Directory_and_Chronicle_1933 — Page 1709

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Named in honour of PHILIP II, King of Spain

AUSTRALIAN FOODSTUFFS.

WE ARE REGULAR EXPORTERS OF:-

BUTTER & CHEESE

We can also supply the following goods at competitive prices:- Bacon, Hams, Frozen Meat, Dry Fruits, (Currants, Sultanas & Lexias), Fresh Fruit, Wheat, Flour, Leather and other Australian produce.

We can quote firm prices by Cable C.I.F. British Sterling.

ENQUIRIES INVITED

F. B. BOLTON &

Albert House, 289, Albert Street,

BRISBANE.

BANKERS:

Commercial Bank of Australia, Ltd.

BRISBANE.

co.

CABLE and RADIO:

"BOLTONCO" Brisbane, Codes:

Bentleys & Bentleys Second.

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 9 77 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 AND CLIMATE

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 greater part of the archipelago comes within the typhoon area and violent storms are of frequent occurrence during the rainy season July to September

inclusive.

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Classified

Agencies

Borneo

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