138 



USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 

 Table III. — Population with reference to place of birth. 



Place of birth. 



Males. 



Females. 



4,460 



5,079 



15 



7 



56 



9 



5 



7 







2 



30 



6 



4,566 



5, 110 



Island of Guam 



Other islands of the group 



Philippines 



United States 



Hawaiian Islands 



Other countries 



Total 



9, 539 

 22 

 65 

 12 

 •2 

 36 



9,676 



Table IV. — Educational statistics. 



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... 



Total population 



Males. 



2, 203 

 40 



665 

 11 



541 



3, 460 

 1,106 



4,566 



Females. 



1,236 



30 



1, 775 



5 



965 



4,011 

 1,099 



5,110 



Approxi- 

 mate per 

 cent. 



3,439 

 70 



2,440 

 16 



1,506 



7,471 

 2, 205 



100 



Note. — From the above table it will also be seen that only 15J 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 as the "German Mariannes," 

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

 a census taken in April, 1902: a 



Rota (orLuta) 490 



Tinian 95 



Saipan 1,631 



Sarigan (or Sariguan) 8 



Alamagan 8 



Pagan .. 

 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 Chamorros 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 Sudseekolonien," in 

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



