Special Message
02/12/1905
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The islands of that group present as many interesting and novel questions with respect to their ethnology, their fauna and flora, and their ...
It is not probable that the survey would be completed in a less period than that of eight or ten years, but it is well that it should be beg...
The scientific surveys which should be undertaken go far beyond any surveys or explorations which the government of the Philippine Islands, ...
It should not be under the control of the authorities of the Philippine Islands, for it should be undertaken as a national work and subject ...