1891, November, age 30. -- Arranging for a Filipino agricultural colony in British North Borneo. Practiced medicine in Hong Kong. 1892, June 26, age 31. -- Returned to Manila under Governor-General Despujol’s safe conduct pass. Organized a mutual aid economic society:La Liga Filipina on July 3. 1892, July 6. -- Ordered deported to Dapitan, but the decree and charges were kept secret from him.Taught school and conducted a hospital during his exile, patients coming from China coast ports for treatment. Fees thus earned were used to beautify the town. Arranged a water system and had the plaza lighted. 1896, August 1, age 35. -- Left Dapitan en route to Spain as a volunteer surgeon for the Cuban yellow fever hospitals. Carried letters of recommendation from Governor-General Blanco. 1896, August 7 to September 3. -- On Spanish cruiser Castilla in Manila Bay.Sailed for Spain on Spanish mail steamer and just after leaving Port Said was confined to his cabin as a prisoner on cabled order from Manila. (Rizal’s enemies to secure the appointment of a governor-general subservient to them, the servile Polavieja had purchased Governor-General Blanco’s promotion.)
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