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tion with the World's Congress of 

 Science and Arts in St. Louis. It is 

 provisionally planned also to provide an 

 excursion from St. Louis to Mexico, 

 and thence to points of geographic in- 

 terest in western United States and 

 Canada. 



A preliminary announcement is in 

 press and will shortly be issued to offi- 

 cers and members of geographic societies 

 in all countries, and to geographers who 

 may express interest in the Congress 

 and its work. Details have been en- 

 trusted to a committee of arrangements 

 made up of representatives from geo- 

 graphic societies in all parts of the 

 United States. The officers of the com- 

 mittee are : Dr W J McGee (Vice-Presi- 

 dent National Geographic Society), 

 chairman ; Mr John Joy Edson ( Presi- 

 dent Washington Loan and Trust Com- 

 pany), treasurer, and Dr J. H. McCor- 

 mick, secretary. The office of the 

 committee is in Hubbard Memorial Hall, 

 Washington, D. C, U. S. A., where 

 communications may be addressed. 



PHILIPPINE CENSUS 



THE field work of the Philippine 

 census has been practically com- 

 pleted. All that remains to be done is 

 the tabulation, compilation, and publi- 

 cation of the returns, a very small mat- 

 ter compared to the difficulty of obtain- 

 ing the information. 



A rough count shows that the total 

 population of the islands is 6,976,574, 

 of which number about 650,000 are in- 

 cluded in what are termed wild tribes. 



Thecivilized population, by provinces, 

 is stated as follows : Abra, 37,928 ; Al- 

 bay, 235,798 ; Ambos Camarines, 233,- 

 183; Antique, 133,674; Bataan, 43,606; 

 Batangas, 258,802; Benguet, 917; Bo- 

 ■hol, 26S,397; Bulacan, 220,289; Caga- 

 yan, 143,438; Capiz, 224,581; Cavite, 

 134,438; Cebu, 651,621; Hocos Norte, 

 167,717; Ilocos Sur, 171,619; Hoilo, 

 399,236; Isabela, 69,076; Laguna, 147,- 



660; La Union, 127,966; Lepanto Bon- 

 toc, 2,413; Layte, 389,911; Manila, 

 319,941; Marinduque, 51,801; Masbate, 

 44,045; Mindoro, 31,331; Misamis,i38,- 

 329; Negros Occidental, 309,950; Ne- 

 gros Oriental, 186,397; Nueva, Ecija, 

 132,271; Pampanga, 218,766; Panga- 

 sinan, 397,443; Paragua, 27,481; Rizal, 

 123,422; Romblon, 52,858; Samar, 

 265,509; Sorsogon, 120,123; Surigao, 

 98,714; Tarlac, 135,397; Tayabas, 149,- 

 289, and Zambales, 100,953. 



Some difficulty was experienced by 

 the census enumerators in the provinces 

 of Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, 

 and Albay, due to roving bands of la- 

 drones, and in four instances the enu- 

 merators were held up ; but, with a 

 single exception, the schedules were not 

 molested. In the Island of Camiguin, 

 Misamis, the enumerators met with 

 armed opposition, but probably the 

 census was a pretext and not the real 

 cause of the hostile demonstration. 



The census was most successful in 

 every respect, and reflects great credit 

 on the American administration and 

 especially on the gentlemen in charge 

 of the work, General Sanger, Mr Henry 

 Gannett, and Mr V. H. Olmsted. 



CORRECTION 



IN a letter to the National Geo- 

 graphic Magazine heartily ap- 

 proving the suggestion of a comprehen- 

 sive exploration of the volcanic belt of 

 Central America, a suggestion that was 

 made in this Magazine in July, 1903, 

 Hon. Antonio Lazo Arriaga, Envoy 

 Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 

 tentiary of Guatemala, states that the 

 reports of loss of life and property by 

 volcanic disturbances in Guatemala dur- 

 ing 1902 and 1903 have been vastly ex- 

 aggerated. Mr Arriaga refers particu- 

 larly to the effects of the earthquake at 

 Ouezaltenango April 18, 1902, and of. 

 the eruption of Santa Maria in Novem- 

 ber of the same vear. 



