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claims, have been brought together and are readily available. 

 There has been an increasingly large number of inquiries from 

 the general public with regard to the mining industry. The 

 demand for advice on many matters of mining and mining laws 

 and general raining subjects has also greatly increased, and 

 there is greater knowledge and appreciation of the services which 

 our specialists can render. We have received a greatly in- 

 creased number of calls and inquiries from Filipinos, which in- 

 dicates a growing interest on their part in the mineral resources 

 of the country. Filipinos are especially interested in the iron- 

 ore resources. 



Minmg legislation — The past year has been marked by much 

 interest in legislation concerning mining, and we have supplied 

 a number of recommendations on various subjects relative to the 

 mining industry ; for example, that of requiring all stock-mining 

 corporations to publish in their prospectuses a report by the 

 division of mines of the Bureau of Science on the property which 

 it proposes to exploit ; on mine taxation ; on special legislation 

 to establish a school of mines; and other facts. The division 

 of mines of this Bureau is in a position to know and to learn about 

 the defects of, and needed changes in, the mining law more 

 than any other department of the Government, and the opinion 

 of our specialists should be considered in all matters pertaining 

 to mining legislation. A study of the defects of our mining 

 laws should be continued until some positive action along the 

 lines recommended by this Bureau is taken. 



INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS 



The papers which the scientists of this division have contri- 

 buted to the Philippine Journal of Science are included in the 

 list given on page 39 and include titles which mark the com- 

 pletion of several large pieces of work upon which employees 

 have been engaged for several years. The completion of the 

 paper on Tayabas petroleum by Mr. Pratt and Doctor Smith 

 should stimulate the development of that district. Work on 

 the Angat, Bulacan, iron ores, including a microscopical study, 

 and notes on the geology and underground water resources of 

 Panay have been completed. There is considerable work in 

 progress, including the examinations of cuttings from the deep 

 wells drilled by the Bureau of Public Works. Preparations 

 are now being made for a geologic exploration of the reported 

 extensive iron-ore deposits in Surigao Province. 



