great value. These reports for the years 1899 to 1903 have been republished by the War Department in a single volume. The most important documents bearing upon the present organization and administration of the governments of the Philippines and Porto Rico, however, are the published reports of the insular authorities and the volumes giving the laws enacted since the inauguration of civil government. These include the reports of the second Philippine Commission, the governor of Porto Rico, and the annual reports which the heads of the executive departments in Porto Rico are required to make to similar departments at Washington. Together they furnish a complete record of all action that has been taken, of the motives dictating it, and of the general results that have been obtained in practical operation. Information regarding the government and administration of Samoa, Guam and the Panama Canal Zone can most readily be obtained from (1) "Tutuila: Memoranda Furnished by the Navy Department during the Second Session of the FiftySeventh Congress for the Use of the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, United States Senate," 1902; (2) "Tutuila: Treaties, Conventions and State Papers Relating to the Acquisition of the Samoan Islands: For the Use of the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, United States Senate," 1903; (3) "Tutuila: General Orders Issued by Naval Governor and Documents Relative Thereto in Force January 1, 1903;" (4) "Guam: Memoranda Furnished by the Navy Department During the Second Session of the Fifty-Seventh Congress for the Use of the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, United States Senate," 1902; (5) "Guam: General Orders Issued by Naval Governor in Force December 20, 1902;" (6) Letter of the President Placing the Isthmian Canal Commission Under the Supervision and Direction of the Secretary of War and Defining the Jurisdiction and Functions of the Commission," 1904. Finally should be mentioned the large class of special reports that have been issued either by the Federal Government or the insular governments having for their object the making known of the general conditions prevailing in the islands, their resources, institutions, etc. Among these may be mentioned as the most important (1) "Report of the (First) Philippine Commission," 4 vols., 1900; (2) "Gazetteer of the Philippines," published by the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, 1902; a comprehensive work describing the geography, resources, population and institutions of the islands; (3) "Reports on the Census of the Philippine Islands," now in process of publication by the office of the Census, Department of Commerce and Labor; (4) "Report on the Island of Porto Rico: Its Population, Civil Government, Commerce, Industries, Products, Roads, Tariff and Currency, with Recommendations," by Henry K. Carroll, Special Commissioner for the United States to Porto Rico, 1899; (5) "Report of the United States Insular Commission to the Secretary of War upon Investigations Made into the Civil Affairs of the Island of Porto Rico, with Recommendations," 1899; (6) "Report on the Census of Porto Rico," 1899; (7) "Report of the Commission to Revise and Compile the Laws of Porto Rico" (House Document No. 52, Fifty-Seventh Congress, First Session, 1900, 2 vols): "Report of the Code Commission of Porto Rico," 1902; (8) "Register of Porto Rico," editions of 1901 and 1902; (9) "Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Guam, Samoan Islands and Cuba: Their Area, Population, Agriculture and Mineral Products; Imports and Exports by Counties; and the Commerce of the United States Therewith" (from the Summary of Commerce and Finance for July, 1901, Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department); (10) "Territorial and Commercial Expansion of the United States, 1800-1900, the Additions to National Area and their Subdivision into Territories and States, and Statistics of Growth in Population, Wealth, Commerce and Production" (from the Summary of Commerce and Finance for August, 1902, Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department). The foregoing enumeration by no means gives a complete list of all the official publications that have been issued by the United States Government in relation to the insular possessions. In addition to those that have been mentioned there are a large number of congressional reports and special studies issued by certain of the executive departments at Washington. Such, for example, are the reports on education issued by the Department of Education, on labor by the Labor Department, on agriculture by the Department of Agriculture, etc. Mention in conclusion should also be made of the very useful biographies that have been published by the Library of Congress. They include (1) "A List of Books (with references to periodicals) on the Philippine Islands in the Library of Congress," 1903; (2) "Biblioteca Filipino," por T. H. Pardo de Tavera; (3) "A List of Books (with references to periodicals) on Porto Rico," 1901; (4) "A List of Books (with references to periodicals) on Samoa and Guam," 1901; (5) "A List of Books Relating to Hawaii (including references to collected works and periodicals)," 1898; and (6) "A List of Books (with references to periodicals) Relating to the Theory of Colonization, Government of Dependencies, Protectorates, and Related Topics," 1900. All of these, with the exception of No. 2, have been prepared by Mr. A. P. C. Griffin, Chief of the Division of Bibliography of the Library. Such, for example, are the reports on education issued by the |