PASIG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town 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 Rizal, Luzon, Philippine Islands, about 6 m . E.S.E. of See also:

• MANILA

Manila . Pop . (x903), 11,287 . The town, which covers a considerable See also:

• AREA

area, is traversed by the Pasig See also:

• RIVER

river and its tributary, the Mariquino river, and for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders on See also:

• LAGUNA, or LA LAGUNA

Laguna de See also:

• BAY

Bay . In the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• PART

part is Fort See also:

• MCKINLEY, WILLIAM (1843—1901)

McKinley . Although built on See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low ground, Pasig is fairly healthy . It was formerly an important commercial centre, the inhabitants being largely engaged in a carrying and forwarding See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade between Manila and the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake ports; but this trade was lost after the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• RAIL

rail and steamboat service between these ports . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are 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-farming, the manufacture of a cheap red pottery, and fishing . The See also:

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

language is Tagalog .