The Philippine Islands - Part 63
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Part 63

Total 88,533 110,527 124,648 130,542 71,982 36,312 45,070 97,129 81,308

Grand Total 193,387 231,083 230,054 203,181 89,386 67,536 58,920 102,145 88,378

_N.B._--The total export of sugar in the year 1861 was 53,114 tons.

Trade Statistics

Tobacco and Cigar Shipments Before American Occupation

Year. Cigars. Leaf. Year. Cigars. Leaf.

Thousands. Tons. Thousands. Tons.

Under Monopoly 1880 82,783 8,657 1889 121,674 10,161 1881 89,502 7,027 1890 109,636 8,952 1882 103,597 6,195 1891 97,740 9,803 1883 190,079 7,267 1892 137,059 12,714 1884 125,091 7,181 1893 137,458 11,534 1885 114,821 6,799 1894 137,877 9,545 1886 102,717 6,039 1895 164,430 10,368 1887 99,562 4,841 1896 183,667 10,986 1888 109,109 10,229 1897 156,916 15,836

Tobacco-leaf Shipments Since American Occupation

1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903.

Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.

6,272 9,834 7,764 9,016 8,593

Cigar Shipments Since American Occupation

The official returns do not state the quant.i.ties shipped

United States.

British Empire. [299]

Other Countries.

Total Year. Value. Value. Value. Value.

Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $.

1899 3,405 430,013 512,281 945,699 1900 5,662 937,872 214,883 1,158,417 1901 908 1,604,470 227,071 1,832,449 1902 11,006 813,083 164,429 988,518 1903 1,900 757,783 201,672 961,355

Coprah Shipments

Year. Manila. Cebu. Total.

Tons. Tons. Tons.

1890 4,653 -- 4,653 1891 -- -- 17,875 1892 -- -- 22,439 1893 11,519 -- 11,519 1894 32,045 1,220 33,265 1895 34,332 2,772 37,104 1896 34,895 3,075 37,970 1897 47,814 2,900 50,714 1899 13,356 2,378 15,906 1900 62,469 2,886 65,355 1901 30,347 2,308 32,655 1902 41,816 17,471 59,287 1903 69,189 14,222 83,411

Coprah Shipment Values

United States.

British Empire.

Other Countries.

Year. Total Value Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $.

1899 -- 72,095 654,558 726,653 1900 4,450 246,243 2,931,788 3,182,481 1901 -- 91,793 1,520,045 1,611,838 1902 9,057 531,421 2,161,247 2,701,725 1903 9,354 311,606 3,498,833 3,819,793

Cocoanut-oil Shipment Values

1893 1894 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 Value Value Value Value Value Value Value Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $.

10,336 33,333 None 105 20 346 81

It will be observed that with the increase of coprah shipment, the export of cocoanut-oil has decreased.

_Sapan-wood Shipments Before American Occupation_

Year. Tons.

1880 5,527 1881 4,253 1882 5,003 1883 2,924 1884 2,868 1885 4,011 1886 4,828 1887 5,222 1888 6,603 1889 4,592 1890 2,800 1891 4,197 1892 3,841 1893 4,918 1894 2,925 1895 2,313 1896 3,551 1897 4,187

The official returns, since 1898, do not state the _quant.i.ties_ of sapan-wood shipments.

Gum-mastic Shipments

Year. Tons.