BATANGAS  , a See also:

• TOWN

town, See also:

• PORT

port of entry, and the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Batangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, near the Batangas See also:

• RIVER

river, about t m. from its mouth on the E. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the Gulf of Batangas, and about 65 m . S. by E. of See also:

• MANILA

Manila . Pop . (1903) 33,131• The See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government has established a military See also:

• POST

post here, and the town has numerous See also:

• FINE

fine public buildings and private residences . It is the most important port of a province noted for the fertility of its See also:

• SOIL

soil and the See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of its inhabitants . Its exports, which are large, include See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee of excellent quality, cacao, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, horses and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . The horses of Batangas are unusually strong and active . See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton is produced, and is See also:

• WOVEN

woven into fabrics by the See also:

• WOMEN

women . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is Tagalog .