1823. July 18--First cards for wool made in Filipinas, by a member of the corporation, Fray Diego Cera. It sends to China a plant and some seeds of the vanilla of the country. The existence of cerpentaria [sic] is recognized, a plant equally valuable with xiquilite [231] for the production of indigo. On April 24, 1827, report was made of a record of experiments made for extracting from the said plants the fecula [i.e., coloring matter] of the indigo; and on September 5, 1828, a botanical description was furnished of the cerpentaria, and an analysis of the fecula which it produces. September 4--Seed of the sugar cane of Filipinas is sent to Habana, and that of rice (or palay) to the Economic Society of Sevilla. 1824. September 2--The first permanent dyes for cotton and nipis. October 19--Wool, silk, and shellac [goma laca] are produced in Cebú. 1825. April 2--First report of the society on the establishment of a paper-mill; the second report on the same subject was issued on March 14, 1835. 1826. February 11--Spinning machinery is ordered from the United States. June 13--The first of the goods called "Coast" cambayas and kerchiefs, [but] of inferior quality, are woven and dyed, through the influence of the corporation. December 9--The cochineal insect is brought into these islands. 1827. April 24--Importation of a horse and two mares of superior blood, presented to the society in order to improve the breed in these islands. 1828. November 26--Information regarding the pine, the torch-wood [tea] of northern Luzon, and of a plant which produces a blue dye like the indigo. 1834. February 24--Reports for the acclimation of tea in Filipinas; the first trial of this cultivation was undertaken on August 14, 1837, and five hundred plants ordered from Batavia. August 8--Abacá is exported for the first time. December 12--Information upon the existence of mineral coal in Cebú, Surigao Angat, and Monte de San Mateo. 1835. March 14--Information collected regarding the silk industry in Caraga, various kinds of fiber for cordage (including one which appears suitable for replacing hemp), a bark suitable for dyeing black, and the discovery of a copper mine in Masbate. September 15--First sowing of abacá in Laguna; on March 19, 1837, the first specimens of the said product are presented. 1836. April 23--Machines for hulling rice by steam power, and on a large scale, introduced by Don Eulogio de Otaduy. Cottonseed sown in Antique, using seed from Pernambuco. 1839. July 12--Caldrons [made] of red copper from the mountains of Pangasinan. 1841. January 29--Propagation here of the cotton from North America known by the name of "[Sea] Island;" and request for seeds is sent to the United States. 1843. March 14--Importation of a steam machine for extracting the fiber of [para acorchar] abacá.