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volumes in the library on December 31. The usual number of 

 exchanges and gifts have been received. Three thousand vol- 

 umes for the Bureau of Science and 100 volumes for the Weather 

 Bureau were prepared and sent for binding. No work has been 

 done on cuts this year. One complete set of the Philippine 

 Journal of Science was prepared, bound, and forwarded on loan 

 to the New York branch ofRce of the Philippine National Bank. 



Union catalogue. — This is the best reference tool in the Phil- 

 ippine Islands, and it is our endeavor to keep it promptly up to 

 date. The accumulation of Library of Congress proof slips on 

 hand at the beginning of the year was filed, and the greater part 

 of the proof received during the year was arranged in two alpha- 

 bets and filed to "Braz." 



Use. — The use has not varied materially from that of recent 

 years, except that the number of scientific workers served by the 

 library is even greater than formerly. The average daily cir- 

 culation was over 46, and the average number of publications 

 returned daily was 43. The question of "Reserved" books has 

 been worked over during the year, and the resulting list of books 

 reserved appears to be satisfactory. 



Library training.— The work of the library science class of 

 the College of Liberal Arts of the University of the Philippines 

 was given by the librarian of the Bureau of Science in the 

 Bureau of Science library from January 1 to the end of the 

 college year and during the period from September to December. 

 The class which entered in 1914 is now in the last semester of 

 the third-year course; no other class has entered during that 

 period. An examination to secure eligibles for a position of 

 assistant librarian was given recently by the Bureau of Civil 

 Service. The practical library questions were extremely non- 

 technical, yet no one who had not worked in the training course 

 passed. Of the 15 applicants, 6 passed, all of whom are at 

 present members of the class or have had no less than two years 

 of work in the course. Some work has been given to the fifth- 

 year class of the College of Medicine and Surgery, with special 

 emphasis on Government documents as sources of material in 

 medical work, the supervision of manuscripts and bibliographies, 

 etc. 



THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS 



During 1916 the Philippine Journal of Science was issued 

 as usual in four sections, each of which contained six numbers. 

 Each section is separately paged and indexed. The different 

 sections contained the following : 



