They seem to shut off both monsoons to a considerable extent, and there very trying heat is by no means unusual.
On September 1, 1901, the first day of the second year of actual service of the commission, a complete central civil government was established.

Commissioner Wright was appointed secretary of commerce and police; Commissioner Ide, secretary of finance and justice; Commissioner Moses, secretary of public instruction, and I myself secretary of the interior.

The commission was strengthened by the addition of three Filipino members: Senor Benito Legarda, Senor Jose R.de Luzuriaga, and Dr.T.H.Pardo de Tavera, all of whom were men of exceptional ability and had rendered distinguished service in the establishment of peace and order.
Except for the addition of one more Filipino on July 6, 1908, the organization of the commission has remained unchanged up to the present time, although there have been numerous changes in its personnel.

The task which lay before it was to enact a code of laws adapted to the peculiar conditions existing in the Philippines, and this was indeed a herculean undertaking.

Its members laboured unremittingly.