[The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, by Murat Halstead]@TWC D-Link bookThe Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, CHAPTER IX 13/84
Of the manufactured tobacco, 70 per cent, goes to China and Singapore, 10 per cent.
to England, and 5 per cent.
to Spain. Cocoanuts are grown in southern Luzon and are used in various ways.
The products are largely used in the islands, but the exports, in 1894, were valued at $2,400,000. Cattle, goats and sheep have been introduced from Spain, but they are not numerous.
Domestic pigs and chickens are seen around every hut in the farming districts. The principal beast of burden is the carabac or water buffalo, which is used for ploughing rice fields, as well as drawing heavy loads on sledges or on carts. Large horses are almost unknown, but there are great numbers of native ponies, from nine to twelve hands high, but possessing strength and endurance far beyond their size. Commerce and Transportation. The internal commerce between Manila and the different islands is quite large, but I was unable to find any official records giving exact figures concerning it.
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