A

PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER

AND

GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

OF

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

WITH

MAPS, CHARTS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

ALSO

THE LAW OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PASSED BY CONGRESS AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT JULY 1, 1902,

WITH A COMPLETE INDEX.

21. S

PREPARED IN THE BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS,
WAR DEPARTMENT.

1902.

(September 30, 1902.)

WASHINGTON;

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1902.

CONTENTS.

Introduction....

Explanation of the orthography of names.

Accentuation ....

Key to pronunciation of names.

Signs relating to orthoepy.

Abbreviations.............

Table of temperatures

Table of measures of length...

Comparative scale of miles (nautical and statute) and meters.

Maps...

Charts, coast and harbor...

Illustrations

Glossarial index..

Addenda: Post-offices in the Philippine archipelago, corrected to August 27,

1902...

Philippine Islands (archipelago), general description..

Manila, municipality of...........

Supplement, containing latest information to time of going to press.

The law of civil government in the Philippine Islands:

House Committee on Insular Affairs....

Senate Committee on the Philippine Islands

Passage of the "Philippine bill" by Congress..

"An act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of

civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes"...

Proclamation of amnesty, July 4, 1902.........

Index to the statute of civil government in the Philippine Islands.

Index .....

Official Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine

Islands, A to Z.....

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