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City assessor and collector, from June 1 to June 30, 1904; city engineer, from July 1, 1903, to May 31, 1904:

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Rates.

Plumbing.

Fines..

Fire plugs.

Auctions and miscellaneous

City attorney, register of deeds, fees

Secretary, municipal sale of Spanish-Filipino board, bonds and supplies

Statement of expenditures, city of Manila.

EXPENDITURES PERTAINING TO FISCAL YEAR 1904.

185. 24 6, 485. 70

1,790. 04 7, 418. 74

1, 311.59 13, 590. 70

159.29

591.06

456.00

600.00

162, 892. 57

7,785.60 765.99 1,823. 77 2, 597.37

16, 209. 11

6, 929. 30

3,905, 133. 42

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The revenues for the year, 3,905,133.42, show an increase of P844,023.86, or 27 per cent over those of last year, the increase being due primarily to the collections of the land tax during the fiscal year for eighteen months, the increased revenue on account of the change in the currency from local to Philippines currency, which became effective on the 1st day of January, 1904, and also a natural increase due to increased business in many items.

The principal sources of revenue of the city contributed in about the following ratios:

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The total expenditures during the year-P5,292,772.42-exceed those of the previous year by about 35 per cent. Of these expenditures, 108,041.10 is applicable to the fiscal year 1903, leaving the actual expenditures for the fiscal year 1904, P5,184,731.32, which may be segregated as current and nonrecurrent expenses, as follows:

CURRENT AND NONRECURRENT EXPENSES, FISCAL YEAR 1904.

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The above statement shows that the current expenses the past year were 4,035,599.72, of which 12,820,927.20, or about 70 per cent, was expended for salaries and wages, while the ratio for the previous year was 76 per cent; P343,143.20, or about 8 per cent, was expended for contingent expenses, while for the previous year about 8 per cent was expended for contingent expenses; P849,290.80, or about 21 per cent, was expended for public works and maintenance thereof, while for the year previous only 16 per cent was expended for the same purpose; P22,238.45, or onehalf of 1 per cent, was expended for equipment and apparatus during the present

year.

The relation of salaries and wages, which consumed 70 per cent, to the total current expenses of the city may be stated as follows, showing the number of Americans and Filipinos employed in the different departments:

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a Includes advisory board, secretary's office, and disbursing officer.
bIncludes night school teachers.

Includes day laborers.

Included in the items for contingent expenses, equipment and apparatus, and public works there are various amounts, the aggregate of which is P1,272,321.82, which appears as payment to the insular purchasing agent for property purchased of that department by the city government. Of this amount P127,232.18 is the increased cost to the city for the services rendered by the insular purchasing agent, and it is desired again to invite attention to the fact that the percentage on purchases by the city of the insular purchasing agent should be materially reduced, or the city allowed its own purchasing agent, as it is believed that with the amount of money paid the insular purchasing agent during the year better results could be obtained than have been obtained through the insular purchasing agent. Although the services of the insular purchasing agent have somewhat improved during the year, they can not be said to be satisfactory in all respects to the city. In other words, the city is contributing a larger amount to the support of the insular purchasing agent than is reasonable, and the recommendations made in the last annual report are repeated, that a reduction be made to somewhere near the actual cost to the insular purchasing agent for making purchases for the clty.

The nonrecurrent expenses of the city for the year may be detailed as follows: Municipal board:

Salaries and wages, board of tax revision
Incidental expenses, board of tax revision
Settlement of claim, Salvador Farre

Fire department:

Apparatus and equipment.

Police department:

Police alarm equipment....
Revolvers

Engineering and public works:

Salary of consulting engineer.

Construction of rock-carrying scows

Construction of river wall at Arroceros shops.
Paving blocks for Rosario and Escolta
Purchase of pails and covers for pail system

Water pipe and fittings for extension of system..
Scales and track for Matadero...

Purchase and installation of fire hydrants.

subsequent to January 1, 1904, charged against appropriation for

Purchase and installation of new sewer pipe

Expenses borne by insular government in support of pail system

city of Manila....

Purchase of pail system from board of health..

Public works, city of Manila:

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18, 326. 00 2, 029.26 1,511.80

73, 478. 29

36, 274.37

20, 708. 10

12, 100. 00 19, 061.25 3,596. 01 24, 145. 72 39, 479.00

85, 120.00

1, 319. 21

12, 346. 09

22, 462. 83

23, 946. 92

384, 664. 10

10, 534.00

1, 878.00

54, 761. 30

Construction of Tondo police station, partial payment..

9, 450.00

Public works, city of Manila-Continued.

Construction of veterinary hospital, Palomar Island.
Purchase of ground site for La Loma cemetery
Improvement of new cemetery.

Purchase of property for street purposes and the extension of

Calle Victoria..

Calle Palacio.

Calle Sacristia..

Calle Bilibid and Limasana

Extension and widening of streets in Ermita..

Extension and improvement of new water system
Completion of H street, Ermita

Grading and improving calle Moriones, Tondo
Purchase of paving blocks for calle Echague
Improvement of street in San Lazaro estate
Completion of San Marcelino..
Construction of new city hall..

Total

P10, 829. 83 40,000.00 9, 986.60

15,000.00 4, 442.95 18, 586. 48 571.32 15, 243. 31 50,000.00 11, 309. 09 11, 936. 33 2, 612.82 7,836.00 9, 627.44

93, 957. 18

FISCAL YEAR 1905.

1, 149, 131. 60

The outlook for revenue for the city of Manila for 1905 is far less encouraging than it was at the beginning of the previous fiscal year, on account of the fact that some of the large sources of revenue which the city depended upon will be eliminated by the effect of the new internal-revenue law, which becomes effective in relation to these items January 1, 1905, thus affecting the city of Manila for half of the coming fiscal year.

This law abolishes the industrial tax entirely and reduces the income from said tax for the present year by 350,000. The sale of revenue stamps, which in the present year yielded an income of P 166,000 to the city, will hereafter yield its income for insular purposes, and reduce the revenues of the city of Manila for the coming year by approximately 86,000.

Various changes have been made in the provisions of the charter of Manila, revoking the right of the city to license many industries, and fees for licenses on places of amusement, pawnbrokers, etc., have materiaily decreased, and the estimated loss to the city of Manila for the present year will be about P20,000. However, to partially offset these losses the city has been given a certain share of the internal-revenue tax, apportioned according to its population, which it is estimated will increase the revenues 90,000 for the year, thus leaving a net estimated loss to the city through the internal-revenue law of P366,000. In addition to this loss, the estimated revenues from the land tax will be P300,000 less than last year, due to the fact that during the present fiscal year collections covering eighteen months were made. To offset this loss it is expected that many items of revenue will be materially increased, such as market collections, vehicles taxes, fees for justice of peace, sheriff's fees, fees for electrical installation, rents, sale of lots in the cemeteries, fees for pail system, cleaning vaults, and water rents, and it is also expected some revenue will be derived from the tax on the gross income of the street railway company.

Altogether it is estimated that the revenues will be decreased about P500,000 from the year previous, and they are estimated as follows:

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ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1905.

In order that the expenditure of the city's funds might be kept well within the receipts, a proportionate reduction has been made in the amount expected to be expended, and appropriations have been made accordingly. In this connection it is desirable to state that in making this reduction of expenses items for permanent public improvement have been necessarily reduced, and if the revenues of the city are to be maintained on a basis of the fiscal year 1905, and if public improvements are to be made in the city of Manila, funds therefor should be obtained, and a loan for P4,000,000 for permanent public improvements is strongly urged by the board. These improvements will be along the lines of widening and extension of the present street system, the erection of public buildings for school, fire, and police purposes, the betterment of the esteros, and the beginning of a park system. This, in addition to the P8,000,000 already authorized for water and sewer improvements, would put the city in a fair way to become a modern city. The taxpayer would be far better satisfied to know that he would only have to bear his proportion of the expense of public improvements than that it should all be charged to him and his successor reap the benefits. A city with a population and assets of the city of Manila could well afford a bonded debt of P12,000,000, with an assessed valuation for real estate alone of 175,000,000, if compared with many of the progressive modern cities of the United States. The estimated expenditures for the fiscal year 1905 are as follows (showing a comparison with expenditures for the last fiscal year in the item of ordinary expense):

Estimate of ordinary expenses for fiscal year 1905, with statement of same for 1904.

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