[1] Extract from a letter dated September 29, 1885, from H. Strachan, Esq., Superintendent, Government Experimental Farm, Hyderabad, Sindh—and Extract from a letter dated February 13, 1886, from A. Stormont, Esq., Superintendent, Government Experimental Farm, Khandesh (vide “The Tropical Agriculturist,” Colombo, June 1, 1886, p. 876 et seq.).
[2] The extremely fine muslin of delicate texture known in the Philippines as Piña is made exclusively of pine-apple leaf fibre. When these fibres are woven together with the slender filament drawn from the edges of the hemp petiole, the manufactured article is called Husi.
[3] A British patent for Manila hemp-paper was granted to Newton in 1852.
[4] A large proportion of the product sent from Maúban to Manila as marketable hemp is really a wild hemp-fibre locally known by the name of Alinsanay. It is a worthless, brittle filament which has all the external appearance of marketable hemp. A sample of it broke as easily as silk thread between my fingers. Its maximum strength is calculated to be one-fourth of hemp fibre.
[5] Vide Instructions re Contraband from the Treasury Superintendent, Juan Manuel de la Matta, to the “Intendente de Visayas” in 1843.
[6] Instruccion General para la Direccion, Administracion y Intervencion de las Rentas Estancadas, 1849.
[7] Licensed depôts for the sale of monopolized goods.
Sundry Forest and Farm Produce
Maize—Cacao—Coprah, Etc.
Maize (Zea mays), or “Indian Corn,” forms the staple article of food in lieu of rice in a limited number of districts, particularly in the South, although as a rule this latter cereal is preferred.