CONTRACT FOR TABULATING THE ENUMERATION OF POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS OF CUBA AND PORTO RICO. Whereas the Tabulating Machine Company, through its general manager, Herman Hollerith, has submitted an offer to the Director of the Census of Cuba and Porto Rico to tabulate the enumeration of the population of the said islands, and said Director has concluded to accept said proposition, It is hereby agreed by and between Colonel J. P. Sanger, Director of the Census of Cuba and Porto Rico, party of the first part, and the Tabulating Machine Company, a corporation of the State of New York, party of the second part, as follows: The party of the second part, in consideration of the payments to be made to it as hereinafter provided, agrees to tabulate by the Hollerith tabulating system, and under the direction of its general manager, the enumeration of the population of the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico from the schedules to be delivered to it by the party of the first part according to the twenty-two (22) tables heretofore submitted. The party of the first part hereby agrees to pay to the party of the second part for such tabulation the sum of three and one-half (3) cents for each person, and one (1) cent for each building enumerated, as follows: Eight-tenths (0.8) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 1 and 2. Three-tenths (0.3) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 3 and 4. Three-tenths (0.3) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 5 and 7. Forty-five hundredths (0.45) of one cent per person on completion of the tabula tion of tables 8, 9, and 10. Seventy-five hundredths (0.75) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Nine-tenths (0.9) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21. The payments for tabulating tables 1 and 2, and for tabulating tables 3 and 4, are to be made on the completion of such tables for each province of Cuba and department of Porto Rico, and for the remaining tables 5 to 22 inclusive, on completion of such tables for each island. The party of the second part agrees to commence such tabulation without delay upon receipt of the schedules from the party of the first part, and to proceed with and complete said tabulation with diligence and dispatch. The party of the second part further agrees to tabulate the schedules relating to agriculture and schools for said islands according to such tables as may be required by the party of the first part, for which tabulations the party of the first part agrees to pay to the party of the second part, in addition to the payments above provided for, the actual cost of such tabulation (which shall include rent, clerk hire, material, and all other expenses) plus ten (10) per cent of such cost for the services of the party of the second part for superintending and directing the work. The party of the first part may at any time discontinue the tabulation of the schedules relating to agriculture and schools by giving written notice to that effect to the party of the second part; and in such event all records and results are to be delivered to the party of the first part, and the party of the second part shall be paid for the cost of the work plus said ten (10) per cent for services, to the date of the receipt of such notice by the party of the second part. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have executed this agreement in quadruplicate, and have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals this 1st day of February, A. D. 1900. Signed by contracting parties and witnessed. APPENDIX V. GOVERNORS OF PORTO RICO. 1. Juan Ponce de Leon, appointed by their Majesties on March 2, 1510, captain of the island, and turned over the command by royal order in 1511 to 2. Juan Ceron and Miguel Diaz, appointed by Admiral Diego Columbus in the use of his rights, acknowledged by the Council of Indies. They governed until 1514, at which period the same admiral removed them and appointed 3. Commander Moscoso, whose administration was very brief, resigning the authority in the same year to 4. Cristobal de Mendoza, who led the expedition against the Indians of Vieques and left for Sevilla, being substituted in his turn by 5. Juan Ponce de Leon, appointed for the second time, on September 27, 1514, captain of the island, with civil and criminal jurisdiction on both land and sea. He governed seven years, and as he was preparing, in 1520, for his second expedition to Florida, he intrusted the command to 6. Antonio de la Gama, who, in September, 1519, had arrived at San Juan in the capacity of judge, and who married a daughter of Ponce de Leon. Gama retained the supreme authority until the beginning of 1521, in which year he transferred it, by order of the King, to Diego Columbus, who selected as his lieutenant 7. Pedro Moreno, the municipal mayor, who had been the solicitor of the city, and who retained the command until 1529, in which year 8. Antonio de la Gama, Ponce de Leon's son-in-law, was appointed in his place. His management could not have been very satisfactory, as he was removed in 1531, his successor being 9. Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, a justice of the audiencia of Santo Domingo, in order that, assuming the general authority, he might supervise the actions of Moreno as well as of Gama. The latter left for Venezuela, and after his task was ended Ayllon returned to the Española, in the same year, the command being transferred to 10. Francisco Manuel de Lando, the ordinary municipal mayor, appointed, as Moreno had been, the lieutenant of the admiral. Lando discharged his duties until 1537, in which year the Crown recovered the right to appoint the captains and justices of San Juan. This news was very gladly received in the island, but as seven years elapsed without the right being exercised, the ordinary mayors continued exercising the government, to the great dissatisfaction of the residents, who complained in 1541 that they had no head. Finally, in 1544, His Majesty appointed as captain 11. Geronimo Lebron, who arrived in Porto Rico in 1545, and died a natural death fifteen days after his taking possession of the office. He was substituted in the same year by 12. Licentiate Cervantes de Loaysa, a justice who resided in the Española, and who was appointed on the petition of the residents of San Juan. His strict rule brought about such dissatisfaction that in 1547 the municipality requested the monarch that he should not be allowed to govern in perpetuity, because it would mean the ruin of the island. 13. Luis de Vallejo governed from June, 1550, to April, 1554, being replaced by 14. Licentiate Caraza, appointed in 1555, and who governed until 1561. He was succeeded by 15. Antonio de la Llama Vallejo, who married Leonora Ponce, the daughter of the conqueror, and who governed to 1564. In this year the appointment of civil officials as governors of the island was discontinued and 16. Francisco Bahamonde Lugo, a cavalry captain in Flanders, was appointed. He was obliged in person to lead an expedition against the invasion of savages, receiving an arrow in a muscle which endangered his life. His government ended in 1569, and he left for Spain. At the beginning of 1570 he was succeeded by 17. Francisco de Solis, a native of Salamanca, appointed for four years at an annual salary of 775,000 maravedis. He was succeeded in 1575 by 18. Francisco de Obando, who continued in office until 1580, being followed by 19. Juan de Cespedes, who died the same year. The next governor arrived in the island in 1581. 20. Juan Melgarejo, a native of Sevilla, whose duty it was to prepare a geographic description of the country. He transferred the government in 1583 to 21. Diego Melendez, mentioned by Abbad, and who governed the island for eleven years, from 1583 to 1594. 22. Pedro Xuarez, colonel, governed provisionally in 1593 and 1595. 23. Alonso Mercado, in 1599, captain. 24. Sancho Ochoa de Castro, in 1602. 25. Gabriel de Rojas, in 1603. 26. Felipe Beaumont y Navarra in 1614. 27. Juan de Vargas, in 1620. 28. Juan de Haro, in 1625. 29. Enrique Henriquez, in 1630. 30. Iñigo de la Mota, 1635. 31. Agustin de Silva, in 1656. 32. Maestre de Campo Juan Perez de Guzman, in 1661. 33. Maestre de Campo Geronimo de Velasco, in 1664. Died on March 7, 1674. |