The inhabitants of the Philippines . line of steamers bringing Manila within thirtydays of Barcelona was the most important event in thehistory of the Philippines since the conquest, and it hadthe gravest consequences. It greatly stimulated the tradeof the Philippines, but it enormously increased the numberof Spaniards in the Islands. Hordes of hungry-lookingIberians arrived by every steamer with nominations toposts for which most of them possessed no seemed as if all the loafers of the Puerta del Sol and theCalle de Alcala were to be dumped in the Philippines andfed by the Tr
The inhabitants of the Philippines . line of steamers bringing Manila within thirtydays of Barcelona was the most important event in thehistory of the Philippines since the conquest, and it hadthe gravest consequences. It greatly stimulated the tradeof the Philippines, but it enormously increased the numberof Spaniards in the Islands. Hordes of hungry-lookingIberians arrived by every steamer with nominations toposts for which most of them possessed no seemed as if all the loafers of the Puerta del Sol and theCalle de Alcala were to be dumped in the Philippines andfed by the Treasury. Places had to be found for them, and a bureaucraticadministration partly copied from French practice, wasrapidly substituted for the old paternal regime. Newdepartments were organised or the old ones greatly ex-tended. Far more money was spent on the salaries ofengineers and assistant-engineers than on public salaries of the officials of the Woods and Forests ex-ceeded the revenue derived from dues on timber cut in. [Sff p. 2S6. VICOLS PREPARING HEMP.—DRAWING OUT THE FIBRE. n 0(1. J 19 o> 3. CLASS. j; 1500j A n I ?SO--? PUEBLO DE ^:^viv:5i .Xj. ? , • ^y \^^•? de, v^iz fJ^.^ • P!\jjijicia it^....,. .»Z.,!?-•-dcr-^./ a}ir,.< dc vdad. dicsiiid/: ^</ ? y projesioir .„..:-. haOiiii V sc lui^ . tuipadr-oiiado en csta^.(.. y/. y///-. // con d num. .^... : ^£^///^//7 d ,r3 dv^.y^^^i^^.: :Jc iS^. ^^^, ??? V ^X-- i To Jacc p. FAC-SIMILE OF THE DOCUMENT OF IDENTITY OF THEAUTHOR. SHOWING THE AMOUNT PAID ANNUALLY ASPOUL-TAX, THE ASIMILISTAS 53 the Crown forests, and their regulations seriously interferedwith the privileges of the natives previously mentioned,and caused great discontent. The salaries of the Inspectorsof Mines were almost a useless expense, for there was norevenue derived from mines, in fact there were no mines,only placers and washings. A medical service was organisedat great cost and to litt
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