X ONTENTS 



PAOB 



the sugar-plantations, [ndnstrial openinga Future railway con- 

 stractiozi and public works. Harbors and municipal improve- 

 ments. Commercial expansion L34 



CHAPTER XV 



THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO 



Situation and physical features. Configuration. Outline. Pictu- 

 resque topography. Drainage Abundance of rivers. Flora and 

 fauna. Geology. Climate. Hygiene and sanitation . . . . .14.") 



CHAPTER XVI 



HISTORY AND ADMINISTRATION 



Spanish character of its institutions and peoples. Uneventful course 

 of its progress. Government and administration. Religion and 

 education 154 



CHAPTER XVII 



TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, 

 AND COMMERCE 



Harbors. Railways. Highways. Telegraph. Diversified nature of 

 the agriculture. Large number of smaU farms. Sugar-estates. 

 Coffee-culture. Menores. Importance of the cattle industry. 

 Commerce and trade. Bad condition of the currency .... 158 



CHAPTER XVIII 



THE PEOPLE 



Statistical details of number, sex, nativity, race, and literacy. Ex- 

 cess of males. Small proportion of foreign people. Divisions 

 into classes. The " Spaniards " (white Porto Ricans). The giba- 

 ros, or peasantry. The negroes. Former conditions of slavery 

 in Porto Rico 1G4 



CHAPTER XIX 



CITIES OF PORTO RICO 



San Juan. Ponce. Mayaguez. Aguadilla. Arecibo. Fajardo. Na- 

 guabo, Arroyo, San German, and smaU towns. Islands attached 

 to the government of Porto Rico 172 



