LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Department of the Interior, 

 Bureau of GoverniMEnt Laboratories, 

 Office of the Superintendent of Laboratories, 



Manila, P. I. , May 19, 1905. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend 

 for publication "I. Notes on a Case of Hannatochyluria, together 

 with Some Observations on the Morphology of the Emliryo 

 Nematode Filaria Nocturna," by Dr. William B. Wherry, Bacteri- 

 ologist, Biological Laboratory, and Dr. John R. McDill, Manila, 

 P. L, and "II. A Search into the Nitrate and Nitrite Content 

 of Witte's 'Peptone,' with Special Reference to its Influence on 

 the Demonstration of the Indol and Cholera-Red Reactions," by 

 Dr. William B. Wherry, Bacteriologist, Biological Laboratory. 

 Yexy resj)ectfully, 



Richard P. Strong, 

 Director Biological Laboratory, 

 Acting Superintendent Government Laboratories. 

 Hon. Dean C. Worcester, 



Secretary of the Liter ior, Manila, P I. 



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