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Press Bulletin No. 52. Philippine natural dyestuff materials. (June 16, 

 1916.) 



Press Bulletin No. 53. Philippine bamboo, fibers, and grasses as materials 

 for paper and paper pulp. (August 30, 1916.) 



Press Bulletin No. 54. Some industrial possibilities in the Philippine Is- 

 lands. Prepared on July 17, 1916, as a memorandum for the Hon. Rafael 

 Palma by the Director of the Bureau of Science. (August, 1916. Issued 

 in English and Spanish.) 



Press Bulletin No. 55. Planting and care of mulberry trees. (September 

 11, 1916. Issued in English and Spanish.) 



Press Bulletin No. 56. The detection of "carriers" and cholera control. 

 (September, 1916. Issued in English and Spanish.) 



Press Bulletin No. 57. Sugar planters suffering from economic waste. 

 (October 9, 1916. Issued in English and Spanish.) 



Press Bulletin No. 58. Suggestions to authors: The preparation of manu- 

 script and proof reading for the Philippine Journal of Science and other 

 Bureau of Science publications. (October, 1916.) 



Press Bulletin No. 59. Hacenderos show their interest in the erection of 

 modern sugar centrals. (November 10, 1916.) 



Press Bulletin No. 60. Water analysis in the Philippines. (November, 

 1916.) 



Letter from Francisco Abelardo addressed to the Director of the Bureau of 

 Science, dated September 2, 1916. (Issued with Bulletin 56.) 



Memorandum for the scientific staff of the Bureau of Science, by the 

 Director of the Bureau of Science, dated November 1, 1916. 



The ten-year index, begun last year, is now in galley proof. 

 Owing to more urgent work in other lines, work on the index 

 progressed slowly. 



The blanks and labels required by the various divisions have 

 been printed. 



The mailing list of the Philippine Journal of Science for the 

 past two years has been as follows : 



1915 



Paid subscriptions 



Exchanges 



Reviews 



Free 



Total mailing list. 



320 



470 



66 



49 



905 



1916 



328 



477 



61 



48 



914 



On account of the increased price of paper, etc., a few ex- 

 changes and reviews have been discontinued. Some difficulty 

 has been experienced in perfecting and sending exchanges. 



Before the advent of the present European war there was a 

 close scientific affiliation between nations, practically a world 

 science. This could be hardly expected to persist to the same 



