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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-George C. Butte

Secretary to the Governor-General--C. W. Franks

Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General-R. R. Ely

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

Secretary, Public Instruction-George C.

Butte

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

do.

do.

Vicente Carmona Secretary of Justice-Jose Abad Santos

PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE P.O. Box 619 (Manila)

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

M.D.

Assistant to the Director-Regino G.

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

Chief-Eusebio D. Aguilar, M.D.(absent)

Division of Provincial Sanitation

-Gabriel Intengan, M.D.

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

Rafael Alunan Under

-Jorge Vargas Secretary of Cominerce and Communica-

tion - Filemon Perez

do.

Under Secretary of Commerce and Com-

munication-Č. E. Unson

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.

Office of Property

Acting Chief-Bonifacio Mencias, M.D.

Office of Vital Statistics

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

Office of General Inspection Chief-Rafael Villafranca, M.D.