PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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The construction of good roads open to all kinds of traffic in different parts of the Islands has been properly attended to by the Philippine Government during the past 20 years. The total extension of first-class, second-class, and third-class roads in the Islands increased from nearly 5,600 kilometres in 1910 to 10,000 kilometres in 1922. The mileage of roads rated as first-class is 3,020 miles.
There are at present two cable lines and one radio communication service in operation between the Philippines and foreign countries. The increased need for better and more extensive facilities for internal communication has been met by the rapid extension of telegraph and telephone lines, submarine cables, radio system and mail service.
Experiments have been made recently with aviation as a factor in the mail and passenger service, both domestic and foreign.
COMMERCE
The growth of Philippine commeree during the last ten years is shown in the following table of comparison:---
Exports
P 95,545,912
Total Trade P202,171,484
1913...
Imports P106,625,572
1914...
97,177,306
97,379,268
194,556,574
1915..
98,624,367
107,626,008
206,250,375
1916..
90,992,675
139,874,365
230,867,010
1917...
131,594,061
191,208,613
322,802,674
1918....
197,198,423
270,388,964
467,587,387
1919...
237,278,104
226,235,652
463,513,756
1920.
298,876,565
302,247,711
601,124,276
1921...
231,677,148
176,230,645
407,907,793
1922..
160,395,289
191,166,596
351,561,885
'Ten Principal Imports, Calendar Years 1920, 1921 and 1922:---
Articles
Cotton and manufactures of
1922 P 47,229,720
1921
P 38.859,379
1920
P 69,359,858
Iron and steel and manufactures of
15,208,761
43,529,079
44,434,623
Mineral oils .....
13,347,303
22,801,533
18,769,463
Rice
4,604,315
6,649,395
16,329,770
Automobiles, parts of and tires for.....
3,002,963
9,645,260
i4,921,366
Meat and dairy products
8,548,054
10,581,020
11,603,753
Coal
5,009,362
6,987,004
10,792,077
Wheat flour
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5,783,194
7,017,174
9,443,515
Silk and manufactures of..
3,117,454
3,721,538
6,036,511
Fish and fish products
2,834,949
2,965,912
5,706,114
All other imports
51,709,214
78,919,854
91,479,515
Total
.P160,395,289
P231,677,143
P298,876,565
"Ten Principal Exports, Calendar Years 1920, 1921 and 1922:-
Articles
Sugar
1922
P 51,165,110
1921 P 51,037,454
1920 P 99,238,520
Manila hemp
39,081,829
25,969,385
71,724,000
Coconut oil
31,468,971
32,103,036
46,537,773
Tobacco products
17,340,236
16,564,434
39,854,782
Embroideries
6,523,144
10,696,207
15,623,567
Copra
28,206,146
26,146,913
7,433,741
Maguey
2,973,203
1,848,794
2,737,844
Copra meal
2,435,290
1,208,930
2,393,122
Lumber and timber
1,667,140
1,575,124
1,830,583
Hats
950,788
608,724
1,539,596
All other exports
9,354,739
8,471,644
13,334.183
Total
P191,166,596
P176,230,645
P302,247,711