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instruct the farmers, so that they, little by little, may discard the old 

 methods which they now use to produce a poor grade of sugar, while those 

 who know say that the soil of the Philippines and particularly the soil of 

 this Province is exceptionally adapted for sugar cane. 

 Yours very respectfully,' 



SiLAY, August 28, 1916. 

 In behalf of the hacenderos of Silay and Saravia, Negros Occidental, I 

 wish to thank the Bureau of Science for services rendered to the farmers of 

 these towns by Mr. Armstrong, of the Iloilo office of the Bureau of Science, 

 in helping them sign a contract for a sugar central. Mr. Armstrong has 

 done a great deal toward bringing a better understanding of the advantages 

 of a central sugar factory to produce centrifugal sugar over the present 

 system of manufacture of sugar in vogue in this Island; he has explained 

 to the farmers the mode of operation of a modern sugar mill and in every 

 way has helped the farmers of this district to improve their ideas regard- 

 ing the milling and manufacture of sugar. 

 Yours very truly,' 



San Mateo, Rizal, August 8, 1916. 



Resolution No, 66. 



The President submitted the following resolution: 



It is resolved: To request the Director of the Bureau of Science, Dr. Alvin 

 J. Cox, to furnish to the municipality of San Mateo, Province of Rizal, for 

 its file, the result of the analysis of waters of San Mateo. 



It is further resolved: To congratulate the Director of the Bureau of 

 Science, Dr. Alvin J. Cox, on his meritorious work of analyzing said waters 

 with no other object than the good of the inhabitants of these Islands. 



Unanimously approved. 



I certify that the foregoing resolution is faithfully transcribed. 



Municipal Secretary.' 



Honolulu, H. I., July 28, 1916. 

 On behalf of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry 

 I wish to thank you for the assistance which you so kindly rendered to 

 our Field Entomologist, Mr. D. T. Fullaway, while he was in Manila on 

 his way back from India, breeding parasites for introduction into these 

 islands. Your kindness in furnishing him with a room with laboratory 

 facilities, materials, and labor assistance in building cages, helped greatly 

 to make Mr. Fullaway's mission successful. 



You may be glad to know that he reached here with the parasites in good 

 condition, and has been able to multiply and distribute them among the 

 islands with good results. 

 Very truly yours, 



Manila, P. I., July 18, 1916. 

 Many thanks for yours of the 15th instant received this morning, covering 

 looms. The information is just what I wish * * * 

 Sincerely, 



Manila, P. I., July 15, 1916. 

 Kindly accept our many thanks for communications referred to us on the 

 1st inst., in reference to asbestos. 

 Very respectfully, 



^ Translated from the Spanish. 



