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many of the operatives in Manila have joined the ranks of the insurgents. The total shipments of cigars for the year 1897 were 109,405,000, as com- pared with 194,loG,000 for 1890, a decrease of 24,071,000. Principal shipments were as follows :

China and Japan

Singapore and India.

Europe (continent).

Great Britain

Australia ....

United States and Canada (Atlantic)

United States (Pacific)

58,420,000 37,310,000 30,500,000 24,290,000 16,300,000 2,460,000 183,000

For the year 1897 the value of the coffee exported from the Philippine Islands was only §96,100. When the industry was at its height, ship- ments were made of more than $4,000,000 in a single year. The shipments of coffee to the various countries were as follows

Europe (continent) China and Japan Australia. Singapore and India

1,969

246

12

9

The prosperity of the Philippine Islands is dependent in a large measure upon the shipping industry. The islands are cut off from the markets of the world, and the entire trade, both export and import, is dependent upon freight rates by steamer and sailing ship. The statistics of freights are incomplete. The following table gives freight rates from Manila to the United States and Great Britain for various years from 1880 to 1897 :

[Per English Ton of 2240 Pounds]

Yeaes

United States

Great Britain

Maximum

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

1880 .... 1885 .... 1890 .... 1895 .... 18i)6 .... 1897 ....

$10.00 6.00 5.75 5.75 5.25 4.50

$5.00 4.00 5.50 4.00 3.25 3.00

£ H. d. 4 3 3 12 3 3 6 2 10 2

£ s. d. 3 2 6 2 2 12 6

1 17 6 12 6

2

Freight rates from the United States and Great Britain to Manila for various years from 1880 to 1897 are shown in the following table :

[Per English Ton of 2240 Pounds]

Years

United States

Great Britain

Maximum

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

1880 .... 1885 .... 1890 .... 1895 .... 180(j .... 1897 ....

$12.00 9.25 6.50 7.00 6.25 6.00

$8.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.25

£ «. d. 2 17 6 1 12 6 1 13 6 1 10 15 1 10

£ R. d. 1 17 10

15 12 6

1 3 9 10