A Visit to the Philippine Islands

nes are about 10,000,000 dollars.

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es 1,928,607·92 Grace

600,000·00 W

50·59 Finance (Hac

3,500·00 Mar

12,118·59 Gover

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341·10 Total

Spanish consuls in the East, 22,500 dollars; remittances to Spain and bills drawn by Spain, 680,600 dollars; toba

ves, 114,604·50 dollars by the mestizos (half-races), 136,208·78 dollars by the Ch

ne being 265,271·99 dollars; general and provincial administrations, between 70,000 and 80,000 dollars-that I am persuaded it would be

e by their emancipation from the bonds of monopoly. I leave here out of sight the enormous amount of fraud and crime, and the pernicious effects upon the public morals of a universal toleration of smuggling, as well as the consideration of all the vexations, delays, checks upon im

The expenses for which this department is debited are (independe

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obacco and manufacture of the cigars. I am of opinion that from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 dollars might be realized with immense benefit to the public by a tax upon cultivation, or the

in all, 205,152 dollars; so that this fertile source of misery, disappointment, and frequently of crime, does not produce a net income of 50,000 dollars to the State. It may well be doubted if such a source of revenue should be maintained

Indians. The tax on spirituous liquors gives 1,465,638 dollars. The opium monopoly brings 44,333·34 dollars; that of gunpowder, 21,406 dollars. Of smaller sources of income the m

s. Public works, roads and bridges are in charge of the locality, while of

488,329·28 dollars, and for pious works 39,801·83; Jesuit missions to Mindanao, 25,000.

s; artillery, 192,408·71 dollars; engineers, 32,173 dollars; rations, 140,644·31 dollars; matériel, 149,727·10 dollars; transport

cost of building, repairing, &c., 266,813·17 dollars; salari

vices is 120,000 dollars for the mail steamers between Hong Kong and Manila, and 35,000 dollars for the service between Spain and Hong Kong. There

susceptible of immense development-that production, agricultural and manufactured, is in a backward and unsatisfactory state-that trade and shipping might be enormously increased-and that great changes might be most beneficially introduced into many branches of administration, must be obvious to the political economist and the shrewd observer. The best evidence I can give of a grateful remembrance of the kindnesses I received will be the frank expression of opinions friendly to the progress and prosperity of these fertile and improveable regions. Melioratio