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weekly service to and from Manila, which is some 350 miles distant. The town is lit up by electricity and a telephone system exists.
Iloilo is the centre for the sugar industry which for the most part comes from the island of Negros, and over 2,000,000 piculs pass through the port each year; owing to recent facilities granted by the United States, whereby it is allowed in free of duty, the greater part of it is shipped there. Rice is grown on a fairly large scale, but enough is not raised for consumption, and large importations are necessary from Saigon and Hongkong. There is a weekly service between Hongkong and Iloilo
via Manila.
On the 23rd December, 1898, the Spanish Governor-General resident in Iloilo resigned, giving over the care of the town to the Mayor, or Alcalde, of Iloilo, preparing with his troops and Government officials, naval, military and civil, to evacuate the place, which on the 25th December was accomplished. On the 26th December, 1898, the town of Iloilo, which for over a month had been entirely surrounded on the land side by Revolutionary forces, was delivered over to them by the Spanish Alcalde, and the Philippine Republic flag was hoisted on all the public buildings. On the 28th December, 1898, the United States forces, composed of the U.S.S. Baltimore and three transports with 3,800 troops, under the command of Brigadier- General Miller, arrived in front of Iloilo, but did not land, as the Revolutionary forces 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. The Revolutionary forces set fire to the city, leaving it almost in ruins, and retired outside the city limits. Iloilo was immediately occupied by the Americans.
PROVINCE OF ILOILO
DIRECTORY
Governor-Amando Avanceña Treasurer-Leonard G. Dawson Third Member-José B. Ledesma Recorder, Prov. Bd.-José Ma Taleón District Health Officer--Dr. G. J.Cullen Assistant D. H. Officer-Dr. V. Rivera Divisions Supt.-G. E. Wright District Auditor-R. K. Zercher Judge First Instance-John S. Powell Fiscal Provincial-José Copes Vito
(acting)
Delegates to the Philippine Assembly -Francisco Villanueva, Perfecto Salas, Ernesto Gustilo, Tiburcio Lutero, Cirilo Mapa
AMERICAN BAZAAR, Watches, Jewellery, Gent.'s Furnishings, Pina and Jusi Cloth
BANCO DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS
Manuel Maria Rincon, director Eugenio Rocha, cajero
F. Coma, contador
BEHN, MEYER & CO., LTD., Merchants--Tel.
Ad: Behn
W. Gemperle, signs as representative
P. Schlumbom
B. Muehlinghaus
Agencies
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen Hamburg-Amerika Linie
Deutsch Australische Dampfschiffs-
Gesellschaft
Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (Union)
Insurance
Norddeutsche Vers. Ges. of Hamburg East India Sea and Fire Insurance Co. "Albingia" Insurance Co.
BISCHOFF, S., Merchant
BORDMAN, JOHN, Attorney-at-Law-Calle
Ortiz: Tel. Ad: Bordman
A. Berwin, law clerk
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and AGRICULTURE
THE ILOILO
President-Raymundo Melliza Vice-President-Gregorio Yulo Treasurers-Inchausti & Co. Secretary-José Reguera
Interpreter-Lizarraga Hermanos
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA,
AND CHINA
W. U. A. Whyte, sub-agent
J. C. Kyle, sub-accountant M. Jocson, cashier
H. Gonzalez, clerk