THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DI- 

 RECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



The Government of the Philippine Islands, 



Department of the Interior, 

 Bureau of Science, 

 Maiiila, January 1, 1915. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following general state- 

 ment of the work carried on in the Bureau of Science from July 1, 

 1913, to December 31, 1914, together with a few recommenda- 

 tions with regard to improvements and extension of the work 

 which seem to me advisable. Since the calendar year 1914 is 

 the first full fiscal j-ear since the Philippine Legislature passed 

 Act No. 2305 which changed the fiscal year to conform with 

 the calendar year, I have included in this report an account of 

 the work carried on in the Bureau of Science for the preceding 

 six months, which has not been covered by any published report. 



The Bureau of Science during its many years of existence 

 has become very widely known all over the world. We have in 

 the Philippines what the Britanica Year Book of 1913 in a bio- 

 graphy of Dr. Paul C. Freer, late director of the Bureau of 

 Science, calls "a great research institution that is now classed 

 with the best in the world." The Bureau of Science has 

 always been composed of capable and energetic men who have 

 had a clear conception of what is to be accomplished, and the 

 routine work of the institution, which has greatly increased 

 throughout the last years, has been performed not as a goal in 

 itself, but as a necessary part of the great work which must be 

 achieved. A great volume of correspondence carried on in the 

 name of the Bureau of Science by our various division chiefs 

 and the Director has announced the accomplishments of the 

 Government of the Philippine Islands in all parts of the globe, 

 and has given to the Philippine Islands the benefit of extensive 

 research carried on in other countries. Repeatedly the members 

 of the staff of the Bureau of Science have taken a leading part 

 in scientific conferences at which many great nations were 

 represented. Frequently letters come to us from both friends 

 and persons unknown to us in appreciation of the quality of 

 the scientific work of this Bureau and the way in which we are 

 publishing it. 



During the period covered by this report a determined eff"ort 

 has been made by individuals who apparently have little knowl- 



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