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the various colleges in the University of the Philippines (particularly the 

 Colleges of Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, and Medicine) , to private botanical 

 collectors, and to the students and visiting scientists from foreign 

 countries. 



The centralization of scientific research in a single bui'eau such as in the 

 Bureau of Science also greatly increases the ability of the Government to 

 meet a sudden emergency such as, for example, that made necessary by a 

 sudden outbreak of bubonic plague or of cholera when thousands of rats 

 and a similar number of specimens of faeces must be examined accurately 

 and quickly. It is impossible, of course, to predict w^hen such an outbreak 

 will occur, and therefore there must be kept, somewhere in the Government 

 service, a staff of men capable of responding to an immediate call. By 

 having such men held as members of the Bureau of Science not only do 

 they form a more mobile and efficient corps than would be possible if they 

 were split up among various bureaus, but their spare time between emer- 

 gency calls, when they would otherwise be more or less idle, can be used 

 to full advantage by the Government in having them carry on the various 

 scientific investigations such as those referred to above. 



It is also desirable to take into consideration the mutual stimulus and 

 enthusiasm which result by bringing all or most scientists together in one 

 place for the performance of their various work. By having all such men 

 in one institution there is close cooperation between those representing the 

 different but allied sciences, and a great deal of work is accomplished 

 which no one man could work out alone and which would not be attempted 

 were the individuals isolated * * *. 



TRANSLATIONS 



The Bureau of Science has no official translator, and several 

 of the scientific men have worked faithfully in translating into 

 Spanish and Tagalog some of the results of the work of the 

 Bureau of Science which are of great interest to the public. The 

 following list gives a general idea of the work accomplished 

 along this line: 



Notas sobre el beriberi (Williams). [Read before the Colegio Medico-Far- 

 maceutico.] 



La mejora de la industria del curtido de las Islas Filipinas. [Press Bul- 

 letin No. 41.] 



Notas sobre el suministro de aguas (Heise). [Read before the Colegio 

 Medico-Farmaceutico.] 



Notas de interes para los hacenderos de azucar (Thurlow). [Press Bulletin 

 No. 35.] 



La industria del azucar en Negros (Thurlow). [Leaflet.] 



La conserva del pescado en los paises tropicales (Seale). [Translated for 

 the Philippine Net and Braid Manufacturing Co. Inc., of Manila.] 



BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



Personnel. — The medical personnel of the Bureau of Science 

 is in a seriously depleted condition. Dr. M. A. Barber, who 

 succeeded Dr. E. L. Walker as chief of the biological laboratory, 

 went on leave in January, 1915, and resigned to accept a position 



