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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Experiments have been made recently with aviation as a factor in the mail and passenger service, both domestic and foreign.

BANKING AND COINAGE

With the exception of the Philippine National Bank, which is a Government-con trolled institution, the banks are privately owned.

There are 9 banking corporations doing business in the Philippines, not including express companies and savings banks which are also available. Of these, five are domestic, namely, The Philippine National Bank, The Bank of the Philippine Islands, The China Bank, the Philippine Trust, and Mercantile Bank of China.

The coins used in the Philippine Islands are of the following denominations:-Peso, one-half peso (50 centavos), peseta (20 centavos), media peseta (10 centavos), five centavos, and one centavo. The paper money is issued in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 peso denominations. The Philippine peso is equivalent to fifty cents in United States currency. The Philippine Commission maintained this parity by passing the Gold Standard Act on October 10th, 1903. The new peso now coined contains 20 grammes of silver, 800 fine; the 50 centavo piece contains 10 grammes of silver, 750 fine; 20-centavo piece, four grammes of silver, 750 fine; and the 10-centavo piece, two grammes of silver 750 fine.

DIRECTORY

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

EXECUTIVE

H.E. The Governor-General-Major-General Leonard Wood

Vice-Governor-Eugene A. Gilmore

Military Adviser to the Governor General-Halstead Dorey, Brigadier-General (Manila) Technical Adviser to the Governor-General-Col. G. T. Langhorne (Manila)

Secretary to the Governor-General-C. W. Franks (Manila)

Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General-R. R. Ely (Manila)

Chief of Staff, Philippine Constabulary-Col. C. E. Nathorst (Manila)

Lieut. Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S.A.—Dr. A. Pond (Cebu, P.I.)

Superintendent, Constabulary Academy-Lieut.-Col. C. E. Livingston (Baguio, P.I.)

-Feliciano Ocampo

-Alejandro Albert

Secy. of the Interior-Honorio Ventura Under do. Secy., Public Instrn.-Eugene A. Gilmore Under do. Secy. of Finance-Miguel Unson (acting) Under do.

Miguel Unson Secy. of Justice-Luis P. Torres (acting)

PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE (Manila)

Dir. of Health-Jacobo Fajardo, A.B., M.D. Assistant to the Director-Regino G.

Padua, M.D., D.T.M., D.P.H.

Council of Hygiene, Advisory Board to the

Director of Health

President-Fernando Calderon, M.D.

Secretary-Teofilo Corpus, M.D.

Under Secy. of Justice-Luis P. Torres Secy. of Agriculture & Natural Resources-

Silverio Apostol (acting) -Silverio Apostol Secy. of Commerce & Communication-- Cipriano E. Unson (acting)

Under do.

Under

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-Cipriano E. Unson

Executive Office

Execut. Officer-Jose P. Bantug, PH.G., M.D. Acting Assistant Executive Officer-

Teofilo Corpus, M.D.

Office of Records and Finance Chief-Mamerto Tianco

Assistant Chief-Artemio A. Ramos, LL.B.

Office of Property

Members-Vicente de Jesus, M.D., Gervasio Acting Chief-Bonifacio Mencias, M.D.

Ocampo, M.D., Jose Albert, M.D., Benito

Valdez, M.D., Eulogio P. Revilla, LL.B., and Thomas Earnshaw

Office of Vital Statistics

Chief-Jose Guidote, M.D., C.P.H.