 July

14,
1892
• 10:00 in the evening was Jose Rizal’s
schedule to leave Fort Santiago.

• 1:00 in the morning Jose Rizal

boarded the ferryboat “Cebu” bound to
Dapitan.

 The captain of the ship gave him

prime cabin marked as “jefes” which
means commanding officer.
 July
17,
1892
• The ferry boat “Cebu”
arrived in Dapitan.

• He met Ricardo
Carnicero who offered
him to live either in his
house or at Jesuit Mission
house. Bust of Dr. Ricardo Carnicero –
Clay Made in Dapitan, By:
Jose Rizal (1892 - 1893)
 Rizal carried a letter from the Superior of the
Jesuit Society of the Philippines, Father Pablo
Pastells.
The said letter is to be given to the Jesuit
Parish Priest in Dpitan, Father Antonio Obach.

Father Pablo Father Antonio

 In the letter, the superior said that Rizal
could stay and live in the parish , BUT there
are conditions provided:

1. That Rizal publicly retract his errors concerning

religion, and make statements that were
clearly pro-Spanish and against revolution.

2. That he perform the church rites and make

a general confession of his past life.

3. That henceforth he conduct himself in an

exemplary manner as a Spanish subject and
a man of religion.
 Rizal did not agree with
these conditions.

Therefore, Rizal decided to stay at

the place of Captain Ricardo Carnicero.

Captain Carnicero who is the

warden that assigned to look after
Rizal became good friends.
 Jose Rizal decided to stay to stay at the
house of Ricardo Carnicero where he was
told to oversee his activities daily. He
ordered his people to closely observe Rizal.
Rizal was given freedom to go
anywhere and even permitted to
cultivate the land near the plaza.
 Atleast once a week, Rizal is reporting to
the Captain.
 thecaptain was delighted with Rizal’s
fine personality and quality as a person.
Rizalalso admired the kind and
generous Spanish Captain.
 July 25, 1892
• Rizal wrote to his mother in Hong
Kong about his Exile in Dapitan.

“In these days of lack of communication,

travel, and deportion, I’m greatly worried
thinking of you, and for this reason I hasten
to write to you to tell you that I am well
here as if I were on a vacation in this
politico-
military district. I don’t miss anything
except my family and freedom.”
 August 26,1892
•
Rizal composed a poem
for his commandant’s
birthday.
 August 30,1892
• Ricardo Carnicero informed Governor
General Eulogio Despujol that Jose Rizal
wanted reforms in the Philippines but
does not want friars to be evicted.
 September 21, 1892

• Capt. Carcinero submitted another

report to Gov. General Despujol
informing him about reforms, these were
freedom of religion and of the press.
 September 21,1892
• Rizal won in Manila Lottery.

• Informant of the said event used the

mail boat “Butuan” to reach Dapitan.

• Lottery Ticket number 9736 won second

prize amounting Twenty Thousand
Pesos.

• The lottery Ticket which was not owned

by Rizal because it was jointly owned by
him, Captain Carnicero and Franciso
Equilor a resident of Dipolog.
• Php 20,000 was divided to the 3 of them,
so Php 6,200 was the amount given to
each of them in which Rizal used to:

1. Gave the amount of Php 2,000 to his

father who was still in Hong Kong.

2. Gave the amount of Php 200 to his friend

Basa, who was based in Hong Kong.

3. The rest he invested thru purchasing a

piece of land in Talisay to build his tree
houses, one square type made of
bamboo, another hexagonal type made of
wood and the last was octagonal shape
made of nipa.
January 1893, Jose Rizal Told Ricardo Carnicero to stay
in his own house. Rizal’s house was completed March
where was able to cultivate lanzones, mango, macopa,
langka, santol, mangosteen and cocoa trees.
Casa Redonda Piqueña is a replica of the
hexagonal poultry of Rizal. Restored to its original
hexagonal form with similar materials as the other
huts, the poulty house is big enough to
accommodate a few dozen chickens.
Casa Cuadrada is a replica of the
pupils’
classroom.
Rizal established in Dapitan a school. It
began with 3 pupils who increased to 16
and eventually 21.
 He didn’t ask the students for payment but
instead ask them to help in his projects,
farms and garden.
 He taught themSpanish,
English, Mathematics and how
to work.
His class started after lunch until 4:00 in
the afternoon
In his letter to Blumentritt, he once said:

“One can judge their enthusiasm for

study when, even though they have to
work for me; they worked in order to
study.”
Casa Redonda is a replica of the octagonal clinic of
Rizal. Reconstructed with similar materials as the main
house, it now stands as a reminder of the numerous
medications performed by Rizal during his exile in
Dapitan. It was also
here where he removed his mother’s cataracts.
 He practiced medicine in Dapitan
and gave the people free medicines.

 August 1893 - her mother, her sister

Trinidad and his nephew Angelica
arrived in Dapitan. They Lived with him
for almost one and a half year.

 He operated succesfully the eyes of

his mother.

 He had many patients not only in

Dapitan but from the neighboring
towns as well.
 Casitas de Salud are replicas of the hospital
houses of Rizal and composed of two little huts
with a floor
area of 70 square feet. Each hut, one for male and
the other for female, could accommodate two
There was a time when a wealthy
englishman went to his clinic and
removed his cataract where he was
paid Php 500. The money he received
was used to put up lamps in their
streets.

When his mother left with Trinidad, his

two sisters Maria and Narcisa together
with his nephews arrived in Dapitan.

Unfortunately, his father could not

travel to Dapitan because of his
detoriating condition.
Rizal told Blumentritt in a letter that
his father
“was growing weaker and weaker
by the day”

To his sister Josefa he said:

“Tell our father that I should like to
see him; I hope we shall see one another
very soon. Kiss himthe hand for me.”
 Casitas de Salud are replicas of the hospital
houses of Rizal and composed of two little huts
with a floor
area of 70 square feet. Each hut, one for male and
the other for female, could accommodate two
 Rizal found Mindanao as a rich virgin
field for collecting Specimens. Together
with his students they explored on
jungles and coasts to seek for some
specimens which will be sent to Europe
and in return the European Scientist will
send them Scientific equipment.
 During his 4-year stay in Dapitan, he
were able to built up a rich collection
of oncology which consists of 346
shells representing 203 species.
He was able to discover
rare species named
after him. These were
the:
1. flying
dragon
(DracoRizali)
2. Small beetle
(Apogonia Rizali)
3. toad
(Rachophorous
Rizali)
Rizal engaged in the business industry
in partnership with Ramon Carreon.

The two made profitable business

in fishing, copra, and hemp
industries.

 Hemp Industry was Rizal’s most

profitable business, he mentioned it on
his letter to Blumentritt.