Posts, Bureau of, [863], [865].
Pratt, Consul, charged by Blount with repudiation of promises of independence, 19–20;
first meeting of, with Aguinaldo, 25–26;
efforts of, to secure Aguinaldo’s coöperation with American fleet, 27–28;
statement by, refuting promise of Filipino independence, 29–30.
Presidentes of pueblos, absoluteness of rule of, 243.
Press, attitude of, toward sanitary work in the islands, 420–422, 446–447;
abuses of the native, [952]–[953].
Priests, atrocities practised on, by Filipino Insurgents, 172–205, 206 ff.;
help given first Philippine Commission by, 319.
Protestant and Catholic missionary methods, [642]–[643].
Provinces, government of two classes of Philippine, 358;
establishment of non-Christian, and organisation of governments for, [559] ff.
Provincial governments, abuse of authority by officers of, [953]–[957].
Public Land Act, the, [830] ff., [844];
homestead applications under, [833]–[834].