Show OF ISLANDS Philippine Statistic Show an In orease in Imports Washington on March ln Insular ular I of the war department has prepared for publication an extract from Its Ita lar monthly bulletin of oft t I he commerce of the Philippines com coin comparing paring the eight months ended Aug 31 1 lOl 1901 and IO It is shown that the total value ot of Imported during the et t months monta ended Aug 31 wee was 11 against fOr the same period perlo of 1 1900 and the total value of merchandise e exported during the eight months ended Aug 31 1901 1101 Was 16 against tor the period of I ITh The Th imparts shoW an Increase of 35 15 fr pr r c ent during the period of ill as 8 r with the same period of f 1900 1100 In the exports there ther was a 6 per cent increaSe n rea In favor of 1901 Th The Imports rom om he bt united States exclusive of ofT T goll oId sn an l silver during the eight months df o 01 was as being an increase of 14 4 per cent over oer the same of the prec eding year while the thet t how or a slight increase tn in favor faor of 1901 The import show a gain ot of lenny on food stuffs and In a articles or of nearl nearly 4 OOOO for the eight months montis of for the pt period mentioned d it a slight In increase rease dot clur rig 1901 he be showing howing for tor this period H of amount t 9 is III credited to hemp the leading art Ide of t export The export of 1 In articles fr t the of ItOl 1901 nearly doubled I h of J 1100 while of the nines tI and torl forests show a decided in rease over oer l 1900 OO |