Chapter XVII

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Manufactures and Industries.

Cigars and cigarettes--Textiles--Cotton--Abaca--Jusi--Rengue --Nipis--Saguran--Sinamay--Guingon--Silk handkerchiefs--Pina --Cordage--Bayones--Esteras--Baskets--Lager beer--Alcohol-- Wood oils and resins--Essence of Ylang-ilang--Salt--Bricks-- Tiles--Cooking-pots--Pilones--Ollas--Embroidery--Goldsmiths' and silversmiths' work--Salacots--Cocoa-nut oil--Saddles and harness--Carromatas--Carriages--Schooners--Launches--Lorchas --Cascos--Pontines--Bangcas--Engines and boilers--Furniture --Fireworks--Lanterns--Brass Castings--Fish breeding--Drying sugar--Baling hemp--Repacking wet sugar--Oppressive tax on industries--Great future for manufactures--Abundant labour-- Exceptional intelligence 158-163

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