The present laboratory building of the Bureau of Science, 

 which was added to in 1911, was first occupied early in 1905, 

 and at that time the work was enlarged by the appointment of 

 an engineering force and by the operation of steam and electric 

 machinery. In 1910 the power plant was enlarged so as in ad- 

 dition to supply the Philippine General Hospital and the College 

 of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Philippines, with 

 steam and electric energy for operating lights and all their 

 other elaborate equipment. The aquarium of the Bureau of 

 Science, situated in Manila on Calle Gral. Luna (Palacio) within 

 the bastion of Real Gate of the old Walled City, in which there 

 are on display nearly a thousand specimens of curious and 

 brightly colored tropical fishes and other interesting forms of 

 marine life representing more than 150 species, was opened in 

 February, 1914. During 1917 the Iloilo Customhouse was oc- 

 cupied, in which the third floor is devoted to the Bureau of 

 Science Iloilo sugar laboratory, and a bleeding house was com- 

 pleted on the main grounds of the Bureau of Science for use in 

 connection with the manufacture of serums and vaccines. 



The purchase of books for the library began soon after the 

 organization of the Bureau, and this adjunct of the scientific 

 work grew rapidly, necessitating the gradual enlargement of 

 the force and the organization of the library staff. The original 

 plan contemplated an expenditure of 90,000 pesos, spread over 

 a period of six years for sets of general periodicals and other 

 books on chemistry, geology, zoology, bacteriology, pathology, 

 physiology, and general sciences. Books purchased with this 

 fund, together with the thousands of pesos' worth of publications 

 that were received gratis, formed the nucleus of the scientific 

 library of the entire Government. The valuable material re- 

 ceived by gift and the continuations of sets purchased from 

 current appropriations have been bound. These, together with 

 the books and serial literature of the clinical principles such 

 as surgery, skin diseases, and ophthalmology, which have been 

 provided by the University of the Philippines, have been placed 

 in the library. The Bureau of Science library (division of 

 science of the Philippine Library) is the central scientific libra- 

 ry of the Philippine Government and serves the University of 

 the Philippines, other offices of the Government, and the public. 



Although there were several bureaus established when the 

 scientific work in the Philippine Islands was begun, all of them 

 that needed laboratory facilities were subsequently brought to- 

 gether in the Bureau of Science with a saving of expense and 

 equipment. The economy and efficiency of doing one kind of 

 work in one place and by the same trained men are universally 



