ttmnCATIONS FOR SALE BY THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE, 

 MANILA, PHILIPFINE ISLANDS 



KEPORT OF TIfE INTERN" ATIOVAIi FJliAGUtsJ CONFERENCE. 



Held at Mukden, April, l!)ll, under the auspices of 

 ■ the Chinese Government. 



Edited by ErIch Mabu 



i. Ptn'Brt, ARTiiia 

 P. Stkong. 



AN'I) KlCH,ASD 



483 PROes. IS plates (2 colored, 4 half-tones, 12 charts and'maps>. 

 Order No. 416- Cloth, $3.50; paper, $2.50 United States currency, postpaia. 



The proceedings of this International Conference and information gained therefrom, tojjether 

 with the results of certain bacteriological investigations, constitute the present report. 



Nothinfl hitherto, has been published which gives such a complete and comprehensive account 

 of the entire subject of pneumonic pfaoue. 



Oeleoates frorr) America (United States of), Austria-Hunflary, France, Germany, Great Britain, 

 Italy, Japan, Mexioi^, the Netherlands, Ftussia, and China attended the Conference, 



The Bureau of Science of the Government of the Philippine Islands ha« been appointed sole 

 agent for the distribiilfon of the printed proceedings of the International Plague Conference. 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IX THE ISLAND OF NEGROS. 



'.V- HeEBERT 8. WALKf.. 



/ 



Order No. 412. 



145 pages, 10 plates, 1 map. 



Paper, $1.25 United States currency, postpaid. 



Considered from the viewpoin. .: ,j,.iciical utility, Mr. Walker's Sugar industry in the Island 

 Of Neoros is one of the most important papers 4)ublished by the Bureau of Science. This volume 

 is a real contribution to the subjectt it is not a mere compilation/for the author was in the <5e!d 



and understancis i;,; ' ■ ' vvhich he writes. The foilowinfl is a brief synopsis of lh'5 



contents: 



Tables of soil analyses, boU» chemical and physical; analyses of Cie cane, juice and bagas:* 

 estimates bised on actual information as to the costs of production and of cultivation; and est 

 mates of'the cost and location of possible central ■factories. The island is considered bysucy 

 producino districts; the area of cultivation and the production per hectare are given, and t'^ 

 possibility for future expansion discussed. 



■ The iilates illustrate various phases of sugar industry from the cultivation of the field to the 

 transportation of sunar in native sailboats. 



A MANUi\L OF PHILIPPINE SILK CULTURE. 



By C'HARr.;- - : -• 



53 pages. 20 plates. 

 Order No. 413. Paper, $0.75 United States currency, postpaid. 



The silk industry is particularly auapieu to be undertaken by persons with small capital, and 

 like the making of hats in the Philippine Islands it shoOld thrive with a little encouragement. 



In A Manual of Philippine Silk Culture we have presented the results of several years' actu.- 

 work with silk.producino larvae together with a description of the new Philippine race. Half-tone 

 plates illustrate in natural size silkworms in different stages of development, pupa;, acutt moths, 

 samples of cloth made from eri.ftilk, har,d reel, and silk house. Other plates illustrate the 

 variou* appliances used in raising silkworms and in spinning silkj hand and power reels are 

 lllustrktsd; working drawings are aiven for a silk house and for a hand reel. 



