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By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that :

SECTION 1. The presidents of the municipalities created in accordance with Act Numbered Eighty-two shall make quarterly reports of the condition of agriculture and live stock in their respective municipalities, and of such  other matters as relate to their development, based upon the following particulars:

(a)  Whether any kind of crop has been' damaged by excessive rain, drought, or wind, and upon what date;
(b)  Whether any crop has been damaged by insects such as locusts, and so forth, or by reason of may disease, and when;
(c)  The names of the five most important  crops grown in the municipality;
(d)  The names of some of the crops of lesser importance grown in the municipality;
(e)  Condition of live stock:  (1) number of horses, cattle, carabaos, hogs, goats, and sheep; (2) increase during the quarter; (3) decrease during the quarter;  (4)  number of cases of disease;  (5) number of deaths; (6) nature of the disease: and (7) remarks.
(f)  (1)  The total number of hectares sown prior to the beginning of the quarter, with the following products: palay, hemp, maguey, cocoanuts (number of trees), sugar cane, tobacco, maize, coffee, and cacao; (2) the hectares sown during the quarter with the said plants;  (3)  the state or condition of the crops;  (4)  the number of hectares which were productive during the quarter (for cucoanut: trees, the number of cocoanuts); (5) the total quantity harvested during the quarter; (6) the average of production per hectare (for cocoanuts, the quantity of cocoanuts to the tree) ; (7) the quantity of such products then remaining in the possession of the owners of the crops and local dealers, according to the measurement and weight specified in the fifth number of this paragraph;' at the date of the report, of each one of the said ling lo the measurement" and weight specified; and (8) tin product (9) remarks.

SEC. 2. The report so made shall be submitted to the municipal council, and approved, a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the the office of the  provincial governor, a. second copy to the Delegate from the district, a third copy to the Bureau of Agriculture, which shall furnish the necessary blank forms, and a fourth copy shall be the municipal secretary.

SEC. 3. The Bureau of Agriculture shall make a summary of the reports recieved from  the municipalities, as provided in this Acts, which shall incorporated in the monthly review published by the said Bureau.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 17, 1909.