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declined to give up the town unless under orders from Aguinaldo, their chief. Affairs in Luzon having come to an open rupture between the United States and the Revolutionary forces, the General commanding the United States expedition advised the foreign Consulates that hostilities would commence after 5 a.m. on the 12th February, and on the morning of the 11th February, about 8.45 a.m., the first shot was fired. The Revolu tionary forces set fire to the city, leaving it almost in ruins, and retired outside the city limits. Iloilo was immediately occupied by the Americans.
The principal manufacture in Iloilo for local consumption and export to Manila is that of pina, a cloth very finely made from the fibre of the pineapple leaf. Another cloth called jusi is woven from silk, and is made in white and colours. The country round Iloilo is very fertile and is extensively cultivated. The sugar industry is the largest, the export for the fiscal year ended June 1907 being valued at $3,934,460, Tobacco is also largely cultivated. Rice is grown on a considerable scale, but locusts are very plentiful in the island, and often do great damage to the cane and paddy. Earthquakes seldom occur, and nowadays typhoons are rare in the district of Iloilo. Iloilo is about 250 miles distant from Manila. The principal traders are Chinese mestizos, who are very numerous in the port.
sugar
The island of Negros is extremely fertile and contributes three-fourths of the shipped from Iloilo, the quality of which is excellent. The cultivation of hemp on a larger scale has been commenced on this island.
PROVINCE OF ILOILO.
DIRECTORY
Governor R. Montinola Treasurer-F. L. Wilson Third Member-C. Mapa Recorder, Proboard-J. E. Santiago District Health Officer--Dr. Hurley District Engineer-F. Johnston Div. Supt. of Schools-C. H. Magee Dictrict Auditor-
Judge 1st Inst.-James Ross Fiscal Juan de Leon
Delegates to the Philippine Assembly C. Lederma, F. Villanueva, J. Lopez
Vito, E. Guangko
AMERICAN BAZAR, Watches, Jewellery, Gentlemen's Furnishing, Pina and Jusi
Cloth
Juan Ismael, proprietor
AVANCEÑA, Señoritas, Teachers-Molo
BANCO ESPAÑOL FILIPINO
Alfredo Rocha, director
M. Custodio, contador
A. Velez, sub-contador V. Sotelo, cajero
E. Rocha sub-cajero
BEHN., MEYER & Co., LD., Merchants-Tel.
Ad: Behn
Directors-Hans Becker (Singapore), Ad. Asmus (Singapore), F. Diehn (Singapore), A. G. Faber (Penang), H. Riege (Singapore), F. Katenkamp (Batavia), J. M. Menzi (Manila) W. Gemperle, signs as representative
(absent)
J. Petrich, signs per pro. P. Knobelauch
Agencies
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen Hamburg-Amerika Linie
Deutsch Australische Dampfschifls-
Gesellschaft
Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (Union) United States, China and Japan Line
Insurance
Aachen and Munich Fire Insce. Co. of
Aachen
Allianz Insurance Co. of Berlin Norddeutsche Vers. Ges. of Hamburg Western Assurance Co. of London
BISCHOFF, S., Merchant
Samuel Bischoff
BORDMAN, JOHN, Attorney-at-law-Calle
Ortiz; Cable Ad: Bordman
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & AGRICULTURE,
THE ILOILO
President Raymundo Melliza Vice-President-Gregorio Yulo Treasurers-Inchausti & Co. Secretary-José Reguera Vocal-Lizarraga Hermanos Asst. do.--Julio Salutregui
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS-F. S. Cairn
Deputy do. ---D. E. Foc Surveyor of Customs-G. Gomez
Chief Clerk-E. C. Crick Appraiser-S. A. Roberts Clerk-H. Carmichael
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