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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Sir Jonathan Hdtchinson, 



the distinguished London surgeon and author who has died at the age of 



eighty-five years. 



study of the deep-sea fisheries. An 

 aquarium has been built in the bastion 

 in front of the Eeal Gate of the city. 

 The chemical laboratory like the bio- 

 logical laboratory is largely occupied 

 with routine work, there having been 

 made last year over 10,000 analyses 

 and tests. The investigations include 

 the study of Philippine soils, coal and 

 Portland cement. A sugar laboratory 

 has been opened at Iloilo, and it is 

 recommended that there be established 

 an. experiment station in that region, 

 where sugar cane of various kinds can 

 be tested. The division of mines has, 

 like the other departments, been largely 

 occupied with routine work. Investi- 

 gations have been made of the black 



sands, of the ore deposits, including 

 gold veins, and of the raw materials 

 for cement. The division of ethnology 

 has continued the study of the Iloco 

 people and the museum has been de- 

 veloped. 



It is three years since the bureau 

 has had an increase in appropriations 

 in spite of the fact that demands upon 

 it have increased in every direction. 

 The need is urged of a new testing 

 laboratory, of enlarging the soil sur- 

 veys, of the study of animal diseases 

 and of insects injurious to agricul- 

 tural products, of enlarging the library 

 and of developing the scope of the 

 work on the fish and fisheries of the 

 islands. 



