will be made to force any pupil from his natural inclination for one pursuit rather than another, but ample opportunity will be given to every student to follow the vocation for which he is best adapted and to avoid the career for which he is unsuited or unfit. CHANGES OF SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL. On December 31, 1902, Prof. Bernard Moses, secretary of public instruction, and Dr. Fred W. Atkinson, general superintendent of education, retired from the service, and the writer and Dr. Elmer B. Bryan were appointed to succeed them, respectively. Doctor Bryan, however, was compelled to resign his position in August of the present year on account of illness. The estimation in which he was held and the value the Government placed on his services is best shown by the following resolutions adopted by the Commission on his retirement: The president presented the resignation of E. B. Bryan, general superintendent of education, in the words fol'owing: "Acting upon the advice of my physician, I have the honor to tender my resignation as chief of the bureau of education, effective at the expiration of my accrued leave. I hope to leave Manila on the City of Pekin August 13. The secretary of public instruction has the matter of leave under consideration. The necessity of giving up this piece of work to which I hoped to devote many years is the greatest disappointment of my life. I wish to thank you for your kindly consideration and encouragement at all times." Whereupon, on motion, it was Resolved, That the Commission learns with great regret of the necessity for Mr. Bryan's resignation, and wishes to express to him its appreciation of his very hard work and of his most efficient service, both as superintendent of the normal school and as general superintendent of education, and sympathizes deeply with him in his disappointment at not being able to continue the work for which he was so admirably fitted and in which success certainly lay before him. * * * * * And be it further resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to Doctor Bryan, with the expression of the hope on the part of the Commission that on returning to America he will find health and another opportunity for the exercise of his most useful talents, which will be much missed in these islands. Dr. David P. Barrows, the present general superintendent, then the chief of the bureau of non-Christian tribes, and formerly superintendent of schools for the city of Manila, was immediately appointed to succeed him. APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND UNEXPENDED BALANCES. The following shows the appropriations and the expenditures of the bureau of education during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903: For more detailed information concerning the public schools during the past year, reference is made to Exhibit A, which is hereto attached and made a part of this report. BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The exigent demand for proper office and building accommodations for the various bureaus, coupled with the necessity of making many important public improvements of a permanent character, has about doubled the work of the bureau of architecture and construction of public buildings during the past year. OFFICE PERSONNEL AND OTHER EMPLOYEES. The chief of bureau, 1 master builder, 1 superintendent of construction, 2 engineers, 1 disbursing officer, 7 draftsmen, 4 clerks, 1 storekeeper, 2 stenographers, 1 janitor, and 1 messenger constitute the office force of the bureau. The actual work of construction, alteration, and repair falling within the province of the bureau, on the average is carried on by 357 skilled and unskilled laborers under the supervision and control of the chief of bureau, the master builder, the superintendent of construction, and 6 English-speaking foremen. Two Chinese, 12 Japanese, and 343 Filipinos make up the full number of skilled and unskilled laborers at present employed. The average number of laborers employed a year ago was 150, of whom 97 per cent were Chinese. WORK OF THE BUREAU DURING THE YEAR. A commodious second story was added to the old storeroom, a building 50 feet wide and 75 feet long, and the bureau is now comfortably housed in the addition, which is provided with all the facilities necessary for the preparation of plans, detail drawings, and other necessary preparatory work. A sanitarium, 5 cottages, and a stable to shelter 40 horses were erected at Baguio. The making of a summer capital at Baguio is now in contemplation, and plans for substantial government buildings at that place have been submitted to the Commission. A substantial addition has been made to the custom-house, and the old custom-house is in process of refitting and remodeling. Plague, cholera, and smallpox hospitals, provided with electric lights, sanitary plumbing, proper drainage, and other modern conveniences, have been constructed for the board of health. The hospitals are single-story structures arranged on the pavilion plan. San Lazaro Hospital has been provided with a proper water supply of 14,000 gallons capacity, the plumbing in the building has been carefully overhauled, cement floors laid in the kitchen and in the dining room for natives, the roofs repaired, and the old buildings renovated in many other particulars too numerous to mention. The building for the bureau of government laboratories is now practically inclosed, and will be ready for occupancy by May next. Five small houses, a 75-stall stable for serum cattle, and 400 running feet of shelter for animals used for scientific purposes have been constructed for the use of the serum institute. The civil hospital has been furnished with septic tanks and 1,200 feet of 12-inch pipe laid to connect them with the estero of Sampaloc. For the insular cold-storage and ice plant a cot tage for the engineer, a harness shop, dispensary, and quarters for employees, and a stable for 18 horses have been erected. Galvanizediron tanks to give a sufficient water supply have been installed at the bureau of public printing, and the premises have been inclosed with a fence of brick and iron. A stable with storage rooms for feed, harness, wagons, and farm implements, and a water tower and tank fitted with a gasoline engine and pump for irrigation purposes, have been completed for the bureau of agriculture at its experiment station near Singalong. The building occupied by the bureau of coast guard and transportation has been thoroughly renovated, furnished with new water tanks, repainted, and rewired for electric lighting. The ayuntamiento, like many other government buildings, after many years of neglect fell into such a state of disrepair that the government was compelled to expend $5,026.39 in order to preserve the structure and put it in proper condition. Among other things the building has been completely rewired to comply with city ordinances, the roof has been renewed in many places, stairways taken out, additional rooms provided, and the decayed wooden flooring on the ground floor removed and tiling substituted. The half-finished hospital building purchased by the city of Manila from private parties has been strengthened and remodeled to meet all the purposes of a modern city hall. In addition to all this work, repairs and additions have been made to the exposition buildings, the timber-testing laboratory, the intendencia building, the Malacañan Palace, and the Santa Potenciana building. Appropriations have been made for stables for the transportation in charge of the insular purchasing agent, for a new vault for the insular treasury, for the machine shops and warehouses for the bureau of coast guard and transportation, for an agricultural college building at La Carlota, for workshops at Bilibid prison, for 13 coal sheds at the various coast-guard coaling points, for a new paper warehouse at the bureau of public printing; and it is expected that the bureau of architecture and construction of public buildings will be kept reasonably busy during the time which yet remains of the present fiscal year. The expenditures actually made by the Bureau during the year ending August 31, 1903, are as follows: Smallpox Hospital, board of health. San Lazaro hospital and serum institute, board of health. Temporary laboratory and serum station. Agricultural and industrial school, Baguio. Total actually expended Due and unexpended: Claim of Albert Bryan Henry D. Woolfe. Campbell La Electricista Supplies from United States, not delivered. Deficiency appropriation. $2, 525.00 5, 852.83 679.90 1,200.00 491. 14 3, 618. 32 798.59 264, 458. 08 6, 149.79 265.50 9, 663. 53 550.00 30, 729.91 1, 317.79 Total due and unexpended... 48, 676. 52 Appropriated for public works and maintenance of public buildings.... 321, 225. 79 Work done by bureau... $59, 914. 34 Work done by contracts.. 127, 566.94 Turned into general fund.. 5,000.00 Paid insular purchasing agent for property Loss to appropriation account, changes in rate on money and property 3,675. 29 41, 076. 61 237, 233. 18 Balance of appropriation for public work and maintenance of pub- 83, 992. 61 37, 296. 19 Balance of appropriations to credit of bureau . For additional information concerning the work completed and now in progress by the bureau of architecture and construction of public buildings, reference is made to Exhibit B, hereto attached and made a part of this report. BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING. This bureau is organized not only to do the printing work of the government, but also to give to Filipino young men a thorough course of instruction in the printing and allied trades. The American force employed is 65, and is made up of the public printer, 49 instructors, 4 clerks, 3 copyholders, 1 foreman in charge of laborers, 2 checkers and assistants in warehouse, 1 cutter, and 4 watchmen. One hundred and fifty-seven Filipinos are also employed, of whom 4 are clerks, 25 are craftsmen, 33 are junior craftsmen, 44 are apprentices, 27 are helpers, 17 are laborers, and 7 are messengers or drivers. Besides the permanent force, 1 American instructor, 1 American copyholder, 4 Filipino craftsmen, 13 Filipino junior craftsmen, 1 Filipino apprentice, and 6 Chinese carpenters are temporarily employed. Act No. 650, enacted on March 3 of this year, gave authority to the bureau to employ as many apprentices as might be permitted by the secretary of public instruction, and made provision for the payment of a small compensation to such apprentices as might be engaged. The apprentices are obliged to take a civil-service examination, and are divided into six classes. Original appointments are made to the sixth class, and the term of service and rate of compensation in each of the classes are as follows: The promotion or reduction of an apprentice from one class to another is in the discretion of the public printer and is based on the civil-service efficiency and rating of the apprentice. The whole term of apprenticeship is three years, on the completion of which the apprentice is rated as a junior craftsman. Each native craftsman in the bureau at the end of three years' honest, faithful, satisfactory, and continuous service is entitled to receive extra compensation as follows: Ten cents for each full day served at a daily wage of not less than 60 cents, 20 cents for each full day served at a daily wage of not less than $1.20, and 30 cents for each full day served at a daily wage of not less than $1.60; provided, however, that one year's accumulated extra compensation may be paid, on approval of the secretary of public instruction, at the conclusion of two years' continuous service. The time served by native craftsmen as second-class and first-class apprentices is counted as a part of the three years' continuous service for which extra compensation is allowed. The rules of the printing office require all apprentices and junior craftsmen to attend night schools, and any willful disobedience of the regulation results in the separation of the offender from the service. At first some of the American instructors were not disposed to lend their aid in instructing apprentices, but prompt disciplinary measures and a frank expression of the purpose of the government to make a specialty of teaching young Filipinos useful trades brought about a change of sentiment and a corresponding progress in the work of fitting apprentices and others for every branch of the printer's trade. The 44 apprentices now in the service are assigned as follows: Composing room 8, bindery 11, press room 14, foundry 6, photo-engraving room 4, power plant 1. Two apprentices have been advanced to class 4 and 14 to class 5. The value of the product of the printing plant from July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903, based on Remaley's scale of values, was $221,960.10, and the cost of operation $171,572.80, leaving $50,387.30 as the gross excess of product over cost of operation. Deducting $12,000, rental value of the premises, and $14,150.66, 10 per cent for deterioration of the equipment, the net excess would be $24,236.64. Remaley's scale of values for printing is less than the price paid for printing and binding by the civil and military governments to commercial houses prior to September 15, 1901. The following table shows the value of the printing and binding and other work done by the bureau for each department of the govern |