Eastern Utah Advocate | 1899-04-06 | Page 1 | Philippine Revenues

philippine REVENUES 1466 than three million glare amerlean took possession washington april a 3 acting secretary john ban his made a statement 0 of f the receipt receipts in the philippine islands since the american americans hare been in charge these figure figures bare been cabled by general oti otis but since the active hostilities have been going on no detailed reports have hare been received rec elred the american americans took possession of the islands august 13 1898 the receipt receipts to the first of january were the receipts for january february and march so far as reported were of which amount ia Is from hollo iloilo and from cebu it is believed the total showing of would hare have been much larger bad had all the ports of the lands islands been in possession of the united states many of the ports hare been in possession of the insurgents and commerce hae bait been necessarily restricted