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l)ublished here since the American occupation. Plowever. it was not 

 readily available to the Spanish speaking people of the Islands, who 

 produce practically all of the sugar grown here. At the suggestion of 

 Don Antonio Eoxas, a prominent merchant of Manila, who owns ex- 

 tensive plantations in Batangas Province, the Director of Science 

 recommended that it be translated and published in Spanish. His 

 Excellenjcy the Governor-General directed that the Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture so publish it. On the recommendation of the Director of Agri- 

 culture, the necessary authority was granted for the publication of 

 "A Handbook on the Sugar Industry of the Philippine Islands" to 

 include Mr. Walker's excellent treatise. 



The new material prepared for this publication is being issued in 

 English under the title, "The Sugar Industry of the Philippine Islands," 

 and includes a lengthy review of Mr. Walker's work by Austin H. Kirby, 

 B. A., scientific assistant on the staff of the imperial department of agri- 

 culture for the West Indies. This will make available the following 

 publications : 



"The Sugar Industry of the Philippine Islands" (English). By G. E. Nesoin 

 and others. 



"The Sugar Industry in the Island of Negros" (English and Spanish). 

 By Herbert S. Walker. 



"A Handbook on the Sugar Industry of the Philippine Islands" (English 

 and Spanish). By G. E. Nesom. Herbert S. Walker, and others. 



G. E. Nesom, 

 Director of Agriculture. 

 Manila, July, 1911. 



