The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-02
SPANS RULECAN
NOT BE RESTORED


de Autoridades is tho Governor General
while the members are as follows ana
rank I'm the order named: The Arch-
bishop. the commandments or the
army. the commandments of the
navy. the president of the Supreme Court
presidente dc Ia Real Audiencla), the
treasurer Qntendente General de hOcien-
DAD. the civil administrator lDiteclor
General de Administration ClyiD, ana the
crown attorney flscal dc su MaJesled(.
What are the functions OF this Council!
All that 1 could fnd out is that 10 de-
cides upon the affairs OF aliens. Attach
ed 10 IL is the censOrate CCOmisiOn Per-
manente de CensursJ. or which the Crown
Attorney is the president, and which con-
sists of twelve members, four OF whom
are friars L will add the names Of the
present incumbeuts with the tOnsure. tr.
IL. T.. Arias. FIR. G.. de las Buertos, FIR. l.
Alonastcri0. and FIR. Elera. Next comes
the Console dc Administration, HhOse
functions resemble somewhat those OF our
Department of the Interior. The Cover
nor General presides. The same mem
bers sit as In the council named before
with the addition of the Rev. Fathers
Superior Of the religious orders, the Pre-
sident OF the Chamber Of Commerce, and
the president OF the Society of Friends
of the country e., Spain.
The departments OF the government are:
!. Graca y Justcia, or Cult and JUS
tlce. Of which the Archbishop is the Chief.
IL is somewhat suggestive that the Reg
istracion de Ia Propiedad." OF Reglstra-
ton OF Property, the abstract office.
should be a section of this department.
@ Guerra or Department Of War In
looking over the registers Of this depart
ment L find the following regiments:
Legaspi Yberia. Magallanes, Mindanao,
Bsayas. Joio. Manila, Cazadores. ], ,, 3,
T. s. o. Z and S, or a total OF 10 regiments
of infantry. There is one squadron OF
cavalry, one brigade OF artillery and
tercios OF civil guards. All this, or part
OF IL. may have existed on paper, but the
personnel Of the STATS is here.
g. Marina. or Department Of the Navy.
There is no use In examining this sinA
Dewey has taken a pretty complete in
ventory.
g. Hacienda. or Treasury The present
Intendente General, Senior Don j. Cutler
rez de Ia vega. could no doubt, furnish
some valuable information regarding the
work Of this department There is. how
ever. no hope that he will condescend 70
do IL In the custom-house department
the Chief boasts Of the following mix
Cd name: r. p. del Pulgary OLawlor.
His accent does not indicate that he Is
Spaniard from Cork
8 Gobernacion. or Civil Administration,
which includes the Contaduria or Public
Accounts.
6. Fomento. or Charity. which we would
can the Department Of Education and
Public Works. The latter department or
section has been I'm a chronic state OF m I
nOcuOus desuetude. except in furnishing /
sinecures % a large number Of Dons.
The great majority Of the European
residents alien 10 Spain do business IN !
the capital. Manila, according 10 the |
last official census, that IS some years |
ago. contained go European residents !
outside Of Spaniards. 4lS9 natives OF I
Spain. exclusive Of army and navy; l5.l5I !
Chinese. 1906 Chinese half breeds. S,S9 |
Spanish AIestizos. and 160S95 pure ma /
lives. This population has increased. but |
he proportion was fairly maintained.
FOREIGN FIRMS
In view of the anxiety Of GermOny 10 /
protect it's subjects, l have been doing |
some little census work OF my own. The
following are the British or American
arms at present located here: Macleod
{. Co. Andrews e. Co, Armstrong. Sloan
3 Co. J. NJ. Bren. BOYLE a. Earnshaw,
Brown 81 Co dn liquldation), Warner,
Barnes a. Co. Chartered Bank OF India,
and China: Chas. II. Cundall,
Donaldson, Sim & Co., Daniel Earnshaw,
Findlay & Co., W. A Fitton, Forbes. !
Ifumm & Co., Joseph Hogg, Hong Kong
md Shanghai Banking Corporation; Hol-
iday, Wise g. Co.. Johnson. Gore. Booth 1