[151] Azcarraga, p. 18. [152] An item in the memoir published by the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (Manila, 1860), containing a list of its achievements, is to the effect that on August 8, 1834, "abacá" was exported for the first time. (See Bl. and Rb., Vol. 52, p. 317.) Azcarraga (p. 19) gives the following figures for hemp: Piculs exported. 1840 83,790 1845 102,490 1850 123,410 1853 221,518 1857 327,574 1858 412,502 [153] Azcarraga (p. 167) gives the following figures for Iloilo: Foreign Countries. Manila. Piculs of Sugar. Piculs of sugar. 1859 9,344 77,488 1860 40,176 72,592 1861 44,256 29,312 1862 102,464 98,912 1863 170,832 80,000 [154] Azcarraga, pp. 168-169. [155] Jagor, (Spanish edition, Madrid, 1874), p. 255. [156] "From these dates (referring to the opening of the ports) the prosperity of the Philippines advanced steadily and rapidly without interruption until the outbreak of the Philippine revolution six years ago. To this period is due the propagation of the hemp fields of Ambos Camarines, Albay, and Sorsogon; the planting of the innumerable coconut groves; the sugar haciendas of Pampanga and Negros; the tobacco fields of Cagayan and the Ilocos provinces; the coffee of Batangas, and the utilization everywhere of the specially adapted soils for the production of these admirable articles of trade. One thing is to be noticed, and is important in estimating the future development of the islands. The money that was invested here was not brought in by capitalists but was made here. Haciendas arose from small beginnings, and this continued prosperity apparently suffered no diminution or check until it was interrupted by the ravages and desolation of warfare. * * *" (Barrows, Census of the Philippine Islands (1903), Vol. 1, p. 446.) [157] Bowring, p. 410. "The Filipinos gave a proof of their intelligence and of their aspirations by sending their children to Manila to be educated, buying furniture, mirrors, articles of luxury for their homes and persons; buying pianos, carriages, objects imported from the United States and Europe which came their way, owing to foreign trade. These articles caused a revelation which produced a revolution in the social mind, thanks to that veritable revolution of an economic character which permitted the only possible development--the material development." (Tavera, Ibid.) [158] Jagor, ibid., p. 256.