Order No. 415. 
IN PRESS, 
PHILIPPINE HAT MAKING. 
By C. B. BoBiN'sox. 
(Reprinted from Section C. Tliilippine Journal of Science, Vol. VI, No. 2.) 
Price $0.80 United States currency, postpaid. 
_ The work covers the Avhole field of the subject, the origin and 
history of liat making so far as the Pliilippines are concerned, the 
materials used, methods of preparation, the actual hats and the dif- 
ference between them, their prices, statistics of the export trade 
in them, brief comparisons with the products of other countries in- 
the eastern tropics, and the commercial situation and outlook. It 
embodies also short notes on mat making and other allied industries. 
The ^ headings are as follows: Introduction, seat of industry, history, 
species of plants used, means of distinguishing the jmncipal kinds 
of Philippine hats, bamboo hats, biiri hats, buri-leaf hats, buntal hats, 
and buri-midrib or Calasiao hats, pandan hats including sabotan, ba- 
langot hats, hemp hats, 'nito hats, ticog or tayoctayoc liats, materials of 
niinor importance, straw hats, salacots, mat luaJdng, cigar-cases and 
cigarette-cases, bags and baskets, general considerations and acknowl- 
edgments. 
This is an extensive, well-illustrated article, the result of much re- 
search work, extending over a period of many months. For those inter- 
ested in hat manufacturing the work will bo found authoritative and 
valuable. 
NOTE. — Orders should be sent to the BuKiuess Manager. Philippine Journal of Science, 
Manila, or to any of the below-listed agents. Please give Order Number. 
FOREIGN AGENTS. 
The Macmillan Company, 64-66 Finh Avenue. New York City, U. S. A. 
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Mr, Martinus Nijhoff, Nobelstraat 18, The Hague, Holland. 
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Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson, 19 Baillie Street, Colombo, Ceylon. 
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