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No. 40. New gold mining near Iligan, Mindanao. [April 14, 1915.] 



No. 41. La mejora de la industria del curtido de las Islas Filipinas. [May 



20, 1915. Spanish,] 

 No. 42. Asphalt in Le>i;e. [June 10, 1915.] 

 No. 43. Copper deposits in Zambales Province. [June 15, 1915.] 

 No. 44. Rock asphalt in Leyte. [July 2, 1915.] 

 No. 45. Iron-ore deposits in Surigao. [July 13, 1915.] 

 No. 46. Copra: Fifteen million pesos loss of the Philippine industry in five 



years. [October 14, 1915. English and Spanish.] 

 No. 47. Rabies in the Philippine Islands. [October 22, 1915. English and 



Spanish.] 



A ten-year index of tlie Journal was begun in October. Dur- 

 ing two months about 30,000 cards were typed, but toward the 

 end of the year practically nothing was done on the index owing 

 to more urgent work in other lines. 



The blanks and labels required by the various divisions 

 have been printed. 



The mailing list of the Philippine Journal of Science for the 

 past tw^o years has been as follows : 



Paid subscriptions 



Exchanges 



Reviews 



Free 



Total mailing: list. 



Owing to the general unstable business conditions throughout 

 the world as a whole, it is gratifying that the Philippine Journal 

 of Science has been so fortunate as to retain its paid subscription 

 list practically unchanged. 



POWER PLANT 



Personnel. — There has been no change in the engineering 

 personnel. It has remained as heretofore, entirely Filipinized, 

 with Mr. Jose Guerrero y Reyes as chief power engineer and Mr. 

 Felix Valencia as assistant engineer. 



Power. — During the year the supply of gas for the Philippine 

 General Hospital and the Colleges of Medicine and Surgerj^ and 

 of Liberal Arts was closed. The Manila Gas Corporation is 

 now operating a city supply and is furnishing these institutions. 

 The Philippine General Hospital steam supply was closed on 

 December 15, it having been decided that it was cheaper to use 

 gas than steam for cooking purposes, especially when steam had 

 to be delivered so far. The other functions of the central power 



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