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11 "At Paquit, near Pagsanhan, an enterprising Spanish mestizo, Mr. Roxas, has set up two establishments of importance to the colony. Manila used to import its gunpowder from Spain. Mr. Roxas conceived the idea of building a factory to produce it, and today he is able to supply the entire local demand. The success of this venture led him to attempt another, that of a spinning mill on the French model. He entrusted the management of the enterprise to a young compatriout of ours familiar with the process. The young man brought with him the necessary machinery and spindles. The factory, first set up in Manila, has recently been transferred to paquit, where it continues to prosper."

12" (At Calauang) there is a cotton spinning mill, the property of a mestizo who dresses like a Spaniard and no doubt wishes to be considered such. The machinery employed is of Belgian or French make, and of a very simple construction... The yarn produced is of the coarsest description, and is only saleable to the native weavers of cotton cloth."

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Jala-Jala (pp. 148-149)

"9...Not many of the foreign immigrants to the Philippines in the early 19th century engaged in agricultural enterprises. Among the few who did, one of the most successful and original was a Frenchman, Paul Prouset de la Gironiere. La Gironiere came to the Philippines as a young man in 1819 and served for a time as a surgeon in the colonial army. Having married a Spanish lady, the Marquise of Las Salinas, he bought a large tract of land called Jala-Jala on the north shore of the Lake of Bae, and went to live there with his wife in 1825. He devoted the next 13 years to developing a fine estate in which he kept herds of cattle, buffaloes and horses, and planted rice, indigo, sugar and coffee. His coffee plantation was awarded a prize by the Economic Society as a model of its kind..."

All the inhabitants of Jala-Jala without exception are subject to the authority of their chief, the gobernadorcillo who is elected yearly by the elders and the cabezas de barangay. He administers justice, and is the administrative officer of the touwnship, responsible for peace and sees to it that agreements between the lord of Jala-Jala and his tenants are religiously kept.

Every stranger who comes to settle in Jala-Jala immediately acquires all the rights and privileges of the other inhabitants. However, non-Catholics cannot hold any municipal office.

Cockfights are permitted on Sundays and holydays after the religious services without payment of dues to the lord of Jala-Jala. All games of chance are forbidden except on the patronal feast of the town, the feast day of the lord of Jala-Jala and the feast day of his lady.

All able-bodied men and boys capable of working must work on his own account or to work for someone else.

Every family head is obliged to have a house of appropriate size with a small yard and garden neatly fenced and planted with fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. He shall enjoy in perpetuity the use of the land occupied by his house and garden, on condition of paying to the lord of Jala-Jala a yearly tax of one chicken or its equivalent, to wit, thirty centimes.

Every family head who is a householder has the right to clear land wherever he chooses within the limits of Jala-Jala provided he obtains permission from the lord. In the fourth and ensuing years the lord of Jala-Jala shall have the right to 1/10 of the harvest.

Every inhabitant may possess horses and buffaloes. They can cut wood from the forests but if he sells the wood outside the estate, 1/4 of the proceeds shall belong to the lord. Fishing is free along all the shores of the estate. HUnting is completely free within the estate, but for every deer or boar brought down the lord claims a quarter.

All the young men between 12 and 18 years will be divided into groups of four. Each group in turn is obliged to serve the parish priest for 15 days with no pay except their keep.

The young women shall take charge of keeping the church clean and decking the altar with flowers.

The young women above age twelve shall assemble at the estate house twice a week on Monday and Thursday to pound and prepare the rice for the lord's household. They will be paid for this service by the measure of cleaned rice,according to custom."

From "Readings in Philippine History