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UNITED STATES

The following table gives the exports of sugar in piculs, for the twenty years ending with 1897. The prices quoted are all in silver.

Years Exports in Piculs Years Exports in Piculs Years Exports in IMculs 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1,965,888 1,890,259 2,145,423 2,904,317 3,362,572 2,451,951 3,403,499 18S4 1886 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1,966,799 3,255,850 2,972,789 2,866,38;3 2.969,920 8;502,S12 2,360,422 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 2,662,625 3,951,060 4,1&4,296 3,109,108 3,694,769 3,678,618 3,233,48;3

The United States gets only a small portion of the sugar produced in the Philippine Islands. According to statistics kept by one of the export houses in Manila, the shipments of sugar from Manila to the various coun- tries were as follows : Piculs (140 lbs.) United States 40,000 Great Britain 183,788 Europe (continent) 28,400 China and Japan 691,449 The sugar exported from Cebii went to Great Britain, China, and Japan, there being no shipments from that port to the United States. The exports were divided as follows : Piculs Great Britain 80,800 China and Japan 166,310 Sugar exported from Uoilo during 1897 went to the following countries : Piculs United States and Canada 375,616 Great Britain 488,000 China and Japan 1,205,087 Sugar cane is raised in all parts of the archipelago. While there has been a big increase in the export of sugar during the last twenty years, the quality of the product has not improved with the increase in quantity. Exports of tobacco leaf during the year 1897 were considerably in excess of those of 1896. The total exports for the year were 309,585 quintals of 46 kilogrammes, or 101.42 pounds to the quintal, as compared with exports of 198,978 for 1896, or an increase of 110,607 quintals. Principal shipments were as follows : Quintals Europe (continent) 245,436 Great Britain 51,635 Singapore and India 9,734 China and Japan 2,748 Australia '^2 Of the shipments to the continent of Europe, nine-tenths went to Spain. Of the shipments of tobacco to Great Britain only one-fifth was for consumption in that country, the remainder being manufactured and resliippod to Portugal, Sweden, and other European countries. Shipments of cigars during the year 1897 showed a falling off as com- pared with the shipments for the preceding year, owing to the fact that