A fee of $1 will be charged for filing such copy, and should be inclosed with the letter of transmittal to the governor-general.

The requirements for filing under provisions of Circular No. 12, above referred to, apply only to patents duly issued, and to trade-marks, prints, or labels duly registered in the United States Patent Office under the laws of the United States. The only certification required is that issued by the Commissioner of Patents. Communications should be addressed to the governor-general of Cuba, Habana, Cuba, or governor-general of Porto Rico, San Juan, P. R., or governor-general of the Philippine Islands, Manila, P. I.

CIRCULAR

No. 34.

G. D. MEIKLEJOHN, Assistant Secretary of War.

The following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: So much of Circular No. 21, of the Division of Customs and Insular Affairs, War Department, dated June 1, 1899, as requires the payment of a fee for filing certified copies of patents or certificates of registration of trade-marks, prints, or labels is hereby rescinded.

Said Circular No. 21 is hereby further amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraphs:

A power of attorney from the owner thereof authorizing another for him and in his name, place, and stead to file a certified copy of a patent or a certificate of registration of a trade-mark, print, or label must be filed with such certified copy or certificate of registration in each of the islands wherein the protection of such patents, trade-marks, prints, or labels is desired.

Assignments of patents, trade-marks, prints, or labels, or certified copies thereof, must be filed in the same manner as herein provided for filing certified copies of patents and certificates of registration of trade-marks, prints, or labels.

G. D. MEIKLEJOHN, Assistant Secretary of War.

[Copy of cablegram.]

OTIS, Manila:

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9, 1900—8.45 p. m.

So much of Circular Thirty-four, Division Customs and Insular Affairs, as applies to fees revoked.

MEIKLEJOHN.

The fee of $1 slightly more than paid all the office expenses, which included the hire of one clerk at $100 Mexican per month, and office stationery.

Up to June 30, 1900, there were received from the United States 681 certified copies of United States letters patent and 395 certificates of registration of United States trade-marks with many assignments of said rights, all of which have been noted, indexed, and filed. The index of objects patented reveals an interesting list of some 300 patent electric improvements, from the latest motor to wireless telegraphy.

A variety of patent engines, pumps, boilers, cane conveyers, crushers and extractors, hulling and cleaning machines, plows, ore samplers, rope machines, and means of transportation, all apparently with an eye to the present needs of these islands, where a most attractive field is open to the inventor. In the list of trade-marks we find that food stuffs of all kinds are covered by the marks presented, tobacco and liquor marks, marks to distinguish dry goods, notions, soaps, and bicycles.

From present indications it seems that the above articles are fast following the registered marks.

The clerical force of this office consists of but one clerk, Joseph Terres, a Filipino, who has a fair knowledge of English and French and thoroughly understands the Spanish language, in addition to his native Tagalo. He has full charge of all the books and papers, acts as interpreter and translator and typwriter, at a salary of $100 Mexican per month.

The offices in the intendencia building in the walled city are ample, convenient, and pleasant,

Very respectfully,

GEORGE P. AHERN, Captain, Ninth U. S. Infantry, in Charge of Office.

APPENDIX II.

THE MINING BUREAU, Manila, P. I., August 15, 1900.

The SECRETARY OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR,

Manila, P. I.

SIR: In compliance with recent instructions, I have the honor to submit the following report of the work of this bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900.

The inspección general de minas, established under the Spanish law as a section of the directorate general of civil administration, was reestablished and given the name of the mining bureau, under the provisions of General Orders, No. 31, office of the military governor, dated March 10, 1900.

Up to July 1, 1886, the inspección general de minas had existed as an independent administrative bureau, but on that date it was abolished and made a department of the directorate general of civil administration, with a chief engineer in charge, an assistant engineer, and a large corps of subordinate officials of lesser rank.

The directorate general of civil administration was charged with the administrative conduct and supervision of the public services relating to the works of government and industry, such as public instruction, beneficiary and sanitary institutions, public works, forests, mines, agriculture, etc., each of which departments was under the immediate supervision of a chief of department as an official of the general directorate.

RECEIPT OF ARCHIVES.

The archives and property of the mining bureau, and contained in the building formerly occupied by the Spanish department of mines, at No. 32 Calle San Sebastian, were formally turned over to me on March 21, 1900, by Capt. John Biddle, chief engineer Department of the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps.

I received only the general instruction that I was expected to collect the archives and property of the late inspección general de minas; examine, arrange, and classify the archives and records, submitting as soon as possible to the military governor a report covering the condition of the affairs of the bureau as disclosed by the archives and records, together with such suggestions and recommendations as should seem desirable for the advancement of the mining industries of the archipelago, intrusted to this department. This work was completed on May 31, 1900, and transmitted to the military governor on June 11, 1900. This report covered the condition of the records and archives. and properties in detail, with a full statement of the operations of the department after the arrival of the American forces and pending the ratification of the treaty of Paris.

CONDITION OF ARCHIVES AND PROPERTY.

The first examination of the archives developed that many documents and papers which I had a right to expect to find in the archives of the bureau had disappeared.

A large number of maps and plans of mines receipted for by the officers of the board of liquidation were not found with those turned over to me. A careful search and inquiry as to the whereabouts of these maps and plans and as to their disappearance satisfied me that they did not disappear after the archives and property had been actually turned over to the officers of the United States army of оссираtion. These maps and plans disappeared while the Spanish authorities still had actual possession of the archives and property. The number of maps and plans so missing and the existence of which as a part of the archives is established by official documents is forty.

In addition to this, the field notebooks of the actual surveys of mining properties, covering many years, and all of which are valuable as matters of reference in the examination of alleged mining claims, were also missing, only thirteen of such notebooks having been found in the office. An examination of these books shows that they do not cover even a small percentage of the work of the field surveying that must have been done by the engineers of the bureau.

By the terms of the law the engineers surveying mines were required to collect from mine owners specimens of the minerals from the mines so surveyed by them, and these specimens were deposited in the mining bureau. A very large and valuable collection of gold-bearing rock from the Camarines, that is known to have been so deposited in the bureau, was also found missing.

The surveying instruments in the bureau were found in a bad condition, and an examination of the records indicated that a large number of valuable instruments had been removed from the bureau. The instruments remaining are of little value, while at least one of the instruments, a very valuable and expensive one, bears evidence of having been maliciously injured by the application of acid to its object glasses, and by the malicious breaking of delicate portions of the instrument, rendering it practically worthless. The injuries are of such a nature that it precludes the possibility of its being the result of accident or of ordinary and common usage.

From the 15th day of August, 1898, to the 29th day of March, 1899, the possession of the records and archives and properties of the inspección general de minas remained in the actual custody of Luis Espina y Capo, who during that time filled the office of chief engineer or inspector-general of that bureau under the Spanish administration. During that period the bureau was denuded and stripped of a large amount of its valuable properties, and its records and archives subjected to abuses that will be more fully stated hereafter.

The loss of maps and plans, field notebooks, valuable mineral collections, and instruments of equipment is regretted, and it will take much time and labor and a considerable expense to replace them. The records and archives were left in a very disorganized state, making it difficult to arrange and classify them, but the work was successfully accomplished and the more essential records covering all valid mining claims and concessions have been found and carefully examined.

LABORATORY AND ASSAY DEPARTMENT.

The mining bureau was formerly equipped with a well-stocked laboratory and assay office. This also had been left in bad condition by the removal of much of its property and equipment, some of which has been used for the equipment of other departments in the municipal government of Manila. Its removal for those purposes should be approved, as much of it would have been wasted and destroyed if left in the bureau without constant care and use.

JURISDICTION OF THE MINING BUREAU.

The mining bureau under existing Spanish law is not a general office of original record of the mining properties of the archipelago. The records and papers are originally presented and filed with the governor or alcalde of the provinces. The original records and papers do not remain long, however, in the office of the provincial governor. Within a period of four months of the time the original petition is filed, the claimant must perform the legal labor specified, present a petition requesting demarcation, accompanied by specimens of the mineral discovered. Failing in this, the claimant forfeits all further interest. The provincial governor immediately forwards the original petition, with all other papers attached, to the engineer for a survey and the claim thus receives a record in the mining bureau. The bureau is charged with a general supervision over mines and mining operations, the conduct of geological surveys, and the preparation of reports and statistics on all these matters, including mineral springs.

THE MINING LAW.

When commencing the work of examination it became immediately apparent that the mining law of these islands, which was uncodified, and extended over many years, must be collected and its scattered and extended provisions arranged under convenient headings and carefully translated. This work was done, and there has been added thereto a complete abstract of the fundamental decree of March 14, 1867, with notes of reference and cross reference to the rules and regulations and all supplementary laws, making it invaluable for use in the decision of mining claims thereunder. One volume of this work has been transmitted to the military governor, and one copy retained for the use of the bureau. While the work of codification, translation, and abstract is one that involves a large amount of study and care, I have not recommended its publication for the reason that I found the laws so complex and abstruse in their provisions, and so little applicable to the development of the mining industries, that I did not believe it desirable that it should continue to be used as the mining law of the country. The law, and the administrative proceedings under it, has not succeeded in fostering the mining industries.

In this connection, and in proof of my statement that the law is inapplicable and has not proved a success, I call attention to the following quotations from well-known authorities, which show the results of this law and its administration in the archipelago. Speaking of coal in Cebu, one authority says: "Coal occurs abundantly and is of fairly good quality, but the complete neglect of all mineral wealth by