Of these the most important is act no. 74 (and its various amendments), establishing a Department of Public Instruction in the Philippines, and appropriating $40,000 for the organization and maintenance of a normal and trade school in Manila, and $15,000 for the organization and maintenance of an agricultural school in the island of Negros, for the year 1901. Many of the acts are appropriations for various purposes. In addition to the above, acts touching archives and laboratories, as well as various other matters, may be considered as having educational value.
Reports of the Philippine Commission (Washington). Of chief value in this publication are the annual reports of the Secretary of Public Instruction, such reports beginning for the year 1902. It is to be noted that these reports contain the following (we cite from the Commission report for 1905, just issued): General report of the secretary of Public Instruction; report of the superintendent of Education; report of the chief of the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings; report of the Public Printer; report of the Bureau of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, etc.; report of the acting librarian of the American circulating Library; report of the editor of the Official Gazette. Special references in the various reports are as follows:
1900--i, pp. 17-42; 1901--i, pp. 133-148, ii, pp. 511-575 (appendix FF containing Fred W. Atkinson's report); 1902--first annual report of the Secretary of Public Instruction, year ending Oct. 15, 1902, ii, pp. 865-1049; 1903--second annual report of the Secretary of Public Instruction, iii, pp. 667-985; 1900-1903--containing various general reports for those years, and which occur in the preceding volumes, pp. 121-129, 257-272, 399-434, and 685-721; 1904--third annual report, etc., iii, pp. 811-971; 1905--fourth annual report, etc., ending June 30, 1905, iv, pp. 369-652.
In addition to the above much other educational matter will be found scattered through the other volumes for each year. These volumes are also published separately in the Reports of the War Department.
Reports of the Commissioner of Education (Washington). Several of these reports contain matter on the Philippines, as follows: