The times., 1899-04-17
INSTRUCTIONS TO
COLONIAL OFFICIALS
Issued by Direction of the
President.
Guanica Made a SUPPORT of Porto
Rico.
nuIings Concerning Exports and
Imports-Protection for Inven-
tors and Owners of Patents.

BIZ direction OF tne fTeSlueHl, aCllHS
Secretary of War Meiklejohn has issued
! the following important instructions TO the
, military authorities in Cuba, Porto r CO,
and the Philippines:
| Frst-The President directs that Guam
| lea shall be made SUPPORT of Porto Rico.
Guanica was not sooner declared a port
ON account of its lack of fortifications. AS
a matter of fact, Guan:ca is one of the
! best natural ports in the island of Po to
Rico. The banks to the right are steep
and form good natural wharf There
vessels can lie alongside of each other and
| unload by means OF gangpianks. Vess els
of thirty feet draft can easily enter the
bay and proceed close inshore.
The municipal districts which the new
port will serve are Sabana Grandc, with a
population of 9,537, and Agarico, with a
population of 24.500; total. 34,037 Mer-
| chants and planters estimate the exports
! from the district in sugar and coIee acne
at $3.0G0,GI0 annually, while the in ports
are estimated at almost, ii not QUITE as
large sum.
Second-The President directs that ar
| ticies OF the growth, produce, and manu-
faeture of the Philippine Islands exported
to foreign country and returned without
having been advanced in value. or i'm
proved in condition by any process OF man.
uiacture or other means. and on which no
| drawback or bounty has been al,o ed, shall
| be admitted free of duty
; Third Any merchandise found on any
vessel entering Cuban port which is not
included in the vessels manifest. forfeits
an amount equal in value to the merchan-
aise not manifested. All such merchandise
belonging TO or consigned to the officers or
| iG
| unless 1t shall be crearly proven that the
omission was not the result of fraud or
coiiusion. In such case the master NAV
De allowed to correct his manifest by means
OF a post entry. Should any package or
article named on the manifest be missing
on the arrival of the vessel, the master is
compelled to pay penalty OF 81 per ton
| measurement, unless the deficiency shall
| be satisfactorily explained or accounted
| for
| Fourth-Bricks, glazed and unelazed
Tor building purposes as well as undressed
common pine lumber, are hereafter to be
admitted into all OF the ports OF Cuba duty
/ free. Articles of fire clay introduced into
the island will pay only 30 cents per 100
| kilos.
The President was moved to make these
last named amendments for the purpose
OF encouraging the erection of residences
I SNS.i ch tiic part VI lue
| Heretofore imports of all kinds of CON-
mon salt into Cuha were compelled to pay
so cents per 100 kilos
Fifth-The President has amended the
schedule so that it reads as follows
Chloride of sodium Common salD. crude. G.
| W., 20 cents per 100 Kilograms and ground
| powdered. manufactured. or otherwise, G. W
50 cents per 100 Kilograms.
Sixth. Equally as important to inventors
and owners of patents is the order Just
issued by the President which gives them
the same protection in the several Islands
under the military government of the
| United States as they receive under the
laws OF this country The order specially
refers to owners of patents, including de-
| sign patents, which have been issued OF
shall hereafter be issued, as well as to
owners of trade marks, prints. and labels
which are duly registered In the United
States Patent Office according to the laws
of the United States relating 10 the grant
of patents and TO the registration of trade
marks, prints. and labels
The order further provides that an in
fringement of the rights secured by the
| lawful issue OF q patent or by registration
OF de-mark print or label, shall sub,
ject the guilty person or party to al
the liabilities created and imposed by tn,
laws of the United States which relate
to such matters.
1t is provided, however, in such cases as
are above mentioned that duly certified
copy of the patent or of the certificate Of
registration of the trade mark, print oil
label must be filed in the Office of the
Governor General OF the island in whicl
protection is desired. To this provision
is added a second. viz, that the rights o.
property in patents and trademarks Sc
cured in the several islands and Other
ceded territory to persons under the Span.
ish laws shall be respected the same as
if such laws were in full force in sait
islands or territory