Building Construction, Manila, 1936-1948
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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal
- Title
- Building Construction, Manila, 1936-1948
- Language
- English
- Source
- The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XXIV (Issue No. 8) August 1948
- Year
- 1948
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- Fulltext
- August, 1948______________ AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL_______________________291 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN MANILA: 1936 TO 1948 Compiled by the Bureau of the Census and Statistics from data supplied by the City Engineer’s Office. MONTH 1 1930 1 1937 1 1938 1939 1 1940 1 1941 1 1945 1 1946 1 1947 1948 | (Value) | (Value) | (Value) (Value) | (Value) | (Valud) | (Value) | Value) | (Value) (Value) January.................. P540.030 P426.230 P694.180 P463.430 Pl,124,550 P891.140 P — Pl,662,245 P3,645,970 P6,571,660 February................ 720,110 479,810 434,930 1,063,050 1,025,920 467,790 — 2,509,170 3,270,150 6,827,005 March.................... 411,680 396,890 1,300,650 662,840 671,120 641,040 — 3,040,010 3,398,910 7,498,560 April........................ 735,220 659,680 770,130 1,029,310 962,420 408,640 462,020 3,125,180 8,295,640 7,370,292 May......................... 400,220 670,350 1,063,570 1,139,560 740,510 335,210 1,496,700 3,968,460 5,564,870 8,893,690 June......................... 827,130 459,360 754,180 809,670 542,730 418,700 2,444,070 3,904,450 5,898,580 July......................... 302,340 691,190 756,810 495,910 357,680 609,920 1,741,320 3,062,640 9,875,435 August.................... 368,260 827,660 627,790 622,050 661,860 306,680 1,418,360 4,889,640 7,428,260 September............. 393,100 777,690 684,590 554,570 590,380 53,0830 1,015,250 7,326,570 7,770,310 October.................. 363,120 971,780 718,190 645,310 738,700 699,040 639,030 4,630,550 6,747,240 November............. 460,720 320,890 972,310 461,580 485,100 315,930 1,364,310 4,373,390 7,088,283 December.............. 648,820 849,160 503,230 1,105,970 333,490 67,553 1,605,090 5,034,600 4,924,320 Total............ 6,170,750 7,530,690 9,280,560 9,053,250 8,234,460 5,692,273 12,186,1.50 47,526,905 73,907,248 37,161,207 Annual Average.. 514,229 627,557 773,380 754,438 686,205 474,356 1,015,513 3,960,575 6,158,937 Total exports continued to show an increase over 1947 figures. During June of this year 84 vessels lifted 150,881 tons, as against 63 vessels and 95,993 tons for June last year. Figures of the most important commodities for June, 1948, as compared to June, 1947, are: 1948 1947 Cigars..................................................... 6 tons 6 tons Desiccated Coconut........................... 6,498 " 4,331 ” Coconut Oil.......................................... 2,508 ” 1,358 ” Copra..................................................... 49,490 ” 29,000 ” Copra Cake.......................................... 3,813 ” 1,907 ’’ Hemp...................................................... 47,786 bales 69,022 bales Logs and Lumber............................... 1,920,468 board feet — Ores......................................................... 18,574 tons 20,000 tons Rope....................................................... 346 ” 357 Sugar....................................................... 21,093 ” — Tobacco................................................. 5 ” 172 ” ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY COMPANY MACHINERY—MECHANICAL SUPPLIES—ENGINEERS—CONTRACTORS General and Sales Offices 174 MARQUES DE COMILLAS MANILA, P. I. TEL. 2-G1-05 Engineering Shops No. 1 CALLE L. SEGURA PASIG RIVER, MANDALUYONG TEL. G-G5-G8 OPERATING (A) Machine Shops (B) Steel Plate Shops (C) Structural Steel Shops (D) Welding Shops (E) Blacksmith Shops (F) Sheet Metal Shops (G) Marine Railway SPECIALIZING ON Steel Tanks of all Types and Sizes, Steel Truck Tanks, Steel Truck Dump Bodies, Mine Ore Cars, Steel Fabrication and Erection, Sheet Metal Fabri cation and Erection, Machinery Installations and Repairs, Marine Repairs.
- pages
- 291