land, industrial, and other taxes, land and buildings held by the navy, mail, money orders, mines, mortgages, Moros, municipal ordinances, military reservations, municipal police, municipal lands, mandamus, non Christian tribes, naturalization, negotiable instruments, nuisances, organization and power of provinces and municipalities and their boards and officers, pardoning power, prisons, patents, public lands, passports, privileges of foreign consuls, powers and duties of insular, provincial, and municipal health officers, police jurisdiction, postmasters, preliminary investigations, public water supply, quarantine, real-estate titles, rate of exchange, registrars of property, railroads, rights of way, religion, Spanish seized funds, sanitation, schools, status of the Sultan of Jolo, submarine cables, sedition, telegraph lines, trade-marks, tax assessments, tribute of infidels, United States troops, water rights, water power, wills, and wharfage. Besides the trials and convictions above mentioned, a number of important investigations have been conducted in the provinces, generally by the supervisor of fiscals, and occasionally by the deputy supervisor of fiscals, and the assistant attorneys in this office. The work done during the year by the provincial fiscals is approximately indicated by the following figures: [Year ending June 30, 1903; figures for year ending August 31, 1903, not compiled.] [Year ending June 30, 1903; figures for year ending August 31, 1903, not compiled.] EXHIBIT 4. ANNUAL REPORT INSULAR COLD STORAGE AND ICE PLANT, FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1903, AND SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT FOR JULY AND AUGUST, 1903. By Capt. LEON S. ROUDIEZ, Twenty-fifth Infantry, U. S. Army, Superintendent. INSULAR COLD STORAGE AND ICE PLANT, The SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, Manila, P. I. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the annual report relating to the operation of the insular cold storage and ice plant for the period ending June 30, 1903, with additional tables bringing the business of the plant down to include August 31, 1903. REVENUES. Attention is respectfully invited to the accompanying monthly statements and tables showing steady increase in the revenues of the plant. The monthly statements are in U. S. currency, Mexican currency, and Philippine currency. The tables are all in U. S. currency. BUSINESS WITH THE SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, U. S. ARMY, AND THE U. S. NAVY. Attention is respectfully invited to the tables showing the amount of business done with each of these departments. The agreement under which business with the Subsistence Department and the Quartermaster's Department was transacted was practically the same as that which existed during the preceding year. The amount received for cold storage was practically the same, but the amount received for ice sold to the Subsistence Department was somewhat larger, owing to the increased demand. The business transacted with the U. S. Navy was subject to the provisions of a new agreement, as stated in last year's report, the increase of revenue on that account being the difference between $1,131.50 (revenues for 1902) and $2,592.44 (revenues for 1903). The sales of ice to the Navy show but a slight increase. SALES OF ICE TO OTHERS THAN ARMY AND NAVY. These sales have increased steadily, and at one time taxed the capacity of the plant to the fullest extent. DISTILLED WATER. The price of distilled water has been reduced to 2 cents per gallon. It was reduced to three cents per gallon some time before the end of the fiscal year. The sales of water remain the same. There seems to be a prejudice against paying for drinking water in Manila. However, the fact remains in all large cities in the United States the price of distilled water, delivered at the customer's residence, varies from 5 to 10 cents U. S. currency per gallon. CONSUMPTION OF COAL. This subject has been under consideration during the entire year. It is my opinion, based on actual trials and reports of the chief engineer of this plant, that the Japanese "yunokibara" coal is more advantageous to the plant than the grade of Australian coal heretofore furnished by the insular purchasing agent. The most recent trials gave a daily consumption of coal of 20 tons yunokibara against 22 tons and a fraction of Australian. It should be stated, however, that the Australian coal furnished, on which these tests were based, was not the best Australian coal in the market. I have no recommendations to make at this time. LEON S. ROUDIEZ, Captain Twenty-fifth Infantry, U. S. Army, Superintendent. Articles of agreement for furnishing cold storage to the subsistence department, U. S. Army, by the insular government of the Philippine Islands. This agreement, entered into at Manila, Philippine Islands, this first day of July, nineteen hundred and three, between Colonel E. B. Atwood, U. S. Army, chief quartermaster, Division of the Philippines, of the first part, and the insular government of the Philippine Islands, of the second part. Witnesseth: That the said Colonel E. B. Atwood, chief quartermaster, Division of the Philippines, for and in behalf of the United States of America, and the said insular government of the Philippine Islands, covenant and agree to and with each other as follows: I. That the said insular government of the Philippine Islands shall and by these presents does hereby demise, let, rent, and lease to the United States of America rooms numbered 1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 in the insular cold storage and ice plant, Manila, P. I. (two hundred and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and nineteen cubic feet), to be used by the subsistence department, U. S. Army, for the storage of fresh meat and subsistence supplies, to have and to hold the same from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and four, inclusive. II. That the said insular government of the Philippine Islands agrees to maintain at all times in each of the rooms aforesaid such temperature as is required by the subsistence department, not less than eighteen degrees Fahrenheit, and to keep at all times in serviceable condition the loading and unloading devices, carrying rails, elevators, and scales appertaining to said plant, and to furnish the use as well as the necessary mechanics to operate the same free of charge whenever the devices can be used to facilitate and expedite the movement of stores in and out of cold storage. III. That the insular government of the Philippine Islands shall furnish the insulated lighters and steam tug of the said insular cold storage and ice plant to receive ex-ship Manila Bay all fresh beef and mutton to be kept in cold storage for the sub sistence department, but the said insular government shall not be required to furnish the labor, checkers, etc., necessary to bring the same to the scales or elevator at the outer doors of the cold-storage side of the plant or to move the same from one room to another whenever necessary for the convenience of the subsistence department. IV. That the insulated lighters and steam tug of the insular cold storage and ice plant shall be used to deliver fresh meat to transports in the harbor of Manila and to the subsistence depot on the Pasig River; but the said insular government is not to be required to furnish the checkers and labor required for such services; the insular cold storage and ice plant to deliver the fresh beef, mutton, and other stores at the scales or foot of elevator, at the outside door of the cold-storage rooms: Provided, That the insular cold-storage and ice plant shall not be compelled to furnish its steam tug or insulated lighters for the transportation of beef or mutton to United States transports or other Government vessels in the harbor of Manila when the quantity to be transported is less than one (1) ton. V. The superintendent of the insular cold-storage and ice plant shall receive from and give receipts to the subsistence department for the subsistence stores and fresh meat to be placed in cold storage when delivered at the scales or foot of elevator at the outer door of the cold-storage side of the plant, and the unit specified therein shall be the quarter of beef, specifying whether fore or hind quarter, the carcass of mutton, the box, and the crate. The receipt for boxes and crates will state their gross weight and the name of the stores "said to be contained therein." VI. The Subsistence Department, through its authorized representative stationed at the insular cold storage and ice plant, shall receive from and give receipt to the insular cold-storage and ice plant for all subsistence stores and fresh meat taken out of cold storage and delivered by the plant at its scales or foot of elevator at the outer door of the cold-storage side of the plant. VII. The management of the cold-storage rooms aforesaid, the regulation of the temperature required by the subsistence department and the operation of all the machinery and plant used for producing cold and for transporting meat and other supplies from the river front to the rooms where they are to be stored, and for returning the same to the river front when needed shall be under the control and management of the superintendent of the insular cold-storage and ice plant. VIII. That in case any beef, mutton, or other stores belonging to the Subsistence Department shall be lost by perils of the sea or marine disaster within the harbor of Manila while being transported to or from the insular cold-storage and ice plant, the insular government shall not be liable for any loss or damage so sustained by the Subsistence Department. IX. That in case the building belonging to the insular government, in which the coldstorage space hereby leased is contained, should be destroyed by fire, earthquake, or typhoon, or other casualty, or so materially injured by either of said causes that it becomes impracticable for the said insular government to complete this contract, this contract shall thereupon cease and be determined, without liability for damage on the part of either party: Provided, That in the event of an accident to the machinery or appliances, due to any imperfection in said machinery or appliances, or to the carelessness of the employees of the said insular cold-storage and ice plant, which renders it impossible to maintain the temperature of the cold-storage rooms at a degree of cold low enough to preserve the meat and other stores belonging to the Subsistence Department, the insular government shall provide cold storage elsewhere for said supplies, or pay to the Subsistence Department the money value of such of the said supplies as may be so damaged as to be unserviceable, the amount to be determined by a military board of survey. X. That for and in consideration of the above covenants and agreements the United States shall pay to the said insular government of the Philippine Islands the sum of three and one-half cents (34 cents) U. S. currency, per cubic foot per month for all the cold-storage space by this instrument leased. XI. That payment shall be made at the end of each calendar month, or as soon thereafter as practicable, at the office of the disbursing quartermaster at Manila, P. I., in the funds furnished for the purpose by the United States. XII. That neither this lease nor any interest therein shall be transferred to any other party or parties, and in case of such transfer the United States may refuse to carry out this lease, either with the transferrer or the transferee, but all rights of action for any breach of this lease by the said insular government of the Philippine Islands are reserved to the United States. XIII. That no member of or delegate to Congress, nor any persons belonging to or employed in the military service of the United States, is, or shall be admitted to any share or part of this lease, or to any benefit which may arise therefrom. XIV. That this lease shall be subject to approval of the major-general, U. S. Army, commanding the Division of the Philippines. In witness whereof the undersigned have hereunto placed their hands the date first herein before written. Witnesseth: J. A. Scorr, as to E. B. ATWOOD, Assistant Quartermaster-General, U. S. A., Chief Quartermaster. JAMES SMITH, Acting Secretary of Finance and Justice. Contract for furnishing cold-storage space to the Subsistence Department, U. S. Army, during fiscal year ending June 30th, 1903. This agreement entered into at Manila, Philippine Islands, this 30th day of June, nineteen hundred and two, between C. F. Humphrey, Assistant QuartermasterGeneral, United States Army, of the first part, and the insular government of the Philippine Islands, of the second part: Witnesseth, that the said C. F. Humphrey, Assistant Quartermaster-General, United States Army, for and in behalf of the United States of America, and the said insular government of the Philippine Islands, covenant and agree to and with each other as follows: I. That the said insular government of the Philippine Islands shall, and by these presents does hereby demise, let, rent, and lease to the United States of America rooms numbered 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in the insular cold storage and ice plant at Manila, P. I., embracing all the present available cold-storage space in said plant (four hundred and twenty-six thousand three huudred and seventythree cubic feet), to be used by the Subsistence Department, U. S. Army, for the storage of fresh meats and subsistence supplies, to have and to hold the same from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and three. II. That the said insular government of the Philippine Islands agrees to maintain a temperature of not less than eighteen degrees nor greater than twenty-four degrees Fahrenheit, when required, in all the rooms occupied by the Subsistence Department, and to keep at all times in serviceable condition the loading and unloading devices, carrying rails, elevators, and scales appertaining to said plant, and to furnish the use as well as the necessary mechanics to operate the same free of charge to the United States, whenever the devices can be used to facilitate and expedite the movement of stores in and out of cold storage. III. That the said insular government of the Philippine Islands shall furnish the insulated lighters and steam tug of the said insular cold storage and ice plant to receive ex-ship Manila Bay all fresh beef and mutton to be kept in cold storage for the Subsistence Department, but the said insular government shall not be required to furnish the labor, checkers, etc., necessary to bring the same to the scales or elevator at the outer doors of the cold-storage side of the plant or to move the same from one room to another whenever necessary for the convenience of the Subsistence Department. IV. That the insulated lighters and steam tug of the insular cold storage and ice plant shall be used to deliver fresh meat to transports in the harbor of Manila and to the subsistence depot on the Pasig River, but the said insular government is not to be required to furnish the checkers and labor required for such service; the insular cold storage and ice plant to deliver the fresh beef, mutton, and other stores at the scales or foot of elevator at the outside door of the cold-storage rooms: Provided, That the insular cold storage and ice plant shall not be compelled to make deliveries of or furnish insulated lighters for the transportation of beef or mutton to U. S. transports or other Government vessels in the harbor of Manila when the quantity to be delivered or transported is less than one (1) ton. V. The superintendent of the insular cold storage and ice plant shall give receipts for the fresh meat and stores placed in cold storage, and the unit specified therein shall be the quarter of beef, specifying whether fore or hind quarter, the carcass of |