| Revenue for one year | gold $332,194.17 |
| Disbursements for one year | 198,338.93 |
| Profit $133,855.24 |
Reserve price one million dollars gold. Conditions of payment one-third cash, and two-thirds in three annual payments with six per cent. interest per annum guaranteed by mortgage on the building and plant or other acceptable security. It was not stated whether the sale included a monopoly of army supply.
[2] Sampaloc signifies Tamarind in Tagálog.
[3] The first Philippine club was opened on November 6, 1898.
[4] The carromata is a two-wheeled spring vehicle with a light roof to keep off the sun and rain. In Spanish times it was commonly used by the natives in Manila and by all classes in the provinces, being a light, strong, and useful conveyance.
[5] Vide “Official Roster of the Officers and Employees in the Civil Service in the Philippine Islands.” Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1904.
[6] Independent Offices, i.e., not under control of a Civil Commission Secretary.
[7] Under the “Cooper Bill,” which came into operation on March 20, 1905, the Insular Government was authorized to increase the salaries of the Chief Justice and the associated judges to $10,500 and $10,000 gold respectively. Under the same Act, judges of First Instance can be called upon to serve in the Supreme Court when needed to form a quorum, for which service they are allowed ten pesos per day besides their travelling expenses from and to the place of their permanent appointments. By Philippine Commission Act No. 1,314, the salaries of the Chief Justice and associate judges were fixed at $10,000 each.
[8] “Report of the Philippine Commission, 1900.” Published by the Government Printing Office, Washington, 1901.
[9] Mr. William H. Taft, the first Civil Governor of the Philippines, was born at Cincinnati (Ohio) on September 15, 1857. His father was a jurist of repute, diplomat, and member of the Cabinet. After his preparatory schooling in his native town, W. H. Taft graduated at Yale University in 1878, studied law at Cincinnati and was called to the bar in 1880. Since then he held several legal appointments up to the year 1900, when he became a district judge, which post he resigned on being commissioned to the Philippine Islands.