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THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



Table I. — Comparative table of routine work performed and supplies 

 manufactured and disposed of during the fiscal year 1916, as compared 

 with the fiscal year 1915, by number or quantity and by value, arranged 

 by subdivisions of the Bureau of Scieyice. 



Subdivision of the Bureau of 

 Science. 



General, inorganic, and phy- 

 sical chemistry: 



Metals and alloys 



Rocks, minerals, natural 

 pigments, and similar 



substances 



Clays, shales, limestones, 

 limes, wall plasters, ce- 

 ment, and slags 



Fertilizers 



Soils and similar sub- 

 stances 



Coal analyses 



Calori metric tests of fuels _ 



Paints and varnishes 



Waters 



Crude chemical and mis- 

 cellaneous analyses 



Standard solutions (in 



liters) 



Physical test of wire, 

 twine, fiber, textile, pa- 

 per, and similar articles. 



Cements 



Compression, tensile, or 



transverse strength of 



concrete, stone, mortar, 



rope, iron and steel, etc. 



Standardization of road 



materials 



Standardization of units 

 of measure: 



Lengths 



Capacities 



Weights 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



Organic chemistry: 



Urines, clinical and tox- 

 icological analyses 



Essential oils and 

 essences 



Petroleum and products, 

 copra, and similar ma- 

 terials 



Samples or units. 



1915 



44 



15 



5 

 34 



365 

 50 

 34 



201 



135 



20 



32 

 6,716 



203 

 71 



60 



121 



31 



22 



8,159 



192 

 11 



20 



1916 



25 



71 



10 

 72 



18 



10 



7 



14 



202 



166 



304 



15, 790 



468 

 67 



679 

 56 

 20 

 79 



18,062 



196 

 10 



60 



Cash work. 



Samples or units. 



1915 



18 



2 

 22 



49 

 34 



32 



115 



2 



32 



6,696 



203 

 71 



60 



121 



31 



22 



7,510 



80 

 11 



10 



1910 



24 



68 



2 

 34 



3 



6 



3 



14 



15 



157 



45 



3 



15, 676 



457 

 67 



679 

 56 

 20 

 78 



Pesos. 



1915 



243.00 



28.00 

 246. 20 



385. 40 

 672.00 



en. 50 



497.00 

 9.00 



87.00 

 9, 427. 15 



635.40 

 467. 40 



6.00 

 27.10 

 16.95 

 15.50 



17, 407 13. 374. 60 



110 

 10 



191C 



144.00 



475.00 



23.00 

 329. 00 



25.00 

 155. 00 



96.00 

 184. 00 

 294.00 



499.00 



89.99 



12.00 

 12, 015. 80 



482. 75 

 410. 10 



.247. 75 



83.60 



23.85 



162. 10 



15. 751. 94 



274.00 

 77.50 



36 98.00 46L50 



393.00 

 71.00 



