DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
MANILA. 
Office of the Commissioner. 
August 22, 1905. 
To 
Dr. Edgar A. Mearns 
Major, Chief Surgeon, Department of Luzon 
Manila. 
Sir: 
Replying to your letter of the twenty-first instant, with 
reference to rats purchased by this Bureau being placed at your 
disposal, for the purpose of making a proper classification; I 
have the honor to state that I shall be very glad to discuss 
this matter with you personally, at any time that suits your 
convenience. 
After two o’clock in the afternoon I can usually be found 
in the Quarantine office at the Custom House; also, every even¬ 
ing, after eight o'clock, I am at the office of the Commissioner 
of Public Health, and should be very pleased to have you call. 
Ve - 
P.A.Surg. ,U.S.P.H.& M.H.Service 
Commissioner ofPublic Health. 
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