San Francisco during the year. When after investigation it has not appeared that the applicant for transportation is entitled to especial consideration and subsistence at Government expense, he is advised that the transportation will be secured for him provided he furnishes from personal funds the cost of his subsistence while en route to the United States. Of this last class 48 persons were furnished transportation with soldiers' accommodations on army transports during the year.

COAT OF ARMS AND GREAT SEAL OF THE ISLANDS.

The former great seal of the government of the Philippine Islands, which had never been legally adopted by the Philippine Commission, has been supplanted by the new great seal, which was received by the bureau on June 5 last from Tiffany & Co., of New York. The following is the text of Act No. 1365, enacted by the Philippine Commission, on July 3, 1905, prescribing and adopting the arms and seal of the government:

AN ACT Prescribing and adopting the arms and a great seal of the government of the Philippine Islands, and providing for the use and custody of the great seal.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. There is hereby prescribed and adopted the arms and a great seal of the government of the Philippine Islands of the designs hereinafter described:

Arms: Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent and gules; a chief azure; over all the arms of Manila, per fess gules and azure, in chief the castle of Spain, or doors and windows azure, in base a sea lion, argent langued and armed gules, in dexter paw a sword hilted or. Crest: The American eagle displayed proper. Beneath, a scroll with the words "Philippine Islands" inscribed thereon.

SEC. 2. The great seal shall be circular in form, with the arms as described in section one, but without the scroll and the inscription thereon, and surrounding the whole a double marginal circle, within which shall appear the words "Government of the Philippine Islands," "United States of America," the two phrases being divided by two small five-pointed stars.

SEC. 3. The great seal shall be and remain in the custody of the executive secretary, and shall be affixed to or placed upon all commissions signed by the governorgeneral, and upon such other official documents and papers of the government of the Philippine Islands as may by law be provided, and as may be required by custom in the discretion of the governor-general.

SEC. 4. For the purpose of affixing or placing the great seal, as provided in section three of this act, the colors of the arms shall not be considered an essential part thereof, and an impression from the engraved seal, according to the design herein before described, on any commission or other official document or paper, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, whether such colors or a representation of such colors be employed or not.

SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.

THE LOCUST PLAGUE.

Only about 25 per cent of the provinces were affected by the locust plague during the period covered by this report. It is gratifying to note that the sphere of activity of this pernicious pest has been largely reduced and that the reports from the provinces affected show a very decided falling off in the damage done by it. The weight of locusts destroyed in the provinces named, expressed in pounds, is:

This shows a decrease of nearly 10,000,000 pounds in the weight of locusts destroyed as compared with the total weight of locusts destroyed in the year 1904.

CURRENCY SIGNS.

Since my last report the following executive order was issued by the then civil governor and now governor-general, Hon. Luke E. Wright, regarding the designation for the new Philippine peso:

EXECUTIVE ORDER

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,

EXECUTIVE BUREAU,

Manila, October 29, 1904.

No. 44. Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, series of nineteen hundred and three, is hereby amended so that the whole thereof, as amended, shall read as follows, to wit: The following character will be used by all officials of this government as the designation for the new Philippine pesos, in contradistinction to the $ mark for United States currency, and Pfs. for Mexican and Spanish-Filipino currency:

P

Provided, however, That where it is found impracticable to manufacture type for the peso mark with two horizontal lines, by reason of difficulties in engraving or otherwise, such type may be manufactured with one horizontal line, so that the peso character shall appear thus:

P

LUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor.

EXTRADITIONS.

During the year there have received consideration 4 cases involving the extraditiou of fugitives from justice-3 from the government of North Borneo and 1 from Australia. There have also been 3 cases of fugitives whose extradition has been requested by this government of the authorities at Singapore, Hongkong, and Cairo.

PASSPORTS.

During the period covered by this report there have been issued 67 passports, of which 51 were to citizens of the United States and 16 to citizens of the Philippine Islands.

The difficulty mentioned in my last annual report as having arisen in connection with the issuance of passports is still unsolved. It is, however, understood that the matter will be taken up by the Bureau of Insular Affairs and submitted to Congress at its next session. As a large number of inhabitants of the islands will be affected by a proper solution of their civil rights and political status, it is hoped that the coming session of Congress will not adjourn without having defined the same.

CONSOLIDATION OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF MANILA.

Upon the organization of the insular government it was made the duty of the bureau of the insular purchasing agent to maintain stables for the supply of both light and heavy wagon transportation required for its own service and that of other insular bureaus in the city of Manila. For reasons of convenience and economy, the bureau of insular cold storage and ice plant, the bureau of printing, the bureau of Philippines Constabulary, the bureau of health, the civil hospital, and the bureau of posts were allowed to maintain their own stables, those of the bureau of health being discontinued upon the transfer of the pail system to the city of Manila on January 1, 1904.

For its own service the city of Manila maintained independent stables and transportation organization.

While exact figures were not obtainable, it was believed by the committeee, of which the assistant executive secretary was a member, appointed by the civil governor to investigate the operations of the bureau of the insular purchasing agent, that the method of supply of this class of transportation was unnecessarily expensive. The committee suggested that probably a more economical service could be maintained by the consolidation of several, if not all, of the corrals, under one management. Immediate action was not taken upon this suggestion of the committee, but the matter was made the subject of further investigation and consideration by this office.

On July 28, 1904, the governor-general appointed a committee, consisting of the insular purchasing agent, the chief supply officer for the Philippines Constabulary, and an examiner from the office of the insular auditor, to investigate, in cooperation with a committee to be appointed by the municipal board of Manila, the actual land transportation requirements of the various bureaus and offices of the insular government and of the city of Manila, to report upon the feasibility of consolidating the several independent corrals then in operation, and to submit details of a working plan which, without detriment to efficiency, would be more economical than that then in force. The committee devoted several weeks to consideration of the matter and reported in favor of a transfer of the insular land-transportation equipment in Manila to the city government for consolidation with that of the latter, and the hire of necessary transportation from the city on the basis of a tariff to be fixed with a view to compensation for the actual cost of maintaining the service supplied, data for the purpose being available for the period of the preceding three years.

The report of the committee was considered by the Commission, and as there was found to be considerable opposition opportunity was given chiefs of bureaus and other interested persons to discuss the project.

It was found that the cost to the insular government of the class of transportation in question was more than 365,000 per annum, and that a considerable amount of expensive personnel and equipment, including foreign employees, imported horses, harness and wagons, was maintained in addition to the ordinary requirements of the service in order that emergency demands from the various bureaus might be met. There was no insular government work upon which this reserve equipment could be employed advantageously while awaiting such calls. It appeared, however, that the transportation requirements of the city of Manila were such that reserve equipment might be utilized profitably at all times, when not otherwise required, in hauling material for park and street work, for which teams were frequently hired from private parties, and which was not ordinarily of an urgent character.

After hearing the views of representative persons, the Commission approved the proposed consolidation and, by resolution, authorized the governor-general to cause the general plan to be initiated April 1, 1905, and, for that purpose, it became the duty of this bureau to draw up and enforce regulations and tariff governing the service; to except from the application of the plan, in whole or in part, such bureaus as economy and efficiency might warrant, and to take such other action as, in the judgment of the governor-general, might be necessary to carry out the intention of the Commission.

It had been found that the avoidable factors of expense were those of administration, and maintenance of reserve equipment. There was excepted therefore from the consolidation the transportation in constant use by bureaus having on their own premises adequate stable room, and which did require personnel especially to perform the duties of corral supervision, such as stable superintendents, foremen, etc.

The entire transportation plant, including buildings, of the insular purchasing agent and of the bureau of constabulary in Manila, together with all reserve equipment from the stables of other insular bureaus, were transferred to the city of Manila on April 1, at a cost to the latter of 85 per cent of the original cost of all property so transferred. A tariff of charges for the use of the various classes of transportation by the month, day, and hour was adopted, based upon the actual cost of maintenance of the several classes of transportation as shown by the experience of the city of Manila during the preceding three years, and chiefs of bureaus were authorized to secure transportation required for the service of their respective bureaus, by requisition, subject to approval by their heads of departments. The accounts between the city of Manila and the insular bureaus for transportation s› furnished are rendered monthly and payment made from the appropriations for the bureaus; the amounts so collected being deposited to the credit of the transportation account of the city of Manila with the insular government, upon which was charged the value, as heretofore stated, of the equipment and buildings transferred. Aside from the reduction in requirements for light transportation naturally resulting from the institution of street-car service in the city, and which was, as a matter of fact, one of the lesser factors of the total expense, there has been a large and increasing reduction in the demands by the various bureaus, under the new scheme.

The cost of the service under the former system, computed on the basis of expense during the nine months ending March 31, 1905, was 130,651.90 per month, or P 367,822.80 per annum. Under the present arrangement the cost per month is P14,136.83 or 169,641.96 per annum, computed upon the basis of all expenditures for the service during the months of July and August, 1905, which, by reason of the existence of epidemic cholera and other extraordinary requirements, may be relied upon as giving a rate rather higher than is safe to assume will be the normal rate

under ordinary conditions. The saving to the insular government, according to the figures given above, should be about P200,000 (198,180.84) per annum in current expense. The periods stated were selected for the reason that complete data were not available for any period prior to July 1, 1904, regarding the expense of the former scheme, and it seemed but fair to allow three months at least for the service to become settled upon the new basis. Therefore, data for the months of July and August only were available at the date of writing this report.

The transfer was effected and the service begun and carried on to date practically without a well-grounded complaint. While it is not within the purview of this report to state results from the standpoint of the city of Manila, it is understood that there has been a gain in both economy and efficiency in its service as well as for the insular government.

That the new system has been inaugurated and carried out with success is due in greatest measure to the exceptional ability of Mr. J. C. Mehan, superintendent of parks, etc., city of Manila, of whose department the consolidated land transportation plant is a part.

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION.

The report of the acting chief of this division is hereto attached, marked "Appendix A." This division, as heretofore, continues to perform the most important work of the bureau, and the report of its work is again signed by an acting chief.

Reference to this report will show that the work thereof has been carried on under very great difficulties, practically by three American and four Filipino clerks during the greater part of the year, and not one of the American clerks was employed in the executive bureau at the time of my last annual report. This condition has rendered it necessary to call upon the Filipino clerks to perform duty of higher class, which they have done invariably in a manner worthy of commendation. I can not refrain from expressing my appreciation of the excellent work performed under these very difficult conditions by the acting chief and his fellow clerks of the division.

LEGISLATIVE DIVISION.

The report of the chief of this division is hereto attached, marked "Appendix B," and contains very interesting statistical and other matter, as well as recommendations worthy of consideration by the governor-general and the members of the Commission.

LAW CLERK.

The report of the law clerk is hereto annexed, marked "Appendix C." As was the case last year, it is again signed by an acting law clerk, and shows that this very important branch of the work of the bureau has been conducted with ability.

RECORDER OF THE COMMISSION.

The report of the recorder of the Commission is hereto annexed, marked "Appendix D."

This report is one which can not fail to enlist the interest of those who would follow the work of the Philippine Commission, as it is a compact history of their labors during the past year, and contains some pertinent suggestions by Mr. C. W. Calvin, the efficient recorder of the Commission.

TRANSLATING DIVISION.

The report of the chief of this division is hereto attached, marked "Appendix E."

Particular attention is invited to the suggestions contained in the report of the chief of this small and hard-working division. The necessity for a slight increase in its personnel is imperative, and I concur in the recommendations of the report in this regard.

It is fortunate, indeed, that this division has retained the members of its force almost intact. In the matter of translating, experience is of far greater value than in other classes of work. This is shown by the prompter dispatch of the vast amount of work which has fallen to the lot of this division during the past year. With new and untried clerks this condition could not have obtained.

I also concur in the recommendations as to the translating into Spanish of the very important documents mentioned by the chief of this division.

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RECORDS DIVISION.

The annual report of the chief of this division is hereto attached, marked "Appendix F."

Upon the manner in which the clerks of the records division discharge their duties depends the accuracy of the work in nearly all of the other divisions. The chief of this division resigned about the middle of the year. Mr. Wettre, who has been a painstaking member of its force ever since the bureau was organized, was promoted to fill the vacancy.

I have referred elsewhere to the amount of extra work put upon the division during the heated term, and I congratulate the chief and his clerks upon the efficient and loyal devotion to their work, inviting particular attention to the report of the former.

DOCUMENT DIVISION.

The report of the chief of this division, who is also the property clerk of the bureau, is hereto annexed, marked "Appendix G." With a very small force Mr. Jones has succeeded in establishing a creditable record in the discharge of varied duties. It will be noticed from the report that there has been a large diminution in the way of receipts and distribution of publications during the year. This is explained, very naturally, by the fact that the Philippine Commission has enacted fewer laws and to the discontinuance of the publication of quarterly volumes of Acts, and is due as well to other minor causes.

It is understood that the reorganization committee, now about to present to the Philippine Commission the fruit of its labors, has recommended a plan which will obviate the difficulties referred to in the latter part of the report of the chief of this division under the headings of "duplications" and "conditions." If this is an error, the attention of the governor-general is invited to these two matters, and the necessary remedial legislation is recommended.

PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.

The first change in provincial governments since the date of my last report was the passage of Act numbered Thirteen hundred and six on February 28, 1905, by which the province of Abra was annexed to that of Ilocos Sur, thus reducing the number of provinces into which the Archipelago is divided to thirty-nine. The act making this consolidation follows:

An Act Annexing the province of Abra to the province of Ilocos Sur, making appropriation for the payment of certain outstanding liabilities of the province of Abra, and providing for the establishment of civil governments in the settlements of non-Christian tribes in the province of Ilocos

Sur.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The territory hitherto comprised in the province of Abra, as organized under Act numbered Two hundred and six and enlarged by Act numbered Two hundred and ninety-three, declaring the rancheria of Tubo to be a part of the Province of Abra, is hereby annexed to and included in the Province of Ilocos Sur, as organized by Act numbered Two hundred and five, and shall be known as the subprovince of Abra.

SEC. 2. There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the subprovince of Abra who shall be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and who shall be a member of the provincial board of Ilocos Sur and shall reside and have his office at the municipality of Bangued. The lieutenantgovernor of Abra shall receive compensation at the rate of two thousand four hundred pesos per annum, payable monthly. Subject to the supervision of the governor of the Province of Ilocos Sur, the lieutenant-governor of Abra shall, with respect to that part of said subprovince now organized under the Provincial Government Act and the Municipal Code, exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon the governor of the Province of Ilocos Sur by Act numbered Two hundred and five, and its amendments.

SEC. 3. The inhabitants of the territory hereby annexed to and made a part of the Province of Ilocos Sur, except members of non-Christian tribes, shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as if said province had been originally incorporated in the Province of Ilocos Sur; and the municipal officers of the municipalities included in the territory so annexed shall, subject to the provisions of section two of this Act, have