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THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



A series of colored post cards and a booklet of some of the 

 most brillant and curious Philippine fishes are being issued for 

 sale at the aquarium. 



The necessary number of blanks and labels have been printed. 



The mailing list for the Journal for the past three years has 

 been as follows: 



Paid subscriptions 



Exchanges 



Reviews 



Free 



Total mailing list . 



1»14 



347 



465 



64 



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925 



There has been a decrease in the number of paid subscrip- 

 tions. This may be attributed to the European war, "there 

 having been practically no business transacted with any of the 

 warring countries, except Great Britain, since last July and to 

 a lack of funds for advertising. The mailing list has been 

 thoroughly revised, which has helped to reduce the number of 

 names remaining on the list. 



It is difficult to keep the varied and widely scattered Journal 

 accounts paid up. A follow-up system, as mechanical as it can 

 be made under the circumstances, has been put into effect re- 

 cently to secure more prompt settlements. The outstanding 

 accounts at present amount to ^1,399.65 as against ^1,495.96 

 for the year 1913, which shows some improvement even in a 

 short time. The cost of printing the Journal for the first eleven 

 months of this year amounts to ^=20,785. 33, which indicates 

 a somewhat less annual cost than formerly. 



CLERICAL DIVISION 



Miss Celesta Cromer, stenographer to the Director, resigned 

 effective August 29, 1913, and her place was taken by Miss 

 L. Soriano, a Filipino junior stenographer. This step was taken 

 in the interest of the Filipinization of the service and as an 

 opportunity to train a Filipino stenographer in broader and 

 more original lines of clerical work. The Filipino stenographer 

 lacks the thorough knowledge of English and the many years 

 of business experience of Miss Cromer, but by exercising person- 

 al supervision of some of the details she has performed the 

 routine stenographic and clerical duties of the office as well as 

 was expected and has improved remarkably during the past year. 



