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The Philippine Islands

Note 12 — Maize—Cacao—Coprah, Etc.

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British patents for paper-making from banana fibre were granted to Berry in 1838; Lilly in 1854; Jullion in 1855; Burke in 1855; and Hook in 1857. In these Islands a cloth is woven from this fibre.

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