Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-10
POrti0CatiOnS and Guns Of Manila Are
Anticipated.
Information Concerning The Topography Of the
Country, Population, Exports and
Imports.

iuccaS, embracing an extent OF 10
degrees of latitude and 9 of longi-
tude. They are over 40 in num-
ber; the largest two are Luzon
tarea 40,024 English square miles)
and MIndapao. The capital of the
Philippines, Manila, has 154,062
inhabitants (1SS7,; other towns
are Laopg, 30,642; Lipa, 43,4O8;
Banapg, 35,59S; Batangas, 35,5S7.
There is small resident Spanish
population, but a large number of
Chinese. The native inhabitants
are mostly of the Malayan race,
but there are some tribes of Negri
tos. The government is admin g.
tered by a Governor General and
a Captain General, aud the forty
three provinces are ruled by Gov
ernors, Alcaldes, or commandants,
according to their importance aud
position.
Manila, the capital, consists of
the old and now towns, on the
right aud left bank of the Mindo
nao river, which opens into Il
beautiful semi circular bay about
30 miles across, large enough t.
float all the navies in the world
he new town, according to late
dispatches, is already occupied by
the insurgents, but they can de-
lutte damHg- to old Manila AZ the
river is about three miles wide at
that poiut
Oh Marila is defended by II
st"ue wall about 30 feet high and
100 feet wide at the top.
The inner portion of this wall
forms the fashionable drive and
promenade, while the outer por-
ton facing The bay on two sides
of the bay is surmounted by a
low parapet through numerous
embrasures in which bristle al
apparently formidable array of
cannon. But in fact the guns are
autquated old 30 a d 40 pounder-
on wooden carriages and fully ex
posed. Eveu If we'll served, they
would b. no match for the model n
guns of the American fleet.
The estimated reyeuue of the
Philippine Islands in 1894 95 was
G2,715,98O, and expenditure
g2,656,O26 There is sn export
duty on bacco, aud almost every
article of foreign production is
heavily taxed on being imported.
On muslius and petroleum the
duty is about 100 per ceut of the
cost. ...
The chief products are hemp,
sugar, coffee, copra, tobacco leaf,
cigars, iudigo. Gold mining is
being carried on in Luzon with
favorable prospects and coal M IN.
ing in Cebu, where, when arrange.
meuts for carriage are completed
the output is expected to be abou,
5000 tons mouth.
In 1894 the total imports were
valued at $28,53O,000 and exports
at $33, 3,25O,OO0. In 1895 the chiei
exports we're: Hemp, S32 1872 bales
Zone bale weighs about 25O
poupds), valued at Gl, ,665,O00;
sugar, 23O,OS3 tons, valued at Gl,- )
2O5,OOO; copra, 6l,438 piculs
valued at G283,000; tobacco leaf
207,37l quiz tails; cigars l64, 4,430,
0O0; coffee, 1874 tons. Owing to
disease, the production of cofft Q is
falling of. The chief imports are
rice, flour, wines, dress, petroleum
coal. In 1895, l77,620 piculs OF
rice were imported from Hong.
kong, Saigon and S'ngap,re; 6l,-
39l tons of cual from Australif
and japan; 357 ,63S cases of petro
leum.
On an average, about 81 pc,
cent OF the I'M port value is from
the Unied Kingdom, 81 per cen
from Hongkong and Annoy, l;
per cent from Spain and 10 PEI
cent from Singapore and BRITISH
India. Imports into Spain from
the Philippine Islands in 1894
l7,994,838 pesetss \the value O
the peseta is 10 3 cents); exports
to Philippine Islands, 28,684,,
l22 pesetas, In 1896, 304 vessel
of 425,025 tons cleared the port
of Manila, Iloilo and Cebu. Their
are 720 miles of telegraph in tn
islands and 70 miles of railway.
The coin in use is the Mexican
dollar with locally coined frac
tIonal currency. The import o