"Seventh. What amounts have been paid for supplies of any kind furnished to any officer of the United States Army during said period in Cuba or Porto Rico other than the allowances to which such officer is entitled under the law, and in each instance who is the officer thus receiving such supplies?

"Eighth. In each of the expenditures concerning which inquiry is made, out of what fund was said amount paid?"

Senate resolution of January 17, 1900, as follows:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to send to the Senate an itemized statement of public receipts from taxation, customs, and all other sources collected in Cuba, and also of public expenditures, including salaries paid to all officers and incidental expenses, in Cuba out of revenues so collected since the United States Government assumed control of the islands."

Request from the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, of December 6, 1899, for "a statement of receipts and expenditures of public funds on the island of Porto Rico from June 30, 1899, to November 30, 1899."

House resolution, as follows:

"To report in detail to the House of Representatives what payments have been made, and to whom, from the revenues of Cuba and Porto Rico, respectively, to or on account of officers of the United States Army and to the heads of the various departments of the United States military government of Cuba and subordinates, including all persons employed as clerks, special agents, architects, and engineers, for salaries, allowances, or otherwise, including rents, repairs, and furnishings, and the necessity therefor, since the treaty of peace with Spain of April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine."

The auditor for Cuba handles four separate monthly accounts for each of the 17 collectors of customs, two monthly accounts for each of the 11 collectors of internal revenue, also the accounts of 301 postmasters treating with both the revenue and the stock account, besides the money-order accounts and the accounts of the disbursing officer for the department of posts, and accounts with more than 300 other disbursing officers, and the accounts of the treasurer. Identically the same method is applied in handling the money accounts of the Philippine Archipelago.

The importance of this particular branch of the Insular Division to the Department and to the public at large will be appreciated when it is considered that this is the only place in the United States where the complete and permanent record of our stewardship in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines is kept. Attached hereto are comparative statements covering the fiscal years ended June 30, 1899, 1900, and 1901, respectively, showing the classified revenues and expenditures in Cuba and the Philippine Archipelago.

STATISTICS OF COMMERCE.

From the many inquiries received from the leading exporters, manufacturers, and commercial houses throughout the United States concerning commodities imported into and exported from the respective islands, it became apparent to the Department that it was not only desirable but imperative that complete and permanent records of the commerce of the islands with each other and with the outside world should be compiled and published. Accordingly a statistical bureau was organized on May 1, 1899, and combined with the accounting branch already established.

In order to put the system in operation it first became necessary that schedules of commodities imported and exported should be decided upon. Schedule A, imports, having 144 classes and subclasses, and Schedule B, exports, 55 classes and subclasses of commodities, were accordingly prepared and were made applicable for use in all the islands. Upon completion of the schedules special blank forms were prepared, and these, together with the schedules, were forwarded to the several collectors of customs with instructions to render monthly reports thereon from date of American occupation of each port. It then became necessary to devise a system of permanent records, conveniently arranged for compiling the statistics when the reports should arrive.

This part of the work required special care in preparation, and the system devised has been found from practical use to be entirely satisfactory.

The records are so arranged that the quantity, value, and duty collected on any one or all of the 380 commodities shown by the present schedule imported into or exported from Cuba or the Philippines (also Porto Rico while under military control) can be readily ascertained, not only in the island as a whole, but into any particular customs district during a certain month or any number of months.

A permanent record is kept of the number of vessels entered and cleared, both coastwise and foreign, with their tonnage, showing the sailing and steam vessels

separately, at each customs district in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines during each month of American occupation, also whether they entered or cleared with cargo or in ballast, the flag under which they sailed, and the country from which they arrived or for which they departed.

On July 1, 1900, it was decided to compile and retain a permanent record of statistics as to immigration into Cuba and the Philippines. The same have been published to June 30, 1901, as to Cuba, and to December 31, 1900, as to the Philippines. These statistics are of unusual interest and show

First. The race or people; the number of males and females; how many under 14 years of age; those from 14 to 45, and those over 45 years of age; whether married or single; those having a calling or occupation, and their last residence, whether native or other country; whether passage was paid by the immigrant or by others; how many can read but not write, and those who can neither read nor write; how many brought $30 or more to the island, and how many had been in the island before.

Second. Their occupation by races; i. e., the number of American carpenters, physicians, etc.; the number of Spanish clergy, engineers, etc.; the number of Mexican laborers, actors, etc., covering every conceivable occupation and classified by

races.

Third. Showing the countries from which they came, by races. For example, the number of Americans, Chinese, Dutch, Italians, etc., arriving from the United States from China, from Italy, etc.

Regular monthly summaries are published, showing the commerce of Cuba and the Philippines. During the period that Porto Rico was under military control, monthly summaries, showing the trade of that island with the world at large, were also published. The last Porto Rican summary issued was for the month of April, 1900, that being the last month of military control; and in addition to showing the comparative trade of the island for April, 1900, with April, 1899, and for the ten months ended April, 1900, contained also complete statistics of commerce in all commodities covered by the schedule from date of military occupation to April 30, 1900. These monthly summaries show the articles imported and exported separately, the imports being classified generally by articles of food and animals, manufactured articles, articles in a crude condition or partly so, articles of voluntary use, luxuries, etc., and miscellaneous articles, and the exports classified generally as products of agriculture, of manufacture, of forest, of mining, and miscellaneous articles.

Each summary gives a comparison, in totals and in detail, of the commerce in each commodity for the month of issue with the same month of the preceding year and for a stated number of months ending with the month of issue with the same period of the preceding year, and when possible with the two preceding years. For example, summary No. 6, series 1900-1901, gave comparisons, throughout the publication, for December, 1899, with December, 1900, and for the year 1899 with the year 1900, arranged side by side under each of the 380 classes of commodities. Each summary shows in comparative form as above indicated—

First. The imports of merchandise by general classes.

Second. The exports of merchandise by general classes.
Third. Gold and silver imports and exports in totals.

Fourth. The number of sailing and steam vessels entered and cleared at all ports in the island combined with their tonnage.

Fifth. Imports and exports at each of the several customs districts in totals.

Sixth. Imports and exports by countries, including gold and silver, showing the total amount imported from and exported to each country during the period under consideration.

Seventh. Imports and exports of gold and silver showing the amount from and to each country.

Eighth. Statement showing the nationality of the vessels doing the carrying trade during the period under consideration and the value of the merchandise carried under each flag.

Ninth. Imports in detail comprised under the 380 headings of the schedule.
Tenth. Exports in detail.

The commerce of Cuba with 63 and of the Philippines with 39 different countries or dependencies is shown in detail each month.

These summaries have increased in size from a few pages until at the present time they average more than 100 pages to the issue. It has been the aim to make these summaries of unusual interest to the commercial reader. With this in view, there is inserted in each issue many commercial notes compiled from statistical records and reports on file, from consular reports received daily through the courtesy of the Department of State, from various trade papers of the United States, and from special correspondence and specially prepared articles from the islands. In fact, every

effort is being made to compile and publish such trade notes as will add to the interest of the publication and be of value not only to exporters and manufacturers in the United States but to the commercial houses in the islands.

The demand for these summaries has been unusual, the mailing list having increased until at the present time 2,000 copies of each are distributed throughout the United States, Cuba, and the Philippines; and by courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, through its exchange bureau, copies are sent to every country or dependency in the world.

There are prepared daily for publication short articles of particular interest concerning customs receipts in the islands, and imports or exports of certain commodities. These are made public through the medium of trade journals, the Associated Press, Sun Association, etc.

Of the total imports into the Philippines during 1900, more than one-fifth of the amount passed through Hongkong and was invoiced from there. This state of affairs has been most annoying, owing to the fact that it was well known that the greater part of the merchandise sent from the United States to the Philippines was reinvoiced at Hongkong. Repeated and determined efforts have been made to ascertain the country of origin of all merchandise passing through Hongkong. This has at last been accomplished through the efforts of our own customs officers in the Philippines, a system now being in operation which gives the true origin in each case. This is particularly gratifying to this branch for the reason that it is enabled to publish for the first time information which it is believed no other bureau of statistics has been able to obtain. The fact that the commerce of the Philippines has materially increased under American control, the imports during the year 1900 having exceeded those of any year in the history of the archipelago, and the phenomenal increase in the trade of the United States with the Philippines, have been clearly presented through the medium of the press statements and summaries above referred to, and it is believed that the presentation regularly of the actual trade conditions and figures showing what commodities have met with a ready sale there has been no small factor in producing this increased trade.

Respectfully submitted.

JAMES G. JESTER,

Chief Clerk Accounting and Statistical Branch.

The CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF INSULAR AFFAIRS.

APPENDIX E.

COMPILATION AND TRANSLATION BRANCH.

OCTOBER 26, 1901.

SIR: In compliance with your direction I have the honor to submit the following report of the work and functions of the compilation and translation branch of the insular division, which was organized on September 23, 1901.

Beginning with its inception, there has been assiduously gathered from official records, reports, and documents, and from other sources by the division, and carefully preserved in its files, a vast amount of valuable information concerning Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands; no effort, however, having been made in this direction as to Porto Rico since the establishment of civil government therein on May 1, 1900.

From the data thus collected there have, from time to time and in so far as the current work would permit, been prepared in the division papers upon specific matters pertaining to the islands, and in this manner compilations have been made upon the following subjects:

Development in the Philippine Islands under American occupation.
The people of the Philippines.

Currency and exchange in the Philippines.

Agriculture and stock raising in the Philippines.

Hemp industry in the Philippines.

Forestry in the Philippines.

Slavery in the Philippines.

Inland and coastwise navigation in the Philippines.

Mining in the Philippines.

Mercantile interests in the Philippines.

Manufacturing and machinery in the Philippines.

Status of patents, copyrights, and trade-marks in the Philippines and taxes and licenses in Cuba.

The compilation on currency and exchange in the Philippines, treating of the conditions, fluctuations, and instability of moneys in those islands and the difficulty attending the accounting of such moneys, and containing a synopsis of action by and practice of the several Departments of the Government of the United States in connection therewith, together with suggestions of the Paymaster-General, United States Army, bankers, and others, has been printed as a public document and appears as House Document No. 160, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session.

Similar action has been taken regarding the compilation entitled "The people of the Philippines,” an article on the origin and different tribes of the inhabitants, the home life, mentality, and religion of the domesticated natives, their capabilities as citizens, soldiers, or sailors, their languages, and other information concerning them, which has become Senate Document No. 218, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session. The other compilations, while serving a useful purpose in the current work of the division, have not as yet been put in print.

As coming within the purview of its duties, the division has, since its organization, translated, from Spanish into English in most cases and from English into Spanish in some, the following:

The Constitution of the United States.

The Philippine tariff.

The immigration regulations for Cuba.

The immigration regulations for Porto Rico.

The immigration regulations for the Philippines.

The auditing regulations for Cuba.

The auditing regulations for Porto Rico.

The auditing regulations for the Philippines.

The general law of public works of the island of Cuba and regulations for its exe cution, with the addition of all subsequent provisions published to date (1891).

The law of railroads for the island of Cuba and regulations for its execution, with additions to date (1895).

The regulations for the execution of the police law of railroads of the island of Cuba. The municipal and provincial laws in force in the island of Cuba.

Collection of laws referring to public works in Porto Rico (1896).

The law of railroads for the island of Porto Rico, granted to the island by royal decree of December 9, 1887, and promulgated in Porto Rico on January 10, 1888. The electoral law for the election of councilors and provincial deputies in Porto Rico. The laws relating to the civil administration and government of the island of Porte Rico.

The provincial and municipal laws of Porto Rico.

The notarial laws in force in the Philippine Islands and appendixes relating thereto. The mortgage law for Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines (1893).

The general regulations for the execution of the mortgage law for Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines (1893).

Compilation of the organic provisions of the administration of justice in force in the Spanish colonial provinces and appendixes relating thereto (1891).

The general instructions for drafting public documents subject to record in the Spanish colonial provinces (1893).

Adaptation of the electoral law of June 26, 1890, to the islands of Cuba and Porto

Rico.

The notarial laws in force in Cuba and Porto Rico (1888).

The constitution establishing self-government in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, promulgated by royal decree November 25, 1897.

The code of commerce in force in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, amended by the law of June 10, 1897, including the commercial registry regulations, exchange regulations, and other provisions of a similar character, with annotations and appendixes.

The civil code in force in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.

The law of ports in force in the island of Cuba.
The law of waters in force in the island of Cuba.

The penal code in force in Cuba and Porto Rico.

The mining law applied to Cuba by royal decrees of October 10, 1883, and June 27, 1884, with an appendix containing all the provisions issued to date.

The penal code in force in the Philippines.

The police law of railroads of Porto Rico and regulations for its application, promulgated on the 17th of February, 1888.

The railroad laws and regulations in force in the Philippines, including the police law of railways and other provisions of a similar character.

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The law of civil procedure for Cuba and Porto Rico, with annotations, explanatory notes, and amendments made since the American occupation.

The mining law and regulations in force in the Philippines.

The law of eminent domain extended to Cuba and Porto Rico by royal decree of June 13, 1884, and regulations for its application.

The Spanish public land laws in the Philippine Islands and their history to August 18, 1898, translated under direction of Capt. G. P. Ahern, U. S. A.

The law of criminal procedure for Cuba and Porto Rico.

The copyright law for Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.

The patent law for Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.

The law of trade-marks for Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.

The press law for Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.

It should be observed that to the translation of the text of the law of civil procedure for Cuba and Porto Rico have been added as footnotes definitions of many of the terms and expressions appearing therein, and numerous extracts from the decisions of the supreme court at Madrid, and as appendixes all of the orders amending the same made by the military or civil governments in said islands.

The translation of the law of criminal procedure for Cuba and Porto Rico and the Spanish text thereof appear in one volume, accompanied, as appendixes, by all orders of the military government of Cuba amending the same, and the section in full of other laws referred to therein.

Both of these translations are eagerly sought for by practitioners at the bar, by students of Spanish, and by others interested in the history, laws, and governmental systems of the islands to which they apply.

Mention should not be omitted of the fact that, in addition to the numerous translations and compilations above referred to, the force of the division has, from time to time, been employed upon making such miscellaneous translations and memoranda upon such distinctive subjects as the exigencies of the service have required.

The continued increase of requests for information relative to the islands, as well as the pressing calls for additional translations, rendered advisable and necessary the detailing of a force to be engaged exclusively in compiling and translating, and the consequent organization of the compilation and translation branch of the Insular Division.

The functions of the branch are, therefore, to compile from authoritative sources such information regarding the several islands which are or have been governed through the division as it may be called upon to prepare, or as it is thought might prove of interest to the public, redound to the development of the islands, or be of service to those having in charge the formation and regulation of government therein, and to make such translations as may be from time to time required.

There is now in preparation in this branch of the division a most comprehensive work which promises to prove a valuable addition to the literature of the Philippine Islands and at the same time to afford to all interested a great amount of information concerning those islands not heretofore published, and which is arranged for convenient reference.

An official gazetteer of the Philippines, containing descriptions of islands and provinces, civil and military, of over 11,000 places, embodying recent and authentic information from many sources, is what this work is purposed to be.

It is also the intention to publish a bibliography of the Philippine Islands, comprising a survey of the books on this subject, their titles, authorship, publishers, dates, and forms of publication, editions, and other information.

It will be taken from the comprehensive and valuable national collection in the Library of Congress of the United States of America at Washington, D. C., and from other sources, notably reports of officers of the United States Army serving in the Philippines; also the collection of titles in manuscript compiled by Dr. Pardo de Tavera, of Manila, brought down to a late date, and consisting of upward of 1,500 titles, exclusive of the valuable contribution mentioned.

There is also in course a compilation embodying in succinct form, but including all the salient features thereof, a survey of the existing government in the Philippine Islands; describing the characteristic structure of the government of the islands, as well as of the provinces and municipalities thereof; setting forth the titles of the different officials and heads of departments and defining the powers, duties, and functions of each; outlining the manner of the raising of revenues and the defraying of the expenses of the several classes of government, and, in fact, affording all data concerning the central, provincial, and municipal governments of those islands as is thought might be of interest to the public or of possible utility to those having in their care the welfare and development of the same. This information is gleaned for the most part from certified copies of the acts of the Philippine Commission, which exercises the legislative function of government in those islands, and from the sev