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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 51, 1801-1840: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 51, 1801-1840: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

only to agriculture and the useful arts, and to abandon commerce and
business entirely. They have been very injurious to the interests of
the islands, and ought to be expelled from Filipinas, save as they are
engaged in handicrafts or the tillage of the soil. The Spaniards ought
thus to follow the example of the Dutch in Java and other islands,
where the Chinese have made excellent agriculturists and manufacturers
of agricultural products, and have enriched both themselves and the
Dutch; if they had been thus treated in Filipinas, that country would
now be as prosperous and wealthy as are the Dutch colonies, and its
trade would be as rich and extensive as that of the Dutch. As it is,
enormous sums of money have been carried to Filipinas from España, and
spent in the islands, with hardly any return to the mother country;
and the greater part of this wealth has been absorbed by the trade
with China, and has been stored away in that country.]

[A note at the end of this MS. outlines the author's plan for the
establishment of a banking system at Manila.]

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

The documents in this volume are obtained from the following sources:

1. Events in Filipinas.--Compiled from Montero y Vidal's Historia de
Filipinas, tomo ii, pp. 360-573; iii, pp. 6-32.

2. Remarks on the Phillippine Islands, 1819-22.--Reprinted from the
original publication (Calcutta, 1828), from a copy in the possession
of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago.

3. Reforms needed in Filipinas.--From two original MSS. in the
collection of Edward E. Ayer.

4. Representation of Filipinas in Cortes.--Compiled from various
sources, as indicated in preliminary note.

5. List of archbishops.--Compiled from various sources, as indicated
in first paragraph.

APPENDIX

    Representation of Filipinas in Cortes. [Compiled from various
    sources.]
    List of the archbishops of Manila, 1581-1898. [Compiled from
    various sources.]

Sources: These appendices are obtained from various sources, as
indicated therein; they are compiled by James Alexander Robertson.

REPRESENTATION OF FILIPINAS IN THE SPANISH CORTES

Preliminary Note: The account of the first two Cortes is drawn largely
from notes made by James A. LeRoy from Diario de las sessiones de las
Cortes generales y extraordinarias, and other sources, and kindly
sent by him to the Editors. For the first Cortes see also Montero
y Vidal, Historia general, ii, pp. 388-390, 392, 396-398, 400-409,
411-413,422-435, and Guia oficial de España, 1813, pp. 21, 22, where
the Philippine deputies are named. For the second Cortes, see also
Montero y Vidal, ut supra, ii, pp. 444-452, 457-462, 476-481. For
the third Cortes, see Montero y Vidal, ut supra, ii, pp. 544, 545,
552-560, 563-573; and Filipinas y su representacion en Cortes (Madrid,
February 8, 1836), which although published anonymously is by Camba.

The Cortes of 1810-1813

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 51, 1801-1840: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

only to agriculture and the useful arts, and to abandon commerce and
business entirely. They have been very injurious to the interests of
the islands, and ought to be expelled from Filipinas, save as they are
engaged in handicrafts or the tillage of the soil. The Spaniards ought
thus to follow the example of the Dutch in Java and other islands,
where the Chinese have made excellent agriculturists and manufacturers
of agricultural products, and have enriched both themselves and the
Dutch; if they had been thus treated in Filipinas, that country would
now be as prosperous and wealthy as are the Dutch colonies, and its
trade would be as rich and extensive as that of the Dutch. As it is,
enormous sums of money have been carried to Filipinas from España, and
spent in the islands, with hardly any return to the mother country;
and the greater part of this wealth has been absorbed by the trade
with China, and has been stored away in that country.]

[A note at the end of this MS. outlines the author's plan for the
establishment of a banking system at Manila.]

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

The documents in this volume are obtained from the following sources:

1. Events in Filipinas.--Compiled from Montero y Vidal's Historia de
Filipinas, tomo ii, pp. 360-573; iii, pp. 6-32.

2. Remarks on the Phillippine Islands, 1819-22.--Reprinted from the
original publication (Calcutta, 1828), from a copy in the possession
of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago.

3. Reforms needed in Filipinas.--From two original MSS. in the
collection of Edward E. Ayer.

4. Representation of Filipinas in Cortes.--Compiled from various
sources, as indicated in preliminary note.

5. List of archbishops.--Compiled from various sources, as indicated
in first paragraph.

APPENDIX

    Representation of Filipinas in Cortes. [Compiled from various
    sources.]
    List of the archbishops of Manila, 1581-1898. [Compiled from
    various sources.]

Sources: These appendices are obtained from various sources, as
indicated therein; they are compiled by James Alexander Robertson.

REPRESENTATION OF FILIPINAS IN THE SPANISH CORTES

Preliminary Note: The account of the first two Cortes is drawn largely
from notes made by James A. LeRoy from Diario de las sessiones de las
Cortes generales y extraordinarias, and other sources, and kindly
sent by him to the Editors. For the first Cortes see also Montero
y Vidal, Historia general, ii, pp. 388-390, 392, 396-398, 400-409,
411-413,422-435, and Guia oficial de España, 1813, pp. 21, 22, where
the Philippine deputies are named. For the second Cortes, see also
Montero y Vidal, ut supra, ii, pp. 444-452, 457-462, 476-481. For
the third Cortes, see Montero y Vidal, ut supra, ii, pp. 544, 545,
552-560, 563-573; and Filipinas y su representacion en Cortes (Madrid,
February 8, 1836), which although published anonymously is by Camba.

The Cortes of 1810-1813

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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