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Show Uncultivated Philippine Land. Surveys of the Philippine islands have shown that of the total of 120,-000 120,-000 square miles, the cultivated area Is only 14,000 square miles, the remainder remain-der embracing Gl.OOO square miles of commercial forests, 11,000 of non-commercial forests, 14,000 of unexplored and small islands, and various -areas promising mineral products. The cultivated cul-tivated lands include 2,189,000 acres of rice, 1,230,000 of abaca or Manila hemp-, 830,000 of coconuts, 440,000 of sugar cane, 145,000 of tobacco, 18,000 of mahogany, 26,000 of cacao, and 2,000 of coffee. |