Large Port and Irrigation Works in View a Manila, Jan, 14, The year 1925 was the most prosperous the Philippine Government has experienced since the slump that followed the close of the world war. It is semi-officially stated that when the books are balanced the revenues will show @ surplus over expenditures of approximately 7,000,000 pesos.
The income, originally estimated 70,830,000 pes stated to have actually been 78,000,000 pesos, Beginning this ye the Insular Government will inaugurate policy of diverting its surplus funds. at the end of each fiscal year to Manila port works and to the irrigation fund until the entire sum originally authorized by law for such funds has been covered, acco B. F. Wright, This procedure will avoid the sale of tional bonds for irrigation fand port works, The insular audi-for. st that there still remains 14,000,000 pesos. to be covered in the irrigation and port works funds as a result.of losses of the Philippine National Bank during war time—Reuter's Pacific Service. view of "the revival of the opium traffic the Anti-Opium! solation is preparing to elect &'new committee to enforce the opiunt prohibition lowa,
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