source: Bureau of Customs] — MANILA — ILOILO — CEBU — ZAMBOANGA — ALL OTHERS — TOTAL
16. 16.XII. Structure of the Philippine Government — Statement of receipts, expenditures, and surplus of the Insular government, 1921–1922 — [Source: Bureau of Audits] — Budget estimates for the Insular government, 1918–1923 — [Source: Budget presented by the Executive Department to the Philippine Legislature] — Table of currency in circulation, 1913–1922
17. 17.XIII. The Filipinos in Control — Comparative death rate scale for 1917
18. 18.XIV. The Independence Movement
19. 19.XV . Appendices — FIRST CLASS PUBLIC VEHICLES — SECOND CLASS PUBLIC VEHICLES — MANILA-ILOILO — MANILA-CEBU — VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF PHILIPPINE MONEY — BANKING: COMBINED CONDITION OF ALL THE COMMERCIAL BANKS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, IN PESOS — THE AMOUNT OF CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION AND THE PER CAPITA CIRCULATION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FROM 1906 TO 1922 — [Source: Insular Treasury] — TABLE SHOWING THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (EXCEPT THE CITIES OF MANILA AND BAGUIO), BY PROVINCES — [Source: Executive Bureau] — GROWTH OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM — PRIVATE SCHOOLS: ANNUAL ENROLLMENT, NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS, 1918–1922 — [Source: Office of the Superintendent of private schools] — ANNUAL EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, 1918–1922 a — [Source: Bureau of Education] — TOTAL RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, AND ACCUMULATED SURPLUS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, 1901–1922 IN PESOS — FIRE, MARINE, AND MISCELLANEOUS INSURANCE COMPANIES DOING ACTIVE BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1922 — AMERICANS AND FILIPINOS IN THE PHILIPPINE SERVICE ON JULY 1, 1921 a — NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AS PER REVISION MADE UP TO JUNE 18, 1923 — [Source: Bureau of Commerce and Industry] — CENTRALS COMPLETED — CENTRALS UNDER CONSTRUCTION — PROJECTS DEFINITELY PLANNED FOR DEVELOPMENT — SMALL FACTORIES USING OPEN TRAIN EVAPORATORS AND VACUUM PANS
20. 20.Index — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — R — S — T — U — V — W — Z
21. 21.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections — Abbreviations

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