Note 16 — APPENDIX: AGRICULTURE IN FILIPINAS
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1848. June 14—Inquiry into the existence in the country of the white poppy from which the opium is extracted. (On April 20, 1849, the society issues a very explicit report on the cultivation of the said plant and the preparation of opium16 in Filipinas.) December 22—A note regarding gutta percha and gamboge, by Don Jacobo Zobel, a member.