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1880 431 1881 440 1882 339 1883 235 1884 245 1885 195 1886 205 1887 404 1888 330 1889 490 1890 188 1891 303 1892 136 1894 189 1895 275 1896 172 1897 223

The official figures of _quant.i.ty_ are not procurable since 1897. The _values_ of the s.h.i.+pments are as follows:--In 1901, $154,801; in 1902, $189,193; in 1903, $143,093.

Coffee s.h.i.+pments

Year. Tons.

1856 437 1858 1,560 1865 2,350 1871 3,335 1880 5,059 1881 5,383 1882 5,052 1883 7,451 1884 7,252 1885 5,209 1886 7,337 1887 4,998 1888 6,702 1889 5,841 1890 4,796 1891 2,869 1892 1,326 1893 307 1894 309 1895 194 1896 89 1897 136 1899 34 1900 13 1901 30 1902 7 1903 4

Gold and Silver Imports and Exports Since American Occupation

Year Imports Exports Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver.

Gold $. Gold $. Gold $. Gold $.

1899 109,965 1,141,392 3,487,050 939,756 1900 71,058 2,830,263 593,143 3,147,946 1901 751,909 6,269,613 857,563 637,844 1902 3,110 4,226,924 314,295 4,173,776 1903 50,730 1,403,475 63,540 7,494,347

Tonnage Entered in Philippine Ports Since American Occupation

Year. Steamers. Net Tonnage. Sailing-s.h.i.+ps Net Tonnage.

1899 1,562 767,605 313 58,980 1900 2,969 1,278,740 3,252 147,153 1901 3,649 1,630,176 6,333 208,092 1902 3,744 1,819,547 7,222 242,669 1903 4,679 2,343,904 6,111 251,116

Exchange Fluctuations (Of the Peso or Mexican Dollar).

Sight on London.

Year. Highest. Lowest.

1869 4/5-1/4 4/1-3/4 1879 3/11 3/9 1880 3/11-3/4 3/9-3/4 1881 4/1-1/2 3/11 1882 4/1 3/11-1/2 1883 4/0-1/4 3/9-1/2 1884 3/9-1/4 3/7-3/4 1885 3/10-1/4 3/8-1/2 1886 3/9-3/4 3/7-1/2 1887 3/8-1/2 3/3 1888 3/6-3/4 3/2-3/4 1889 3/6-1/4 3/3 1890 3/10-1/2 3/2-1/4 1892 3/3-3/4 3/- 1897 2/2 1/2-3/4 1898 2/0-5/8 1/9-1/2 1899 2/05/16 1/11-3/8 1900 2/0-7/8 1/11-7/8 1901 2/0-1/2 1/10-5/16 1902 1/10-13/16 1/6-1/4 1903 1/11-5/16 1/6-11/16 1904 Local Currency 1/11-9/16 1/9-11/16 "Conant" Peso 2/0-13/16 2/0-3/16

Proportionate Table of Exports (Exclusive of Gold and Silver) Years 1899-1903

Year 1899 United States ================== British Empire =================== Spain ====== Other Countries ==========================

Year 1900 United States ==================== British Empire ======================================= Spain ======== Other Countries =======================================

Year 1901 United States ====================== British Empire ==================================================== Spain ======= Other Countries ===============================

Year 1902 United States =================================================== British Empire ======================================= Spain ===== Other Countries ==================================

Year 1903 United States ========================================================= British Empire ============================================= Spain ====== Other Countries =====================================

Proportionate Table of Imports (Exclusive of Gold, Silver, and U.S. Govt. Supplies) Years 1899-1903

Year 1899 United States ======= British Empire ================== Spain ============ Other Countries ==================================================

Year 1900 United States =========== British Empire ================================== Spain ========== Other Countries ============================================================

Year 1901 United States ================= British Empire ======================================== Spain ========= Other Countries ====================================================================

Year 1902 United States =================== British Empire ================================ Spain ============== Other Countries ====================================================================

Year 1903 United States ================= British Empire ================================ Spain ========== Other Countries ====================================================================

Proportionate Table of Hemp, Coprah, and Sugar Exports, and Rice Imports in the Years 1899-1903

Hemp.

1899 =================== 1900 ====================== 1901 =============================== 1902 =========================== 1903 ===================================

Coprah.

1899 ========= 1900 ======================================== 1901 ==================== 1902 ================================== 1903 ==============================================

Sugar.

1899 ========================================== 1900 ================================ 1901 ============================ 1902 =================================================== 1903 ===========================================

Rice (Import).

1899 =================== 1900 ====================== 1901 ========================== 1902 =========================================== 1903 ====================================================

Chronological Table of Leading Events

1494 Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7).

1519 Maghallanes' expedition sailed, resulting in discovery of the Philippines.

1521 Death of Hernando Maghallanes (April 27).