[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 54, September 14, 1936 ]
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION AND EMERGENCY RESERVE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS FOR 1937
1. (a) The Philippine 1937 quota of sugar for domestic consumption shall be 90,915.3356 short tons, net weight, which includes the mill district domestic allotment of 4,838.3640 short tons determined as necessary for Rosario Sugar Mills in accordance with the second paragraph of section 8 of Act No. 4166.
(b) The Philippine 1937 quota of sugar for emergency reserve shall be 58,923.0284 short tons, net weight.2. (a) Those mill districts whose 1933-34 crop year production was greater than 4,000 short tons, but whose mill district United States allotment when computed on the basis of an effective Philippine United States quota under the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 970,000 short tons, raw value, would be less than 4,000 short tons, will be entitled in 1937 to mill district reserve sugar allotment shall cover the difference between 4,000 short tons and the sum of United States and B sugar allotments.
(b) The four mill districts entitled to receive special amelioration under subsection 2 (a), above, are: Bataan Sugar Company, Nueva Ecija Sugar Mills, Inc., Hind Sugar Company, and Central Azucarera del Norte.3. (a) Those mill districts whose 1933-34 crop year production was less than 4,000 short tons, but whose mill district United States allotment when computed on the basis of an effective Philippine United States quota under the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 970,000 short tons, raw value, would be less than either their 1932-33 or 1933-34 crop year production, will be entitled in 1937 to receive mill district domestic allotments which shall be the same as their respective B sugar allotments in 1936. Each such mill district reserve sugar allotment shall cover the difference between its 1932-33 or 1933-34 crop year production, whichever is the greater, and the sum of United States and B sugar allotments.
(c) The 1937 mill district domestic allotments for the said four mill districts are as follows: Bataan Sugar Company, 544.4675 short tons; Nueva Ecija Sugar Mills, Inc., 779.5490 short tons; Hind Sugar Company, 1,616.7895 short tons; and Central Azucarera del Norte, 1,425.7035 short tons.
(d) The 1937 mill district reserve allotments for the said four mill districts are as follows: Bataan Sugar Company, 216.6475 short tons; Nueva Ecija Sugar Mills, Inc., 319.1372 short tons; Hind Sugar Company, 684.1518 short tons; and Central Azucarera del Norte, 600.8430 short tons.
(b) The four mill districts entitled to receive special amelioration under subsection 3 (a), above, are: Central Leonor of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company; Central Lourdes of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company; Mabalacat Sugar Mills; and College of Agriculture (University of the Philippines).4. The 1937 domestic allotments for all mill districts, except Bataan Sugar Company, Nueva Ecija Sugar Mills, Inc. Hind Sugar Company, Central Azucarera del Norte, Central Leonor of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company, Central Lourdes of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company, Mabalacat Sugar Mills, and the College of Agriculture (University of the Philippines), will be allotted proportionately according to the 1932-33 or 1933-34 crop year production, whichever is the greater, and that the 1937 reserve allotments for all such mill districts will be allotted on the same basis. The quantity of 1937 domestic sugar to be distributed among mill districts not specially ameliorated is 90,915.3356 short ton less 11,178.7910 short tons (the amount of domestic sugar allotted to the specially ameliorated districts) or 79736.5446 short tons. The quantity of 1937 reserve sugar to be distributed among mill districts not specially ameliorated is 58,923.0284 short tons less 2,638.4087 short tons (the amount of reserve sugar allotted to the specially ameliorated mill districts) or 56,284.6197 short tons.
(c) The 1937 mill district domestic allotments for the said four mill districts area as follows: Central Leonor of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company, 583.6615 short tons; Central Lourdes of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company, 645.2715 short tons; Mabalacat Sugar Mills, 743.3040 short tons; and College of Agriculture (University of the Philippines), 1.6805 short tons.
(d) The 1937 mill district emergency reserve allotments for the said four mill districts area as follows: Central Leonor of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company, 238.6472 short tons; Central Lourdes of Hijos de I. de la Rama and Company, 272.9545 short tons; Mabalacat Sugar Mills, 305.3360 short tons; and College of Agriculture (University of the Philippines), 0.6915 short ton.
5. In accordance with Executive Orders Nos. 512, 523, and 524 and sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Executive Order, the mill district domestic allotments, and mill district reserve allotments shall be as follows:
Mill district |
Mill district domestic |
Mill district reserve |
Pounds |
Pounds |
|
1. Arayat |
1,755,940 |
1,239,491 |
2. Asturias |
2,099,332 |
1,481,882 |
3. Bacolod-Murcia |
7,155,297 |
5,050,798 |
4. Bais |
6,357,414 |
4,487,586 |
5. Balanga |
1,088,935 |
433,295 |
6. Bamban |
4,607,737 |
3,252,521 |
7. Bearin |
1,707,126 |
1,205,031 |
8. Binalbagan |
7,402,031 |
5,224,964 |
9. Bogo-Medellin |
1,915,114 |
1,351,845 |
10. Cabiao |
1,559,098 |
638,274 |
11. Calamba |
8,103,949 |
5,720,434 |
12. Calatagan |
895,320 |
631,990 |
13. Calumpit |
913,132 |
644,563 |
14. Cebu |
1,425,472 |
1,006,216 |
15. Danao |
1,674,209 |
1,181,794 |
16. Del Carmen |
9,548,991 |
6,740,464 |
17. Don Pedro |
5,620,740 |
3,967,582 |
18. El Real |
1,011,795 |
714,209 |
19. Hawaiian-Philippine |
7,592,269 |
5,359,249 |
20. Isabela |
5,140,520 |
3,628,602 |
21. Janiuay |
1,295,319 |
914,343 |
22. La Carlota |
10,290,886 |
7,264,155 |
23. Leonor |
1,167,323 |
477,294 |
24. Lopez |
3,604,586 |
2,544,413 |
25. Lourdes |
1,290,543 |
545,909 |
26. Ma-ao |
6,693,544 |
4,724,854 |
27. Mabalacat |
1,486,608 |
610,672 |
28. Manapla |
10,153,372 |
7,167,086 |
29. Manaoag |
3,233,579 |
1,368,304 |
30. Mindoro |
1,405,090 |
991,828 |
31. Norte |
2,851,407 |
1,201,686 |
32. Ormoc |
1,377,778 |
972,550 |
33. Palma |
1,185,658 |
836,935 |
34. Paniqui |
1,602,548 |
1,131,211 |
35. Pasudeco |
10,376,587 |
7,324,649 |
36. Pilar |
2,021964 |
1,427,269 |
37. Rosario |
9,676,728 |
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38. San Carlos |
5,486,395 |
3,872,750 |
39. San Isisdro |
1,524,994 |
1,076,466 |
40. Sta. Aniceta |
636,921 |
449,591 |
41. Santos-Lopez |
2,081,439 |
1,469,251 |
43. Sara-Ajuy |
1,070,639 |
755,745 |
44. Talisay-Silay |
6,549,077 |
4,622,878 |
45. Tarlac |
10,094,111 |
7,125,255 |
46. Victorias |
7,095,786 |
5,008,791 |
47.University |
3,362 |
1,382 |
Total |
181,830,671 |
117,846,057 |
6. The term net weight, raw value when used in reference to sugar for sale for domestic consumption within the Philippine Islands and when used in reference to sugar for reserve, shall mean the net weight regardless of polarization, provided that the polarization thereof must be not less than 80? nor more than 99.2?.
7. Each mill company listed in section 5 of this Order shall be licensed to manufacture for the 1936-37 crop, centrifugal sugar in a quantity not to exceed the sum of the corresponding tentative mill district United States (under the Jones-Costigan Act), domestic and reserve allotments under the following conditions:
(a) Five copies of an application in letter-report form for license to manufacture centrifugal sugar shall be forwarded to the Domestic Sugar Administrator sugar at a date subsequent to termination of milling operations for the 1935-36 crop and anterior to commencing milling operations for the 1936-37 crop year. The application shall correctly set forth the following date:
- The date of commencing milling operations for the 1935-36 crop year.
- The date of terminating milling operations for the 1935-36 crop year.
- The inclusive dates of any shut-downs of five or more days duration during the milling operations for the 1935-36 crop year.
- The intended date of commencing milling operations for the 1936-37 crop year.
- The net weight, regardless of polarization of all sugar in the custody of the mill company at the date of commencing milling operations for 1935-36 crop year divided to show:
A. 1933-34 sugar-
(1) Quantities owned by the Mill Company;
(2) Quantities owned by planters of district;
(3) Quantities owned by others;
(4) Disposition.
B. 1934-35 sugar-
(1) United States( A ) sugar-
(I) Quantities owned by Mill Company;
(II) Quantities owned by planters of district;
(III) Quantities owned by others;
(IV) Amount reverted to reserve ( C ) sugar
(2) Domestic ( B ) sugar-
(I) Quantities owned by Mill Company:(3) Reserve ( C ) sugar-
(II) Quantities owned by planters of district;
(III) Quantities owned by others;
(IV) Amount reverted to reserve ( C ) sugar.
(I) Quantities owned by Mill Company;VI. The net weight, average polarization, and net weight, raw value, of mill United States ( A ) sugar and in the following categories:
(II) Quantities owned by planters of district;
(III) Quantities owned by others;
(IV) Amount reverted from A and/or B sugar;
(V) Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
(VI) Substituted and delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits for A and/or B sugar, and
(VII) Balance remaining undelivered at date of application.
A. Milled for the 1935-36 crop year-
(1) Net weight, average polarization at-degrees;
(2) Raw value.
B. Short milled, covered up by reserve sugar, indicating the year from which the reserve ( C ) sugar was taken;
C. Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
C. Balance remaining undelivered at date of application.
VII. The net weight, average polarization, and net weight, raw value, of plantation United States ( A ) sugar in the following categories:
A. Milled for the 1935-36 crop year-
(1) Net weight, average polarization at-degrees;B. Short milled, covered up by reserve sugar;
(2) Raw value
C. Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
D. Balance remaining undelivered at date of application.
VIII. The net weight, regardless of polarization of mill domestic ( B ) sugar in the following categories:
A. Milled for the 1935-36 crop year;
B. Short milled, covered up by reserve sugar, indicating the year from which the reserve ( C ) sugar was taken;
C. Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
D. Balance remaining undelivered at date of application.
IX. The net weight, regardless of polarization of plantation domestic ( B ) sugar in the following categories:
A. Milled for the 1935-36 crop year;
B. Short milled, covered up by reserve sugar;
C. Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
D. Balance remaining undelivered at date of application.
X. The net weight, regardless of polarization of mill reserve ( C ) sugar in the following categories:
A. Milled for the 1935-36 crop year;
B. Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
C. Substituted and delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits for A and/or B sugar;
D. Balance remaining undelivered at date of application;
E. Short milled, as per list attached-
(1) Mill share in A allotment, and
(2) Mill share in B allotment as finally reflected in C sugar.
(3) C allotment.
XI. The net weight, regardless of polarization, of plantation reserve ( C ) sugar in the following categories:
A. Milled for the 1935-36 crop year;
B. Delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits during the calendar year 1936 to date of application;
C. Substituted and delivered under Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits for A and/or B sugar;
D. Balance remaining undelivered at date of application;
E. Short milled, as per list attached.
XII. The net weight, regardless of polarization, or net weight, raw value, of any United States ( A ) sugar owned or held in custody by the Mill Company not included in subsections V to XI, above.
XIII. Inventory (tabulated form) of all sugar at date of filing milling license application for crop year 1936-37:
A. All sugar in custody of the mill company-(b) There shall be appended to the last sheet of the application and oath as follows: All information and data shown and included in the foregoing application consisting of --sheets, are true and correct statement of matters therein contained and set forth, as shown on the books and records of the said company. The application and oath shall be signed in the name of the company by an officer thereof legally competent to do so and shall be so signed and sworn to with proper witnesses before a duly authorized notary public.
XIV. The location of storage of all sugar owned by or held in custody in the mill company.(1) Owned by the mill district-B. All sugar owned by the mill district but deposited in warehouses of other mill companies.
(I) United States ( A ) sugar?(2) Held in custody for account of other mill districts.
(A) Covered by Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits;(II) Domestic ( B ) sugar-
(B) Uncovered by Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits.
(A) Covered by Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits;(III) Reserve ( C ) sugar (classified into crop year)-
(B) Uncovered by Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits.
(A) Covered by Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits;(IV) Other unclassified sugar-
(B) Uncovered by Official Warehouse Receipt-Permits accompanied by a list.
(A) 1933-34 sugar;
(B) Non-status sugar.
(c) The application shall be accompanied by a money order, draft or certified check made payable to the order of the Domestic Sugar Administrator, covering the license fee corresponding to the total amount of combined Mill District United States ( A ) under the Jones-Costigan Act, and B and C allotments under section 5 of this Order and at the rate of fifty pesos (P50) for each 1,000 short tons or a fraction thereof not less than 500 short tons of sugar, as provided in section 10 of Act No. 4166.
(d) Under no condition shall the mill company start milling operations for the 1936-37 crop years until the applicant has received notice from the Domestic Sugar Administrator that the application has been found to be in order and the license fee has been received by him.
8. Any provision of existing Executive Orders which may be in conflict with the present is hereby repealed.
Done at the City of Manila, this fourteenth day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the first.
President of the Philippines
By the President:
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior