| -- | -- | 2,419| 2,955 "
Mother-of-pearl| | | | | | | |
Shell | 820| 338 | -- | -- | 260 | -- | 74| 1,492 "
Tortoise-shell | 2,081| 580 | -- | 555 | 1,912 | -- | 469| 5,597 catties.
Rice | -- | 6,576 | -- |uncertain| -- | 1,467 | -- |Uncertain.
Beche de Mer | -- | -- | -- | 4,348 | -- | -- | -- | 4,348 peculs.
Gold Dust | -- | -- | -- | 5,068 | -- | -- | -- | 5,068 taels.
Camagon, or | | | | | | | |
Ebony-wood | 235| 1,213 | -- | 794 | -- | -- | -- | 2,242 peculs.
Grass-cloth | 175| 13,252 | -- | 500 | -- | 650 | 22,975| 37,552 pieces.
Hats | -- | -- | 9,400 | 5,115 | 9,115 | 500 | 25,870| 50,000 hats.
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The quantity of rice and paddy shipped to China from the provinces
cannot be ascertained with any degree of exactness; what goes from
Manilla is very small, because, before arriving there, it has, by its
transport expenses, added to the price at which it is obtainable in
the districts where it is produced, which, of course, prevents its
being shipped from the capital. At a guess, however, I should suppose
that about a million cavans, each of which, one with another, weighs
about a China pecul, or 133 1/3 lbs, is an average yearly export,
should the Government not prohibit the article from being exported
for a longer period than usual, which is annually regulated by the
scarcity or abundance of food in the country.

From the preceding table, the reader will observe that the exports
of 1850, when compared with those of 1847, of which the following is
a statement, have increased in some respects, and fallen off in others.

Statement of Exports from Manilla during 1850.

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