ocodiles, large iguanas,
and lizards were prominent features in the collection of reptiles.

A numerous collection of nets for fishing and hunting of deer and wild
boar, with some of the snares, game traps, bows, and arrows completely
covered and festooned the ceiling and walls.

There was also a collection of corals, gorgonias or sponge corals,
having a spread of about 5 feet.

The awards in this department, as approved by the superior jury, were as
follows:

Fish and game: Grand prizes, 2; gold medals, 5; silver medals, 10;
bronze medals, 38; honorable mentions, 201. Water transportation: Grand
prizes, 2; gold medals, 3; silver medals, 3; bronze medals, 2; honorable
mentions, 33.

A most interesting exhibit of the numerous mineral resources of the
archipelago was displayed for the inspection of the public in the mines
and mining exhibit.

The most important exhibits were, first, the cases of iron ores, those
from Bulacan, Luzon, receiving a grand prize, 3 silver medals, and 2
bronze medals. Second, a complete coal exhibit, that from Cebu and
Bataan Island each receiving a gold medal. Third, an exhibit of gold and
gold quartz, which filled five wall cases and two small table cases, and
which received three gold medals, six silver medals, and four bronze
medals. Gold medals were also given the exhibit of basalt for heavy
foundations and heavy construction, marble from Romblon Island, a
geological and mineralogical collection exhibited by the mining bureau
and Isuan mineral water from Los Banos, Laguna, Luzon.

The ethnological collection was displayed in the ethnology building,
constructed around three sides of a square open court; the building was
119 feet long and 88 feet wide. It consisted of two long halls, one 88
by 37, and one 88 by 39 feet long. Over one of these long halls were two
chambers about 30 feet square each. The building contained about 4,500
square feet of surface behind glass cases, and about 9,400 square feet
of open wall and ceiling space covered with museum specimens, or a total
of about 14,000 square feet, where about 1,800 specimens were displayed.

Some of the specimens exhibited were: Bontoc Igorrote head-axes, Bontoc
Igorotte basket work utensils used in the domestic and field activities;
Benguet and Banawi Igorrote carved wooden food bowls and spoons; Benguet
Igorrote baskets; wooden clay and metal pipes from northern Luzon; and a
collection of Benguet Igorrote copper pots and copper