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Statement of collections at interior ports of the Philippine Archipelago during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902-Continued.

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San Jose, Panay.-These figures represent the collection from March 1 to June 30, 1902. No records kept prior to that time.

Catbalogan.-The predecessor of present inspector took records and funds pertaining to transactions before June 26, 1902. The figures shown here represent collections from June 26, 1902.

Capiz, Panay.-Figures represent principally port of Capiz. Records of other ports in same district retained by outgoing officers.

EXHIBIT G.

Arrivals and departures of Chinese at the port of Manila from June 1, 1901, to October

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During the period of American occupation there have been issued at the port of Manila, P. I., 10,127 customs licenses, as follows:

First-class, general coastwise trade

Second-class, coastwise trade covering the Manila customs district.
Lighterage and harbor under the provisions of act of Congress

Special, for small craft under 15 tons, engaged in the local traffic

Total........

339 1,129

24

8,635

10, 127

These figures do not include renewals, but are original licenses representing an aggregate tonnage of 106,760.02 tons.

There are now in force licenses for the following vessels:

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The number of first and second-class licenses issued at subports is as follows:

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At coastwise ports there have been issued about 8,000 licenses to small craft, representing an aggregate tonnage of about 15,000 tons. The vessels are engaged in local traffic, not being licensed to trade at a greater distance than 100 miles from the place of issuance of the license.

Respectfully submitted.

W. MORGAN SHUSTER,

Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago.

EXHIBIT XI.

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, ON THE GENERAL EFFECTS PRODUCED BY LOWERING CERTAIN DUTIES IN THE TARIFF REVISION LAW OF 1901 ON FOOD PRODUCTS.

OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO,

Manila, P. I., October 24, 1902.

MY DEAR Mr. SECRETARY: I send you herewith a brief supplemental report on the general effects produced by lowering certain duties in the tariff revision law of 1901 on food products.

You will note from the annexed table of importations that there has been a large increase in the amount of these articles imported. In hardly any case, however, with the exception of salmon, perhaps, and similar canned goods, have the increased importations made up for the amount of duties lost by lowering the rate. In other words, the smaller amount imported during the preceding year at the higher rate of duty produced more revenue than the larger amount of importations received during the last year at the low rate. I have not found this a very fertile field for making any deductions, except that the consumption of canned goods and certain foods hitherto comparatively unknown here has greatly increased during the past year, and we may reasonably expect a similar increase during the coming year.

Very respectfully,

Hon. HENRY C. IDE,

W. MORGAN SHUSTER, Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago.

Secretary of Finance and Justice, Philippine Commission.

OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO,

Manila, P. I., October 24, 1902.

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT ON THE GENERAL EFFECTS PRODUCED BY LOWERING CERTAIN DUTIES IN THE TARIFF REVISION LAW OF 1901 ON FOOD PRODUCTS.

By the tariff revision law of 1901, which took effect November 15, 1901, the duties upon food products were greatly reduced, and during the past year there has been a substantial increase in the importation of most of that class of articles. This increase is believed to have been due primarily to the reduction in the rates of duty, and, secondarily, to the increased demand for products which have hitherto been practically unknown in the general food consumption of the Philippines. This demand has been produced by introducing these articles into the markets here, and putting them before the people of the provinces, and as the process of educating a people to new tastes is necessarily a slow one, the effects of the past few years are just commencing to show.

The importation of rice has nearly doubled during the past year, and from what causes it is impossible to state with certainty. The duties upon this article were lowered about 30 per cent, but the enormously increased importation must be attributed to a short crop in the islands, or some similar cause.

The following table of the importations at Manila of the principal food products upon which the rates of duty were substantially lowered will serve as an index to the effect of that portion of the new tariff on trade throughout the islands. (The figures given are in round numbers.)

Wheat.-The former duty was 47 cents per 100 kilos; present duty, 25 cents per 100 kilos. There was practically no wheat in grain imported during either the calendar year ending November 15, 1901, or from that period up to the present time.

Wheat flour.-The former duty was $1.63 per 100 kilos; present duty, 40 cents per

100 kilos. The importation of this article during the past year has shown an increase over the preceding year of from 114,000 to 151,000 barrels.

Hay, forage, and bran.-The former duty was 14 cents per 100 kilos; present duty, 5 cents per 100 kilos. The importations of these articles have increased over those of last year from 700 to 3,000 tons.

Canned fruits.-The former duty was 15 cents per kilo; present duty, 2 cents to 4 cents per kilo. Increase in importations from 42,000 to 700,000 pounds.

Canned meats.-The former duty was 15 cents per kilo; present duty, 5 to 20 cents per kilo (the greater proportion of these goods going under 5 cents per kilo). There has been an increase in the importations of canned meats from about 6,000 to 165,000 pounds.

Jerked beef.-The former duty was $4.82 per 100 kilos; present duty, 75 cents per 100 kilos. The importations of this article have increased from 300 to 2,500 pounds. Hams.-The former duty was $9.13 per 100 kilos; present duty, $3 per 100 kilos. The importations of this article have increased from 692,000 to 1,800,000 pounds. Lard-The former duty was $9.13 per 100 kilos; present duty, $1.60 per 100 kilos. The importations of this article have increased from 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 pounds. Canned salmon.-The former duty was 15 cents per kilo; present duty, 34 cents per kilo. The importations of this article have increased from about 8,000 to 1,500,000 pounds.

Caviar, etc. (in cans).-The former duty was 15 cents per kilo; present duty, 20 cents per kilo. The importations of this article have decreased from 12,000 to 7,000 pounds.

Rice (unhusked).-The former duty was 59 cents per 100 kilos; present duty, 40 cents per 100 kilos.

Rice (husked). The former duty was 63 cents per 100 kilos; present duty, 50 cents per 100 kilos. The total amount of rice, husked and unhusked, imported into this port has increased from 194,500,000 to 340,000,000 pounds.

Respectfully submitted.

W. MORGAN SHUSTER, Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago.

EXHIBIT XII.

Hon. HENRY C. IDE,

OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
Manila, P. I., October 17, 1902.

Secretary of Finance and Justice, Manila, P. I. SIR: Pursuant to your request of October 13 I have the honor to hand you herewith a brief report of the operations of this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, and a supplementary statement of receipts and disbursements covering the period from July 1, 1902, to September 30, 1902. It is impossible, however, to give a correct statement of the collections for this period, as no reports have been received from the collectors at Dapitan and Pollok for the months of August and September, and no reports from the collectors at Isabela de Basilan and Joló for the month of September. During the period covered by this statement (July, August, and September) civil government has been further extended until, on September 30, this department had supervision over the following parts of the islands only: Island of Mindanao (except the provinces of Surigao and Misamis) and the Joló Archipelago with 11 collectors, 6 of whom were army or marine officers, 3 customs officers performing the duties of collectors of internal revenue, and 2 native collectors with a force of only 7 clerks.

Very respectfully,

ELLIS CROMWELL, Acting Collector Internal Revenue, Philippine Islands.

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
Manila, P. I., October 16, 1902.

Hon. HENRY C. IDE,

Secretary of Finance and Justice, Manila, P. I.

SIR: In compliance with your request of October 13, I have the honor to submit the following report covering the operations of this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902:

At the beginning of the fiscal year this department was collecting revenue in

nearly all parts of the archipelago, except in provinces where civil government had been established, in which provinces the revenue was being collected by provincial

treasurers.

On July 1, 1901, the department consisted of 46 collectors, most of whom were army or marine officers detailed for this purpose, and 85 clerks employed in 45 offices. In view of the fact that officers detailed as collectors of internal revenue have never been relieved from their military duties, and of the frequent changes of such details, the taxes have been wholly or partially uncollected in some parts of the archipelago.

On August 7, 1901, Manila was incorporated as a city by act No. 183, United States Philippine Commission, which took it out of the jurisdiction of this department. The collector of internal revenue was then appointed city assessor and collector, and under the provisions of section 62 of the above-mentioned act, which provides that the city assessor and collector shall also act as the collector of internal revenue in those parts of the islands not within organized provincial governments and not within the city of Manila, the city assessor and collector has been performing the duties of the acting collector of internal revenue of the Philippine Islands since that date, using the clerical force of the city assessor and collector to perform the duties of that of collector of internal revenue.

During the period covered by this report civil government has been established in various provinces throughout the islands, which has gradually reduced the supervision of this department until, on June 30, 1902, it had supervision over the following parts of the archipelago only: Laguna Province, island of Samar, island of Mindanao (except the provinces of Surigao and Misamis), and the Jolo Archipelago, including the islands of Basilan and Siassi and the Tawi-tawi Islands, with 15 collectors, of which number 9 were army and marine officers and 2 were customs officers performing the duties of collectors of internal revenue, and a force of only 15 clerks.

The following statement (Exhibit A) shows the collections from the various offices and the city of Manila for the fiscal year 1902 and the cost of collections, the percentage of expense of collections for the entire department being 9.33 per cent:

INTERNAL-REVENUE STAMPS.

The following is a brief summary of the internal-revenue stamps handled by this department during the period covered by this report:

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There were sold in Manila during the period from July 1 to August 6 internalrevenue stamps amounting to $6,297.17 United States currency, which is a decrease of 19.25 per cent as against amount of sales during a similar period of the fiscal year 1901

The total internal-revenue collections for the city of Manila during the month of July, 1902, and six days in August (Exhibit B) show an increase of 18.77 per cent over the collections for a similar period of the fiscal year 1901, which is caused by an increase of business in the city and higher values of property. The per cent of expense to collections for the city of Manila was 44.

The industrial taxes collected for this period in the city of Manila amount to $54,164.61 United States currency, which is an increase of 20.4 per cent over the amount collected during a similar period of the fiscal year 1901. There were in force on July 1, 1901, 12,716 patentes. There were issued during the period 1,076 new patentes and canceled 500, leaving extant on August 7, the date on which the Manila office was turned over to the city assessor and collector, 13,292 patentes.

The urbana taxes collected in Manila from July to August 6, inclusive, amount to $19,642.63 United States currency, which is an increase of 35 per cent over the amount collected for a similar period of the fiscal year 1901. There are no delinquent urbana taxes.

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