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The principal imports are lumber, cotton fabrics, flour, rice, sugar, 

 kerosene, candles, and distilled spirits. The lumber comes principally 

 from the United States; the cotton fabrics from Japan, the United 

 States, the Caroline Islands (probably of German manufacture), and 

 the Philippines; the flour from the United States and Japan; the rice 

 from Hongkong and Japan; the sugar from the United States, Japan, 

 and Hawaii; the kerosene from the United States and Japan; the 

 majority of candles from Japan; and the distilled liquors from Hawaii, 

 the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. 



The only export is copra, or dried coconut meat. Of this the 

 greater part is shipped to Japan, the rest to the United States. Dur- 

 ing the year 1903 mone} 7 in the form of specie was sent from Guam to 

 Japan amounting to $18,550. The amount sent to the United States 

 is not recorded. 



Population of Guam. — A census of the island of Guam was taken 

 in August, 1901, in obedience to the orders of Governor Schroeder, 

 with the following results: 



Table I. — Population according to villages. 



Villages. 



Agafia and its dependent villages 



Agat (village proper) 



Agat (district of Suruai) 



Merizo (village proper) 



Merizo (district of Umatag) 



Inalahan 



Total... 



Males. 



Females. 



3,216 



3,616 



397 



446 



331 



365 



237 



279 



123 



126 



262 



278 



4,566 



5,110 



Total. 



6,832 

 843 

 696 

 516 

 249 

 540 



9,676 



Note. — In this table are included only the residents of the island, not those here temporarily, nor 

 the United States forces and employees of the naval station. 



Table II. — Population according to nationality. 





Males. 



Females. 



Total. 



Subjects of the United States: 



Citizens of the island 



4,539 

 6 



5,091 

 8 



9,630 



Citizens of the United States 



14 







Total 



4,545 



5,099 



9,644 







Foreigners: 



Spaniards 



6 

 

 12 

 3 



8 

 2 

 1 

 



14 





2 



Japanese 



13 



Chinese 



3 







Total 



21 



11 



09 







Resum6 : • 



Subjects of the United States ': 



4,545 

 21 



5,099 

 11 



9,644 



Foreigners 



32 







Total 



4,566 



5,110 









