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work that should receive careful study, which it is impossible 

 to undertake because of lack of personnel. 



Topics upon which articles have been published have not been 

 incorporated in this discussion, but are included under the head- 

 ing Philippine Journal of Science, Section A, on page 40. 



DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 



Personnel. — Dr. H. C. Brill, who had been acting chief of the 

 division of organic chemistry, was regularly appointed on Jan- 

 uary 1, 1916. In addition the personnel consisted of Messrs. 

 Albert H. Wells, Leavitt W. Thurlow, Harrison 0. Parker, Fran- 

 cisco Agcaoili, J. F. Armstrong, F. T. Rosado, and Hermenegildo 

 Taguibao. Of these members Mr. Wells returned from leave in 

 the United States on April 3, 1916; Mr. Thurlow spent the year 

 at the Bureau of Science Sugar Laboratory in Iloilo except the 

 periods from December 4, 1915, to January 8, 1916, and from 

 August 17, 1916, to November 18, 1916, which were spent in 

 Manila. Mr. Agcaoili was on leave from April 3, 1916, to June 

 10, 1916, and was absent because of illness from September 18, 

 1916, to October 12, 1916; Mr. Rosado was transferred from the 

 Bureau of Public Works on September 2, 1916, and was detailed 

 to Iloilo on December 16, 1916; Mr. Armstrong gave all his time 

 to the work of the sugar laboratory at Iloilo ; the other members 

 of the staff have spent all their time in the laboratory in Manila. 



ROUTINE WORK 



Mr. Wells has been placed in direct charge of the routine work 

 of the division and designated the representative of this institu- 

 tion on the Board of Food and Drug Inspection. The routine 

 work of the division has remained of the same character as 

 heretofore as shown by the appended table of work accomplished. 

 The number of samples examined was 1,763, which is slightly 

 more than in previous years except last year, when the campaign 

 carried out against the use of saccharine in bakery products 

 resulted in an augmentation of the number of samples of this 

 product examined. 



The extract of tiqui-tiqui for the Liga Nacional Filipina para 

 la Proteccion de la Primera Infancia is still prepared by this 

 division. Before the departure of Mr. R. R. Williams, who had 

 personal charge of this work, considerable difficulty had been ex- 

 perienced in the sterilization of the preparation. The problem 



