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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Named in honour of PHILIP II, King of Spain

LOCATION

Iwing to the south anet of the groat continent of Asia and occunving much the

CONSIDER AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

Australia is the logical Source of Supply for Eastern markets particularly in PRIMARY PRODUCTS—FOODSTUFFS AND RAW MATERIALS.

AN AUSTRALIAN BUYING SERVICE.

We offer our Services as a Commission Buying and Shipping House, and will Buy, Collect and arrange to Ship orders for any number of Suppliers under one B/L.

We are also in a position to make firm C.I.F. and E. offers of BULK MERCHANDISE such as Flour, Wheat, Butter, Meat, Hides, Tallow, etc.

AN AUSTRALIAN SELLING SERVICE.

As Merchandise Brokers we can sell a variety of Eastern Products and we are prepared to negotiate with regard to appointing SUITABLE SELLING AGENTS throughout the Commonwealth for Manufacturers and others desirous of taking advantage of the Australian Market.

Enquiries for either of the above are cordially invited..

Mercantile Brokers.

Exporters of Primary Produce. Manufacturers' Agents.

Import and Export.

Cables: “BOLTONCO," BRISBANE.

Codes used: Bentley's & Bentley's Second. Bankers: COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRAILA, LTD.

F. B. BOLTON & Co.,

ALBERT HOUSE,

289, Albert Street,

BRISBANE.

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of the blending of the Uriental, the Spanish, anu part of the population included 9,428,291 Filipinos; 43,802 Chinese: 5,774 Americans; 7,806 Japanese; 3,945 Spaniards; 1,140 English; 286 Germans; 182 French; 125 Swiss; and 977 of other nationalities. Only 932,953, or 9.4 per cent., were non-Christians and pagans, but even these are now fast taking advantage of the all-pervading system of public schools.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

The Philippines is a group of islands varying in size from Luzon, which is practically as large as Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark combined, to the nameless islets rising just a few feet above the water. The coastline includes many fertile coastal plains. Added to these are the Central Plain, the Cagayan and Bicol Valleys of Luzon; the Central Plain of Panay; and the Agusan and Cotabato Valleys of Mindanao. Most of the large islands are crossed by well-defined ranges, running, as a rule, in a north and south direction; Mount Apo, in south-eastern Mindanao, is the highest peak, with an altitude of 9,610 feet.

The principal part of the group comes within the range of the typhoons, and violent storms are of frequent occurrence during the so-called rainy season. The islands are also the centre of great volcanic action. "The destructive ravages and changes produced by

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