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amount of well-directed energy and a great deal of money, and 

 when accomplished this work probably will be the greatest sani- 

 tary achievement of a private corporation in history. 



At first glance, the problem of the Mindoro Company and the 

 San Jose Estate would appear to be one impossible of accomplish- 

 ment with the expenditure of a reasonable amount of money; 

 and it is probable that, had the owners of the properties realized 



MINDORO ISLAND 



SCALE 



Fig. 1. Mindoro Island, showing the location of San Jose Estate. 



the magnitude and the complexity of their sanitary problem in 

 advance, the attempt to develop the agricultural resources of the 

 country would have been delayed indefinitely. However, the devel- 

 opments of the company already are of some three years' dura- 

 tion, enormous sums of money are invested, progress in sanitation 

 has been made, and the present personnel of the directorate 

 realizes that it is necessary to make its properties habitable 

 in order to insure the success of the large agricultural under- 

 taking. 



