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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

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-Dwight F. Davis

Vice-Governor-(vacant)

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

Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General-R. R. Ely (Manila) Chief, Philippine Constabulary-General C. E. Nathorst (Manila)

Superintendent, Constabulary Academy-Col. R. A. Duckworth-Ford (Baguio, P.I.)

Secy. of the Interior-Honorio Ventura

Under do.

-Feliciano Ocampo

Under

do.

Under Secy, of Justice-Luis P. Torres Secy. of Agriculture & Natural Resources- Rafael Alunan -Jorge Vargas

Acting Secretary, Public Instruction-Dr.

Alejandro Albert

Secretary of Finance-Miguel Unson Under Secretary of Finance-G. Gomez

do.

2nd

Vicente Carmona Secretary of Justice-Jose Abad Santos

PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE (Manila)

Director of Health-Jacobo Fajardo, A.B.,

M.D.

Acting Director of Health-Eusebio D.

Aguilar, M.D.

Assistant to the Director-Regino

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

Division of Communicable Diseases Chief-Leoncio Lopez Rizal, A.B., M.D.

Division of Metropolitan Sanitation Chief-Eugenio Hernando, M.D., C.P.H.

Division of Hospitals, Dispensaries and Laboratories

G.

Chief-Eusebio D. Aguilar, M.D. (absent) Acting Chief-G. Padua, M.D., D.T.M., DR.P.H.

Secretary of Commerce and Communica-

tion-Filemon Perez

Under Secretary of Commerce and Com-

munication-Jose V. Bagtas

Division of Provincial Sanitation Chief-Gabriel Intengan, M.D.

Division on Malaria Control

Chief Cristobal Manalang, M.D. Assistant Chief-Antonio Ejercito, M.D.

Division of Sanitary Engineering Chief-Manuel Mañosa, C.E. Assistant Chief-Joaquin Lopez, C.E.

Office of Records and Finance Chief Mamerto Tianco, P.A. Assistant Chief-Geronimo Mercado, P.A.

(acting as chief clerk)

Office of Property

Acting Chief-Bonifacio Mencias, M.D. Assistant Chief-Hipolito Balagot, LL.B.