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Mr. King has given the course of instruction in cement testing 

 offered by the College of Engineering of the University of the 

 Philippines. From time to time the division also has assisted 

 the division of mines with the assays for gold and silver. 



DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 



Personnel. — The year was begun with Dr. D. S. Pratt, chief 

 of the division, Dr. H. C. Brill, and Messrs. L. W. Thurlow, A. H. 

 Wells, F. Agcaoili, Lorenzo de Arego, and Hermenegildo Tagui- 

 bao. The resignation of Doctor Pratt, who had been absent on 

 leave since May 15, 1914, was accepted during the year. Dr. H. 

 C. Brill has acted as chief of the division throughout the year. 

 Mr. de Arego resigned, effective June 3, 1915. Mr. Thurlow, 

 who is regularly stationed at Iloilo, went on leave to the United 

 States on May 15 and returned to Manila December 3, 1915. 

 During the absence of Mr. Thurlow the work at the Iloilo sugar 

 laboratory was cared for by the detail of Mr. Wells and of 

 Mr. Agcaoili during alternate periods. September 28, 1915, Mr. 

 Wells left for the United States on vacation leave. Due to 

 resignations and absences on leave the division has been reduced 

 to an average of only about three men, which has made it very 

 difficult to keep the work going. On account of this shortage 

 Mr. Fr. W. C. Hauch was temporarily employed from February 

 20 to October 15, 1915. Mr. H. O. Parker, a graduate of Wabash 

 College and for one year a graduate student at the University of 

 Pittsburg and for three years a graduate student at Princeton 

 University, arrived from the United States and began duty on 

 August 1, 1915. Even yet the division is somewhat short-handed. 



Routine. — One employee of the Bureau of Science is a member 

 of the Food and Drug Board and meets with this Board to render 

 decisions on all questions concerning the violation of the Food 

 and Drugs Act. As imposed by law the organic chemists have 

 continued to examine foods and drinks for adulteration or 

 misbranding under Act No. 1655 and medicines and medical 

 appliances examined for violation of Act No. 2342 in an effort 

 to allow only pure foods, good general commodities, nonfraudu- 

 lent medicines and therapeutic appliances and practices, and legit- 

 imate advertising of the same to be circulated in the various 

 avenues of trade of the Philippine Islands. The war has de- 

 creased the imports to the Islands from Europe by cutting off our 

 regular supplies from the belligerent countries, but it has brought 

 about a larger influx of food supply from China and Japan, and 

 these should have a much closer inspection than our former sup- 

 plies from Europe. The Legislature very wisely passed an 



