Excerpt from Annual Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, 1931: Message From the President of the United States Transmitting He Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, Including the Reports of the Heads of the Departments of the Philippine Islands, for the Calendar Year 1931 As required by section 21 of the act of Congress approved August 29, 1916, entitled An act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous govern ment for those islands, I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, the report of the Governor General of the Philippine Is lands, including the reports oi the heads of the departments of the Philippine Government, for the calendar year 1931. I concur in the recommendation of the Secretary of War that this report be printed as a congressional document. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Early editions include information by the Commission and various public officials and agencies on the economic, social, geographic and local governmental development of the Philippines.