1M<S rs?:KrL plants of gham. 



'rxMI.I-: III. — I'liiililiiliiin irllli nfi'rriici- III /iliirf nf hirlh. 



riiicc 111' liirtli. 



Islniid of Otiam 



oiluT isliintls of the group 



I'liiliiipiiK's 



I'liitcd Slates 



Iliiwaiiiiii Islands 



t )l luT countries , 



Total 



Total. 



9, .539 

 22 

 65 

 12 

 2 

 30 



9,676 



Table IV. — Educational dalistlcs. 



KiiiiwiiiK liow to road anil write 



Alile to read and to sign name 



Alile to read only 



.Mile to sifjn name only 



.\hsolntely illiterate (over 7 years old) 



Total number above the age of 7 years , 

 Number <if children younger than 7 years — 



Total population. 



Males. 



2, 203 

 40 



G65 

 11 



541 



3,460 

 1,106 



4,566 



Females. 



1,236 



30 



1,775 



5 



965 



4,011 

 1,099 



5,110 



.\pIiroxi- 

 Total. mate per 

 cent. 



3,439 

 70 



2,440 

 16 



1,506 



46 



1 



321 



1. 



20| 



7,471 

 2, 205 



9, 676 



100 



Note.— From the above table it will al.so be seen that only 15| percent of the males and 24 per cent 

 of the females who have pas.sed the age of 7 years are ab.solutely illiterate. 



Population of the remaining islands of the group. ^Onl}" 

 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 ((.r Lnta) 490 



Tiniaii 95 



Saipan 1, 631 



Sarigiui ( or Sariguan ) 8 



Alaiiuiyran 8 



Piigan .. 

 Agrigan . 



137 

 32 



Total 2,401 



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 Chainorro.s and Caroline Is- 

 landers 2, 357 



Malayans 3 



Japanese 18 



Chilians, Peruvians, and Mexicans. ' 15 



Spaniards 3 



Germans 7 



STANDARDS OF MEASURE. 



Land is measured in Guam according to the metric system, 1 hectare 

 being equal to 2.471 acres. 



"Fitzner, Rudolph, "Die Bevolkerung der deutschen Siidseekolonien," in 

 Globus, vol. H4, p. 21. (July 9, 1903.) 



