Mr Taft, iiie jretlring; Governor of the Philippineaiia^-a receat statement said that the condition of the Archipelago was now more favourable than at any time in ifej liMtory, ; not*ithßtaddmir : the long period of postilenceatid;agricultural depresaion. Cholpra, plagiaiiandnnderpost J were weUunde^cpntro]i. The public in- ■'=''• come was tttnmafc slightly behmd owing |j to provincial poverty/ which was largely .due to tlie Fißitatjons of locusts. Never- ': thelesfl, tlie hemp crop had ffurpassed all '% ieoorda. : The sugar and tobacco crops those^pf IBo2,Aputlpw ::?: : prices iiitcatened. to! deltroy .th^se im-; import duties in China^ Japan, and Java Jjas impaired valuable inarkele, ';-,;.■ : ; : -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 44, 23 February 1904, Page 3
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