Beautiful Philippines: A Handbook of General Information

Those who desire to go as far as the dam must be sure to obtain permits from the Metropolitan Water District before leaving Manila, otherwise the trip will have to end at the he...

This avenue will, in a few years, be completely lined with Government buildings and grounds. It begins at the river, near the end of the Jones Bridge. Continuing down it toward...

BATANGAS PROVINCE.--Batangas Province is immediately south of Cavite Province. It has an irregular coastline and has many important ports, such as Nasugbu, Calatagan, Balayan, C...

During the first two decades of the seventeenth century, the coast of Bataan was more than once the scene of battles against the Dutch. The first of these encounters took place...

Among the places of special interest in Palawan may be mentioned Balabac on the island of the same name. It was to this island that many of the Filipinos were exiled in 1896 bec...

Iron.--Valuable deposits of high grade iron ores are found in the eastern and southeastern cordilleras of Luzon. Extensive deposits are available in Bulacan, Rizal, Camarines, a...

"The Filipinos impressed me very favorably. I think great injustice has been done to the native population.... They are more capable of self-government than, I think, the Cubans...

Of the written alphabets in use before the coming of the Spaniards, fourteen were of Malay origin, one was Arabic, and one Hebrew. Of the Malayan alphabets many were structurall...

"When I first started in against these rebels, I believed that Aguinaldo's troops represented only a faction. I did not like to believe that the whole population of Luzon--the n...

Income 45,511,037 70,957,757 73,977,000 84,289,932 63,051,435 65,952,560 Revenue from taxation 30,220,916 48,463,600 47,012,230 56,036,000 42,867,320 42,925,310 Incidental reven...

Agricultural education.--The Philippines being essentially an agricultural country, agricultural education is given considerable attention. The Bureau of Education at present ma...

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Mohammedanism was introduced and firmly established in the Archipelago by three men--Makdum, Raja Baginda, and Abu Bakr. Makdum was a noted Arabian scholar who, after introducin...

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Where to Go in Manila 207 List of Hotels 207 Garages and Stables 208 Steamship Agencies 208 Foreign Consulates 209 Cable Offices 211 List of Banks in the Philippines Doing Busin...

"To the favorable international atmosphere may be added the fact that the first of colonial powers is already reversing her former policies. She has granted recognition of freed...

ECONOMIC POSITION.--Lying within thirty-six hours' sailing from the port of Hongkong, the Philippine Archipelago bears promise of being an important distributing center for good...

(h) Under the present customs laws, all goods which are the growth, product, or manufacture of the United States, the Philippine Islands, or of both, or which do not contain for...

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Discovery 17 The Spanish Rule--A Tale of Wars and Uprisings 17 Reforms in the 19th Century 18 Last Decades of Spanish Rule--The Coming of the Americans 19 Filipino-American War...

Calamba Sugar Estate Canlubang, Laguna 1913 1,800 Pampanga Sugar Central Floridablanca, Pampanga 1919 1,500 San Carlos Milling Co San Carlos, Occidental Negros 1914 1,200 Mindor...