138 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
Tasie TET.— Population with reference to place of birth. 
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Place of birth, Males, | Females. Total. 
Island of Guam 2.2... cnc ccc eee e ccc cece ccc ee cee. 4,460 5, 079 9, 539 
Other ishunds of the group ........222...00.0..........2-20 2. 15 7 22 
Philippines... 2.0.0.2... 222 cece ee cece ee cence cece eee eee 56 9 | 65 
United States. 2.22022... wee eee eee eee cee eee cette eee eeeee 5 | 7 | 12 
Hawaiian Islands .....22....222....0000..00-202..---2---2- 2. 0 2 | 2 
Other countries ©... 22.0222... eee ce eee ee cece eee, 30 | 6 36 
Tt 20. ee eee ee ce ee cee cee cece eee 4, 566 | 5,110 9, 676 
TaBLe LV.—Lducational statistics, 
| Approxi- 
| Males. | Females, Total. mate per 
| cent, 
Knowing how to read and write .......................-. 2, 208 1,236 | 3, 139 16 
Able to read and tosign name................................ 40 30 70 1 
Able to read only ...........02000000000 0000 cece eee eee 665 1,775 2, 440 | 823 
Able to sign name only.......2.22..2..22...---...--22- ee eee 11 5 16 4 
Absolutely illiterate (over 7 years old) ...........-........... D1 965 1, 506 | 203 
Total number above the age of 7 years ..............--. | 3, 460 1,011 7,471 | 100 
Number of children younger than 7 Years. 0.2. 1, 106 1, 099 2,205 [ool 
Total population. .....2..2..00000 00020 eee cee eee eee | 4, 506 5,110 9, 676 | ence cence 
NoteE.—From the above table it will also be seen that only 153 percent of the males and 
of the females who have passed the age of 7 years are absolutely illiterate. 
24 per cent 
PoPULATION OF THE REMAINING ISLANDS OF THE Group.—Only 
seven of the northern islands now known as the ** German Mariannes,” 
are Inhabited. The population is divided as follows, according’ to 
a census taken in April, 1902: ¢ 
Rota (or Luta).......22.2222222- 490 | Pagan .222 2222 137 
Tinian ..2.2.222....2222222222--- 9 | Agrigan.. 2200022222 32 
Saipan...-2...-...2.22222222-20-- 1, 63 , ~~ 
Sarigan (or Sariguan)............ 8 Potal -... 2.2. 2-222... eee 2,401 
Alamigan. 22... 2222022202. 00022. 8 
This population inhabits 626 square kilometers, so that the people 
are distributed according to the proportion of 3.8 to each square kilo- 
meter. According to nationality the population is divided as follows: 
Native Chamorros and Caroline Is- Chilians, Peruvians, and Mexicans. 15 
landers -..-22..22-222222-2-22.. 2,357 | Spaniards ...........-.22----02-- 3 
Malayans .--..... 022222222222... 3 | Germans. .-.2..2..---222.20--2-- 7 
Japanese... 2.222222. eee Is 
STANDARDS OF MEASURE. 
Land is measured in Guam according to the metric system, 1 hectare 
being equal to 2.471 acres. 
r deutschen Stidseekolonien,” in 
“¥itzner, Rudolph, ‘Die Bevilkerung de 
Globus, vol. 84, p. 21. (July 9, 1903.) 
