FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 63 



employees for carrying on library work of a high order and 

 for teaching in the library training courses. 



The Liga Nacional Filipina para la Proteccion de la Primera 

 Infancia in its report submitted on October 15, 1916, says: "We 

 believe it our duty to call the attention of the Philippine Legis- 

 lature to the small sum of t*l,706.22, which is all that remains of 

 the amount appropriated by Act No. 2376, and this is insufficient 

 for the production of the necessary amount of tiqui-tiqui extract 

 during next year. We recommend that beginning with 1917 

 a sum of not less than 'P'2,000 be appropriated annually for 

 the manufacture by the Bureau of Science of extract on a large 

 scale * * ".^ As shown on page 16 the preference of the 

 "Liga" and other agencies for the extract made by the Bureau 

 of Science is a commendable appreciation of the quality of our 

 product. Since the above-quoted report was written, the "Liga" 

 has taken steps toward extending its activities in the provinces, 

 and the sum mentioned above should be probably doubled. It 

 is recommended that the tiqui-tiqui plant be enlarged in order 

 that no request for this extract need be refused. Provision 

 should be made whereby all legitimate requests for the extract 

 can be complied with by the Bureau of Science. 



Tables showing the routine work performed and supplies 

 manufactured and disposed of during the calendar year 1916 

 by the Bureau of Science, and the financial statement showing 

 the appropriation and how it was expended, are attached hereto. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Alvin J. Cox, 

 Director, Bureau of Science. 



To the Honorable 



The Secretary of the Interior. 



' Translated from the Spanish. 



