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56TH CONGRESs, SENATE. DocUMEV
18t Session. f No. 171
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
FEBRUARY 15, 1900.-Ordered to be printed. -
Mr. LODGE, from the Committee on the Philippines, reported the
following, in accordance with Senate Resolution No. 44:
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, A BRIEF COMPILATION OF THE
LATEST INFORMATION AND STATISTICS OBTAINABLE ON THE
NUMBERS, AREAS, POPULATION, RACES AND TRIBES, MINERAL
RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, FORESTS,
AND HARBORS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
[Published under the direction of the Senate Committee on the Philippines.]
This compilation was made under authorization of a resolution of the
Senate of January 9, 1900. The resolution reads:
Resolved, That there be compiled under the direction of the Committee on the
Philippines, for the use of the Senate, the best statistics available in regard to the area,
population, agricultural and mineral resources, export and import trade of the Philip-
pine Islands, together with such other information on this subject as the committee
may deem desirable.
PREFACE.
The aim of this pamphlet is to resume in a comparatively short com-
pass the latest and best information on the following subjects:
§ I. The numbers, areas, and names of the various islands in the Philippine
group.
§ II. The numbers, names, religion, and political condition of the various native
tribes inhabiting those islands.
§ III. The agriculture, inter-island commerce, transportation, and manufactures of
the Philippines.
§ IV. The exports and imports of the Philippines to and from the principal coun-
tries of the world.
§ V. The mineral resources of the Philippines.
§ VI. The woods and forests of the Philippines.
§ VII. The harbors in the Philippine Islands.
The following works have been used:
For § I, an article kindly furnished by Professor Pritchett, of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, which is later to serve as an introduction
to a set of maps to be published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey as a
supplement to the report of the Commissioners to the Philippines.
For §H, for the population, an article by Mr. Wilcox, of the Census
Bureau, embodying all the latest statistics on the subject, including
those of the last Spanish census.
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