Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A., 1901 Under the same law these American teachers are to be given living quarters or an allowance in cash for such quarters at the expense of the local board. In many cases this has not been done. Contracts were made, but the rent was unpaid, and the teacher was obliged to pay from her salary the rent or leave the rooms. The department has almost daily complaint of nu aid allowances to American teachers. Under the present school law t is is wholly changed. This condition will now be greatly improved. The salary is increased to $50 per month and the house rent guaranteed by law will now be paid promptly. But more important than this is the fact that the American teacher is now welcomed throughout the island and in many instances prominent citizens have offered a home free to the American teacher in order to have the influence of such a teacher in the community. 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.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of the Interior for Porto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A., 1901 Porto Rico the division of. Patents, trade-marks, and labels was trans ferred to that department. With these three exceptions the depart ment stands organized as stated in my previous report. 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.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A: 1900 I will append a report of the attendance and s the incident with the hope that the spent for salaries an for expenses of these meetings may not have been wholly wasted, and the assurance that whatever work is done in this direction the current year will be done upon a wholly new basis. 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.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of the Interior for Porto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A., 1905 Sir: In compliance with instructions for this Department, as shown in your letter of June 7, 1905, to the governor of Porto Rico, which reads as follows: I have the honor to invite your attention to section 24 of the act of Congress approved April 12, 1900 31 Stat. L., entitled 'an act temporarily to provide revenue and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes, ' which pro vides as follows. 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.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1905 Following the usua custom, the statistical data presented in this report relate to the year ended June 30, 1905. The narration of events Of interest in the work of education in Porto Rico is carried to September 1. 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.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A, 1904 A few well-organized kindergarten schools have been maintained. But for the same reasons as stated above it has been deemed wise to convert these into primary schools of the first grade, making some use of kindergarten methods. But. Still enabling teachers to take the full uota of 50 pupils and thus reducing the per capita cost, and there ore, with the same money, giving school facilities to a larger number of children. 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.

Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of the Interior for Porto Rico: To the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. A., 1902 The report of the chief of the bureau of insular telegraph Ixhibit D) presents an interesting account of the development of that system from the date of its taking over from the United States Signal Corps, as noted in my last report, to the present time. The legislative assem bly made liberal provision for extension of the lines, in the belief, evidently, that the commercial prospects of the island would warrant the outlay, and the growth of business, as shown by the statement of receipts and expenditures accompanying the report, is substantial proof of the wisdom of the course. 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.