Note 21 — V. The Nineteenth Century and Economic Development
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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: