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.
---------------+--------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+---------------- | To | To the |To the | To the | To the | To | To | To | | Great |Continent|United | Pacific |Australian| China. |Singapore.|Batavia.| |Britain.| of |States.| and |Colonies. | | | | Total | | Europe. | |California.| | | | | ---------------+--------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+---------------- Sugar |104,246 | 18,755 | 92,149| 4,150 | 174,777 | -- | -- | -- |394,077 peculs. Hemp | 16,592 | 2,438 | 98,440| -- | -- | 300 | 1,888 | -- |119,658 " Cordage | 20 | 546 | 7,038| 404 | 4,430 | 825 | 1,425 | -- | 14,688 " Indigo | 58 | 78 | 2,166| -- | -- | 149 | 118 | -- | 2,569 quintals Sapan-wood | 12,055 | 11,960 | 28,891| -- | 160 | 5,210 | 18,814 | 1,817 | 78,907 peculs. Hides | 1,366 | 183 | 1,821| -- | -- | 2,389 | -- | -- | 5,759 " Hide Cuttings | -- | -- | 1,893| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,893 " Gold Dust | -- | -- | -- | 3,970 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,970 taels. Coffee | -- | 9,244 | 395| -- | 4,267 | -- | -- | -- | 13,906 peculs. Rice | 23,760 | 4,520 | -- | 300 | 772 |uncertain| 875 | -- |Uncertain. Paddy | 1,870 | 13,978 | -- | -- | -- |uncertain| -- | -- |Ditto. Cigars | 16,010 | 11,176 | 548 | 787 | 9,674 | 6,706 | 19,169 | 5,943 | 70,013 mil. Leaf Tobacco | 5,440 | 115,016 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5,280 | -- |125,733 arrobas. Mother-of-Pearl| | | | | | | | | Shell | 708 | 92 | -- | -- | -- | 16 | -- | -- | 816 peculs. Grass-cloth | -- | -- | 56,171| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 56,171 pieces. Hats | -- | -- | 1,600| -- | 10,932 | -- | 5,560 | -- | 18,092 hats. ---------------+--------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+----------------