Note 13 — APPENDIX: AGRICULTURE IN FILIPINAS

“In 1848 were procured from London the steamers ‘Magallanes,’ ‘Elcano,’ and ‘Reina de Castilla,’ which were the first vessels of this class that were seen in Filipinas; and to their excellent services are due the rapid transformation which was wrought in the prosperity of the country, and the repression of the piracies of the Moro Malays.” (Montero y Vidal, Hist. de Filipinas, iii, p. 87.) ↑