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Manufactures consist in fabrics of abaca and canonegro, of which boat cables are made.
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The chief products are abaca, rice, and cocoanuts, oil being extracted from the latter.
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There are gold and copper mines, and much tobacco, sugar, rice, and abaca is raised.
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Freshen up sunrooms and glass box extensions with this collection of steel frame abaca weave furniture.
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They are somewhat mountainous and well wooded, and coffee, abaca, sugar cane, and tobacco are raised.
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The manila hemp is the most prominent, of which coarse cloth is woven, besides the valuable cordage.
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The fibre is whiter, cleaner, and lighter than jute; moreover, in strength it ranks next to the best quality of manila hemp.
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Another statement from British India shows that Manila hemp requires a very special treatment.
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The best Manila hemp ought to be white, dry, and of a long and fine fiber.
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One Philippine product, however, connects the islands with almost all the rest of the world, namely, Manila hemp.
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Manufactures consist in fabrics of abaca and canonegro, of which boat cables are made.
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The chief products are abaca, rice, and cocoanuts, oil being extracted from the latter.
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There are gold and copper mines, and much tobacco, sugar, rice, and abaca is raised.
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Freshen up sunrooms and glass box extensions with this collection of steel frame abaca weave furniture.
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They are somewhat mountainous and well wooded, and coffee, abaca, sugar cane, and tobacco are raised.
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The principal product of the island is abaca, but rice is also raised and cocoanut oil is extracted.
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We were shown a species of banana, called abaca, the finer filaments of which, mixed with silk, are manufactured into native cloth.
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The officials were anxious to grow abaca, cacao, sugar cane and coconuts, all products of the Philippines, the soil of which resembled theirs.
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Abaca and palay are raised, and in the gold washings considerable gold of good quality is found.
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ABACA, or ABAKA, a native name for the plant Musa textilis, which produces the fibre called Manila Hemp (q.v.).