4 THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



Philippine Islands, and to develop both old and new industries — 

 work which should be carried on at all times. I desire to thank 

 each and everj^ employee for his cooperation and devotion to 

 duty. 



Many of the valuable resources of the Philippine Islands are 

 insufficiently, or not at all, developed. I have endeavored to 

 direct the work of the Bureau of Science in such a way that a 

 study of the problems connected with some of these should be 

 in progress at all times. There is a necessity for work merely 

 to arouse further interest in Philippine resources and to stimu- 

 late the development of both old and new industries. Profitable 

 modifications of old methods are not always readily accepted 

 hy the people most concerned and should be thoroughly 

 demonstrated. 



The Bureau of Science is charged by law with the performance 

 of work for all branches of the Philippine Government requiring 

 laboratory facilities. There are continually more and more 

 demands upon the Bureau of Science for consultation work such 

 as mine examinations, advice such as is given by a consulting 

 chemist, etc. There is scarcely a day when I am not conferred 

 with regarding one or more commercial problems. There are 

 very few technical men in the Archipelago outside of the Govern- 

 ment, and there are few industries developed to the extent where 

 they can afford the continuous services of a technical man; 

 the Government should recognize this and provide sufficient 

 personnel for special consultation work, which will prevent loss 

 to the producer, the manufacturer, and the commerce of the 

 country. 



NECESSITY FOR SYSTEMATIC WORK 



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Botanical and zoological work, especially systematic work, 

 involving the collection, preservation, and classification of speci- 

 mens, seems to many persons to be as impracticable and unpro- 

 ductive as the formation of a collection of postage stamps — a 

 pleasant hobby. A botanical collection may be taken as an 

 example, for the same arguments apply to collections of plant 

 specimens as are applicable to bird, insect, and other zoological 

 collections. A herbarium of properly named specimens bears 

 somewhat the same relation to a study of timber trees, medicinal 

 plants, rubber-producing trees and vines, fibers, resins, dye 

 woods, etc., that a dictionary does to the production of an essay, 

 an editorial, or the description of a piece of machinery. Were 

 the vegetation of the Philippine Islands well known, there would 

 have been absolutely no justification for the Bureau of Science or 



