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SCIENCE. 



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in large sections. For instance, on tlie Island 

 of Mindoro only a few names along the coast 

 are given. The interior of the island is a 

 blank. The progress made by the American 

 Government in the islands is graphically illus- 

 trated by the red lines, indicating cables, tele- 

 graphs, and telephones, which penetrate to 

 nearly all corners of the archipelago. Nearly 

 seven thousand miles of wire are now strung, 

 whereas three years ago there was not one 

 mile in service. All the telegraph lines are 

 owned by the government and operated by a 

 government department — the United States 

 Signal Corps. The stations noted as commer- 

 cial stations are open to messages of a private 

 and commercial character, while from the sta- 

 tions noted as military only messages of a 

 military nature can be sent. This map is the 

 first map of the Philippines that has been pre- 

 pared by American officers. The spelling of 

 the names is that adopted by the United 

 States Board on Geographic Names. The 

 War Department printed an edition of only 

 400. The demands of the army posts in the 

 Philippines and in the United States ex- 

 hausted nearly the entire edition, so that only 

 a few remain for public distribution. The 

 National Geographic Society was, however, 

 granted the use of the plate and has printed 

 a large edition, so that each of its members 

 may receive a copy of what is the only up-to- 

 date presentation of all that is now known 

 of the geography of these islands. 



TEE CARNEaiE INSTITUTION. 



The trustees of the institution elected by 

 the incorporators are as follows: 



The president of the United States. 



The president of the United States Senate. 



The speaKer of the House of Representatives. 



The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The president of the National Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Grover Cleveland, New Jersey. 



John S. Billings, New York. 



William N. Frew, Pennsylvania. 



Lyman J. Gage, Illinois. 



Daniel C. Gilman, Maryland. 



John Hay, District of Columbia. 



Abram S. Hewitt, New Jersey. 



Henry L. Higginson, Massachusetts. 



Henry Hitchcock, Missouri. 



Charles L. Hutchinson, Illinois. 



William Lindsay, Kentucky. 



Seth Low, New York. 



Wayne MacVeagh, Pennsylvania. 



D. O. Mills, California. 



S. Weir Mitchell, Pennsylvania. 



W. W. Morrow, California. 



Elihu Root, New York. 



John G. Spooner, Wisconsin. 



Andrew D. White, New York. 



Edward D. White, Louisiana. 



Charles D. Walcott, District of Columbia. 



Carroll D. Wright, District of Columbia. 



The official statement of the plans of the 

 institution is as follows : 



" It is proposed to found in the city of Wash- 

 ington, in the spirit of Washington, an insti- 

 tution which, with the cooperation of insti- 

 tutions now or hereafter established, there or 

 elsewhere, shall, in the broadest and most 

 liberal manner, encourage investigation, re- 

 search and discovery, encourage the applica- 

 tion of knowledge to the improvement of 

 mankind; provide such buildings, laboratories, 

 books and apparatus as may be needed, and 

 afford instruction of an advanced character 

 to students whenever and wherever found, in- 

 side or outside of schools, properly qualified 

 to profit thereby. Among its aims are these: 



"1. To increase the efficiency of the uni- 

 versities and other institutions of learning 

 throughout the country, by utilizing and add- 

 ing to their existing facilities, and by aiding 

 teachers in the various institutions for ex- 

 perimental and other work, in these institu- 

 tions as far as may be advisable. 



"2. To discover the exceptional man in 

 every department of study, whenever and 

 wherever found, and enable him by financial 

 aid to make the work for which he seems 

 specially designed, his life work. 



"3. To promote original research, paying 

 great attention thereto, as being one of the 

 chief purposes of this institution. 



"4. To increase facilities for higher educa- 

 tion. 



"5. To enable such students as may find 

 Washington the best point for their special 

 studies to avail themselves of such advantages 

 as may be open to them in the museums. 



