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but was not reported back, and the projected surveys were, there- 
fore, never undertaken. They appear to have failed to obtain sup- 
port mainly on account of the opposition of the late Dr. Paul C. 
Freer, who thought that they would interfere with the scientific 
work in the Philippines which was under his jurisdiction as head 
of the Government laboratories in Manila. Senator Lodge gave 
notice on February 10, 1905, of an amendment which he intended 
to propose to the Sundry Civil bill for the fiscal year 1906, con- 
sisting of an item for the expenses of the board (58th Congress, 
3d session), but on March 2 he wrote: ‘“‘ I went before the Com- 
mittee on Appropriations in regard to the amendment and said 
all I could for it, but, I am sorry to say, they refused to put it in.” 
Scientific explorations and investigations were, however, 
carried on under the Philippine Commission. Nearly three 
years before President Roosevelt addressed his letter to the 
Academy, the Philippine Commission had already begun to 
establish scientific bureaus to investigate the natural resources 
of the islands, and for other similar purposes. A Bureau of 
Forestry and a Bureau of Mines were established in 1900. The 
following year a Health Bureau, an Agricultural Bureau, a 
Bureau of Government Laboratories, an Ethnological Survey 
(first called a bureau of Non-Christian Tribes), a Weather 
Bureau, and a Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Surveys were estab- 
lished. These have all continued to the present time, but in 1906 
the Bureau of Government Laboratories and the Bureau of 
Mines were combined under the designation of the Bureau of 
Sciences, while the Ethnological Survey was incorporated in the 
Bureau of Education in 190s, and also the Agricultural Bureau 
in1g10o. The Bureau of Education had in the meantime become 
the Department of Public Instruction. The coast survey and 
geodetic work has been carried on jointly by the Philippine 
government and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
All these organizations have issued numerous reports, scientific 
papers and other publications relating to the Islands. 
