Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands ...

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924
 

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Página 45 - I congratulate you, and through you the Filipino people, on the orderly and lawful conduct of the recent elections, which, notwithstanding the keenness of the struggle and the appearance of a strong new party in the field, were conducted with due regard to the rights of the candidates and with the absence of fraud and irregularity which would be a credit to any people. The will of the people was given full and free expression and the election was honest and fair.
Página 74 - Filipinos and to foster by all adequate means and in a systematic, rapid, and complete manner the moral, material, economic, social, and political development of the regions inhabited by non-Christian Filipinos, always having in view the aim of rendering permanent the mutual intelligence between and complete fusion of all the Christian and non-Christian elements populating the provinces of the Archipelago.
Página 75 - Their purposes, as stated by these acts, are " to increase the production in these islands of rice and other food cereals which at present are imported in large quantities for local consumption...
Página 89 - SIR: In accordance with the provisions of law, I have the honor to submit the annual report of the department of public instruction for the fiscal...
Página 139 - Eight hundred and seventy-six municipalities and townships availed themselves of the provisions of the law authorizing the imposition by municipal councils of additional taxes on cockpits. The rates of additional privilege taxes thus imposed range from F4 to P18,000 per annum.
Página 1 - There has been no organized resistance to authority. Life and property have been reasonably secure and travelers have gone unmolested without arms or escort wherever they cared to go. Parties of women unescorted and unattended have traversed the most remote portions of the mountain provinces without suffering any discourtesy or annoyance.
Página 37 - One of the strongest influences for building up interest in proper municipal and provincial government comes from the numerous woman's clubs. They have done excellent work, especially in behalf of child welfare, public health, public instruction, private and public morality, and the stimulating of interest in local governments — municipal and provincial.

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