HACIENDA OF SANTA CRUZ DE MALABON

Description.-The hacienda styled Santa Cruz de Malabon or Tansa comprises all the municipal jurisdiction of the township of the same name in the province of (Cavite. It is principally devoted to the cultivation of irrigated rice, and in many parts of the estate two crops a year are produced. Part of it is devoted to the cultivation of upland rice, part to sugar cane, part to pasturage, and part as building lots. Another large part of it, including more than 5,000 hectares in the eastern and southeastern portions of the hacienda, is uncultivated, and on this land the corporation has stock corrals and houses for the men. It is bounded on the north and on the east by the Canas River, which separates it fromnt the hacienda of San Francisco de Malabon, the property of the Augustinian...

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HACIENDA OF NAIC

(Township of Naic, Province of Cavite, P. I.)

Description.-An hacienda styled San Isidro Labrador, or Naic, situated within the municipal jurisdiction of Naic, province of Cavite. It has an area of 7,968 hectares, 75 ares, and 95 centiares, equivalent to over 1,382 quinfones realengos, or over 2,851 ordinary quifiones. The land is in part devoted to the cultivation of highland rice, part to the cultivation of sugar cane, and part building lots. On the eastern part of the estate there are over 3,000 hectares of uncultivated land used for pasturage. It is bounded on the north by Manila Bay; on the east by the hacienda of Santa Cruz de Malabon, in the following form: From the mouth of the Timalan River, following the course of that river to Timalan Pass; from Timalan Pass (which is the point of affluence of the Timalan River with the Malabon River) it follows the Malabon River to a place called Tanque...

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HACIENDA DE IMUS

The CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SIR:

The subscribing attorneys commissioned by your excellency to examine and report upon the title deeds held and submitted by the British-Manila Estates Company (Limited) relative to the Imus estate in the province of Cavite, having complied with such commission after a very careful study of all the documents submitted, have now the honor to report to your excellency upon said titles. For the sake of method and greater clearness this report is divided into three parts, whereof the first contains the description of the said estate, the second the history or record

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HACIENDA DE SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON

From the 5th Annual Report of the Philippine Commission (1904)

HACIENDA OF SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON(Province of Cavite, P. I.) Description.-This hacienda, which is used for farming purposes, is situated within the municipal jurisdiction of the township of Rosario, Noveleta, and San Francisco de Malabon. It is bounded on the north by the Patis Creek, the lands of Don Jos6 Basa, by the high road of the town of Noveleta and by the Iturraldes farmhouse; on the south by the lands of the township of Amadeo; on the east by the Ilangilang River, which in part separates the estate from the township of Imus, the property of the Recoletos;

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Report of the Governor of Cavite 1904

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, Cavite, June 30, 1904.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report, required by act No. 1044, Philippine Commission:

DESCRIPTION AND GENERAL CONDITIONS. The province of Cavite is situated on the southern shore of Bay of the Manila. On the east it is bounded by the provinces of Rizal and Laguna. On the south by the province of Batangas, the boundary line being in the main the crests of the Sungay and Tagaytay mountain ridges. On the west it is bounded by Manila Bay and the China Sea...

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Annual Report of the Director of Land 1928 - Cavite Dam

CAVITE PROVINCE Imus Estate.-The proposed extension of the Ebarcadero system, Imus Estate, was carried out during the year in order to dispose of an'd convert into rice fields the remaining vacant lands situated in the barrios of Burol and Bagoong. Accordingly, the Paliparan Dam, constructed by private parties, was repaired, and its reconstruction was started during the first quarter of the year. About 70 per cent of the work has been completed and it is believed that it may be utilized not later than March 31, 1929. Among the important works undertaken during the year, however, were the repairs of Escribano Tunnels, the installation of Boyang gate and the construction of Minong weir. The construction of Isaac Tunnel was suspended due to lack of funds. Fortunately, the typhoons and drought that occurred 'during the last quarter of the year did not do any great damage to the irrigation structures in this estate. It is true that some of the irrigation structures and irrigation canals were...

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Provincial Report - Cavite 1905

REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, Cavite, P. I., August 15, 1905


SIR: In compliance with the provisions of Act No. 1044, Civil Commission, and your indorsement of June 26, 1905, I have the honor to submit the following report: GENERAL STATEMENT. The province of Cavite in former times was one of the richest in the islands. Since establishment of civil government it has suffered much from ladronism and other causes, which will be treated under separate heads. The principal sources of livelihood are four in number: 1. Fishing, which furnishes profitable occupation to many who live in the coast towns and barrios. The Manila and Cavite markets afford sale at good prices for all fish caught. As a rule, the part of the population devoted to fishing are among the most prosperous of the province.

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