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excupt in of the Educational system under Spanish Rule, & the changes which it is proposed to adopt. It appears that the Scheme of Education in Spanish times was о дооб Prough comprising not only Primary & Send my schools but Schools of arts & Trades, of agriculture of of havigation, but it was
practically usalers owing to the mantficient number of trackers to the low pay given to them. The Imaricans for pores to reform theme two points, to raise the Standard of school teachers, & to increase the number of ・Schools. The Comevision lays special stress on the
importance of technical o industrial Eduratio.
is all the Schools &
It is proposed to have English taught to make it the official language. Part I deals with the judicial system. It is proposed to retain the Spanish systion of law, of also thater system of
bring Justive, with the necessary purification & reform, as
best suit co to the nativa for cases in which-foreignent or Americans are concerned, it is intended to establish a luited States Court, holding two sessions in the year, at manila co gloilo. This count is to and netistä kuited States laws o
an appeal." is to lie from
ît wither to the tirant of California or to apprelate courts, to be hereafter
Court
established in the Philippines.
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Part II. deals with naval of tautume matters. Surveysing
are to be proceeded with as possible. A rather laye' fleet is to be maintained in Philippine watano, & a
graving or floating dock is to be Established in Subig Bay, a first-class naval stat in in
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force, which it is proposed to keep in the plants, not as to it's componition.
Part III. Religion. Religious freedon is to be established, of there is to be a complete suparation of Church from State. The Commissia is strongly in favour of the purchase, (apparently compulsory) of by the State of the lands of the religions Orders, of of their bring sold in Small holdings to the haturns.
Part IIII. Rapistration to marriage laws. The Rissti
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have hitherto refund to celebrate manłagro except baturan Roman Cactiolico, & had succempilly. opposed the introdent in of the Spanish Civil mariage Law with naturally, in convenient reaults to the non- Roman Cartiolie populatim. It is now propored to introduce the Spanish Law, or that which prevares in most of the Stales
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A Civil Registration System is also to be introduced, previously all registrations of brithes dealter or massiano wire made by the Parole Prical; Part II deals with Currency. It is rather telinical 18 not my clearly written, but so far as
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understand it, the Islands have bram in a complicated state of finansual Crisis for the last 50 years or more. Isalon Theoretically the Curney is on a Camaj
gold basis, the standard com bring the
a fold Philip found dollar, & the ratio of silver o goed is taken as 16 to 1. But, practically, the Philippines
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'silver' counting, since the 'mexican' dollar
was made legal Fander as
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American
money
squal to the gold
silver decreased Philip fine dollar, & while the value of Every where else, the mascian dollar was still treated these Islands as equal to the gold dollar, with the natural result that all the gold left the country. now arculates freely at double it's fare- value in mexican' money, of the Commissa way unassisted. to allow it to make it's our way proporas To change in currency is to be unposed by law. 8
the point Curray is contemplated, legislatin
to establish backs off to increase the supply of paper money.
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Part II.
rattier commonplace report Health. It is proposed to establish a tublic Health Dept. 18 to pay spectal attention to samitation, which wors practically non-existent in Spanish times..
Part II deals with hallire races of in the abrune of a map is of very little value. The populating
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