( a ) The conduct of researches in anthropology and ethnology among the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. ( b ) The maintenance of a Government herbarium and of collections of insects and other natural-history specimens. ( c ) The conduct of researches in botany, entomology, ornithology, and zoology, and the accomplishment of biological work in general. ( d ) The establishment, equipment, and maintenance of laboratories, museums, and aquariums created or supported from Insular funds or other funds under the control of the Bureau of Science. ( e ) The keeping, at Manila, of the fundamental standards of weights and measures for the Philippine Islands and instruments of precision; the comparison of the secondary standards therewith; and the certification of the secondary standards according to law. (f) The conduct of investigations into the causes, pathology, and methods of diagnosing and combating the diseases of man and of domesticated animals, and of animals utilized for food, and of plants useful to man. ( g ) The making of special investigations and the accomplishment of special work which may be needed by other Bureau or Office of the Insular Government and which may require laboratory facilities or scientific knowledge of a specialized character. [253-1; 841-1; 1407-23 (b).] [156-2.] [1519-10.] [156-2.] [156-2.] ( h ) The conduct and encouragement of investigations into the mineral resources and geology of the Philippine Islands; the collection of statistics concerning the occurrence of the economically important minerals and the methods pursued in making their valu able constituents available for commercial use. 286 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011