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fective and worn-out equipment. I have been informed that a 

 new telephone switchboard for this Bureau is being made and 

 will soon be installed. 



The dissension and general dissatisfaction relative to the 

 compensation of the muchachos which were noticeable before the 

 adoption of the present rules and regulations governing that 

 matter seem entirely to have disappeared. The rules adopted 

 about a year and a half ago work almost automatically and are 

 very satisfactory. 



Transportation facilities for official use of members of the 

 Bureau seem adequate and satisfactory. Any member of the 

 Bureau desiring transportation can almost always have it within 

 an hour from the time of making his request. A small auto- 

 mobile runabout to be operated by the man using it would be 

 very desirable, and could probably take the place of the 

 carromata. 



1914 PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION AND 1915 PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL 



EXPOSITION 



Many of the lines of work of the Bureau of Science cannot 

 well be exhibited, but some of our collections and our industrial 

 investigations are of exceptional popular interest. Demonstra- 

 tions of the industrial operations of mining, fisheries, and silk 

 culture and the products made from Filipino raw materials, 

 such as paper, sand-lime bricks, tiles, vitrified bricks, cement, 

 and artificial marbles, could be shown. Exhibits of Philippine 

 coal; nipa and its products — such as alcoholic beverages and 

 nipa sugar — products of coconuts, oranges, and other fruits ; tan 

 bark; cutch; rocks and minerals; corals; fossils; shells; a rep- 

 resentative herbarium; fishing outfits; birds and other natural 

 history specimens; as well as a wonderful display of colored 

 transparencies and photographs could be made if funds were 

 available. Models showing the mineral districts, underground 

 workings in mines, the gold production by year, native iron 

 smelters, pottery works, a modern sugar central, and photo- 

 graphs showing the working of various dredges and mills could 

 be made for a small sum. Probably the most acceptable and 

 popular exhibit in the Panama-Pacific Exposition would be col- 

 lections from the Christian and non-Christian tribes, consisting 

 of a representative exhibit from each tribe. I have outlined an 

 exhibit for the chairman of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition which could be delivered in Manila for 

 ?=40,000. This can be made smaller if desirable, and there is 

 a great deal which could be done for a local exhibit that would 

 require practically no funds; however, two or three thousand 



