5.
JOPY
7
265
191500
Molosure 1 in Mr Harrington'a No.90 of July 18th, 191
Memorandum on the foreign trade of Mindanao and Fulu,
Philippine Islands.
The Department of Mindanao and Sulu hes
since the American occupation of the Philippines
been under a separate Government.
Until recently
2
the Province had been under military Government and all finance was kept entirely separate from that of
the the rest of the Islande, In 1913, however Province had been sufficiently pacified to permit
of the establishment of civil Government.
The first
civil Governor took office in January 1914; at tho same time it was arranged that the taxes and custome receipts eto, collected in the Department should be oredited to the Government of the Philippines and that granta should be made for the expenses of the Department by the Philippine Commission, which is the responsible body for the Government of the
Department of Mindanao and Sulu-
with the advent of peace larger areas of the Department have been brought under cultivation
In the and trade has been greatly facilitated. fiscal year 1913 business was better than in any previous year and exporte from the Provinge wore
the largest on record. The following are the
figures for the fiscal years 1810–1813.
VALUE
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