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Wade, it was decided to take up this resolution with other 
similar topics under the heading of new business. 
c. Report of the Committee of Publication rendered by Dr. A. 
Garcia. It consisted in the satisfactory negotiations with 
the Director of the Bureau of Science regarding the issue of 
one separate pamphlet embodying the proceedings of the An- 
nual meeting and the publication of the different papers in a 
regular number of the Philippine Journal of Science, all under 
the same arrangement between the Manila Medical Society and 
that Journal. 
d. The Committee on arrangements rendered a report of progress, 
though the Chairman stated that it was not yet possible to 
render a complete report due to still unfinished arrangements. 
All these reports were approved. 
5. Unfinished business: 
a. The letter of the Secretary of the American Society for the 
Control of Cancer regarding a Cancer Committee in the Islands 
was read and the Chairman appointed Drs. Wade, Schobl, and 
Gomez, Cancer Committee of the Association. 
b. The letter of the Secretary of the V Asamblea Regional invit- 
ing cooperation of the Philippine Islands Medical Association 
was also read, and it was decided to give this Association’s 
support. 
c. The establishment of provincial branch societies was discussed. 
A committee composed of Drs. Calderon, de la Paz, Wade, and 
the Director of the Philippine Health Service was appointed 
to study the possibilities of the problem. 
6. Dr. Saito of Japan requested permission of the Chair to 
read a paper on cooperation with the Far Eastern Association 
for Tropical Medicine. On motion of Dr. Wade, it was decided 
to let the Japan Medical Association take the initiative and that 
our Society will afterwards cooperate. 
7. Dr. de la Paz, chairman of the Nominating Committee 
reported nominations as follows: 
For President: Dr. H. E. Stafford. 
For 1 st Vice-President: Dr. Carmelo Reyes. 
For 2 d Vice-President: Dr. Otto Schobl. 
For Councilor for five years: Dr. Liborio Gomez. 
On motion of Dr. Wade it was decided to cast the unanimous 
ballot of the Society for the names submitted by the Committee, 
and they were declared duly elected. 
8. New business. 
On motion of Dr. Garcia it was decided to express the Asso- 
ciation’s vote of thanks to all the entities and individuals who 
contributed with scientific articles and exhibited products at 
the meeting; also to those nonmembers who contributed papers 
