. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. Spanish rule, which had its harvest in the fierceinsurrection of 1896-98. All of which is too evident to be disputed. For three centuries lotteries, cock-fights, and gambling were the mostpopular sources of recreation and speculation. The suppression of themcost the government enormous loss in revenue. The licenses on cock-fights alone amounted to |15U,U0U per annum. The portion that fell tothe state from the monthly government lotteries reached $6U0,0(
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. Spanish rule, which had its harvest in the fierceinsurrection of 1896-98. All of which is too evident to be disputed. For three centuries lotteries, cock-fights, and gambling were the mostpopular sources of recreation and speculation. The suppression of themcost the government enormous loss in revenue. The licenses on cock-fights alone amounted to |15U,U0U per annum. The portion that fell tothe state from the monthly government lotteries reached $6U0,0()U a lotteries were not only popular with the Spaniards and Philippinos,but with the English at Manila, Hong Kong, and Singapore. A seriesof graduated prizes Avas offered for tickets costing ten dollars, pro-portional parts for fractional portions of the same. The grand prize of$500,000 was a bait. Every merchant deemed it a part of his business toinvest ten dollars at every drawing. The smaller prizes usually made up aportion of his investment, and the fascination of the fortune which headedthe list tempted him to try GOVERKOR S PALACK, MANILA. CHAPTER VIII. MOST NOTED TOWNS. OF the cities and towns of the Philippines, Manila, the capital of theAreliipelago, ranks first in size and importance. This Venice ofthe Far East stands on both banks of the Rio Pasig. on a wide,fertile plain slightly elevated above the water. Along the banks of thestream are still to be seen countless remains of mussel-shells, of a kind stillexisting in the surrounding sea. The city is commonly spoken of as oldand new Manila, by which it is to be inferred that the town has knowntwo stages of construction. That portion wliicli claims precedence on account of its earlier existenceis a walled town, called by its Malay founders, before the Spanish occu-pation in 1571, Intrarauros, and is situated on a peninsula, so it isnearly surrounded by water. The Pasig River flows in front or on then
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