188 



USEFUL PLA>^TS OF GUAM, 

 Table JU .— Formulation irith reference to place of hi rth. 



Place of birth. 



Island of Guam 



Other islands of the group 



Philippines 



United States 



Hawaiian Islands 



Other countries 



Total 



Table TV. — Educatiotial statistics. 



Males. 



Females.' Total. 



{ Approxi- 

 i mate per 

 I cent. 



Knowing how to read and write 



Able to read and to sign name 



Able to read only 



Able to sign name only 



Absolutely illiterate (over 7 years old) 



Total number above the age of 7 years . 

 Number of children younger than 7 years 



2,203 

 40 



665 

 11 



541 



1,775 



5 



965 



3,460 

 1,106 



4,011 



1,099 



Total population. 



3,439 

 70 



2,440 

 16 



1,506 



7,471 

 2,205 



46 



1 



32i 



Note. — From the above table it will also be seen that only 15f per cent of the males and 24 per cent 

 of the females who have passed the age of 7 years are absolutely illiterate. 



Population of the remaining islands of the group. — Only 

 seven of the northern islands now known us the '•German Mariannes," 

 are inhabited. The population is divided as follows, according to 

 a census taken in April, 1902:" 



Pdgan .. 

 Agrigan. 



137 

 32 



Total 2,401 



Rota(orLuta) 490 



Tinian 95 



Saipan 1,631 



Sarigan (or Sariguan) 8 



Alamdgan 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- 

 landers - 2,357 



Malayans 3 



Japanese 18 



Chilians, Peruvians, and Mexicans. 15 



Spaniards 3 



Germans - 7 



ST.VXDARDS OF MEASURE. 



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

 being equal to 2.171 acres. 



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

 Globus, vol. 84, p. 21. (July 9, 1903.) 



