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An Englishwoman in the Philippines

Note 6 — LETTER XX. FILIPINO INDOLENCE—A DROUGHT

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The Government owns 60,000,000 acres; but no non-Filipino can obtain more than 40 acres, and no corporation may hold more than 2500 acres. Five years after the passing of this law, that is in 1907, all corporate lands owned in excess of this amount and under cultivation must be disposed of or forfeited.

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