LETTEE OF SUBMITTAL. 



MANILA, P. L, August 26, 1902. 



SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the manuscript of a paper 

 entitled "A Preliminary Report on the Commercial Fibers of the Phil- 

 ippines," and to recommend that it be published as a Farmers' Bulletin. 



The paper embodies brief general information upon the fibers which 

 are at present exported from the Philippines, and also upon the most 

 important of those which enter into the interisland trade and have a 

 large and important use among the natives. The illustrations are from 

 photographs taken by Mr. C. W. Dorsey, soil physicist. 

 Respectfully, 



JOHN W. GILMORE, 

 Expert in charge of Fiber Investigations. 



Prof. F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER, 



Chief Insular Bureau of Agriculture. 



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