])liscellaneous. 



120 



FFeb. 1907. 



Groundnut. Experiments in Madras Ind, Agr. 2. 9. 01 p. 279. 

 L'aracliide. Journ. d'agr, Trop, I. 1901, pp. 12, 140. 



Moyens d'augmenter la production et la rendenient de l'aracliide an Senegal, 

 do. 67. 



Sur la f umure de l'arachide. do. II. 1902, p. 35. 



Les machines agricoles pour l'aracliide. do. p. 103. 



Earthnuts or pea-nuts, Queensl. Agr. J. June 1905, p. 397. 



G. in the West Indies. W. I. Bull. IV. 1903. p, 101 



Un dossier sul l'aracliide. Bull. Eritrea. II. Oct. 1901, p. 317. 



The Cultivation of G. in Madras T. A. Jan. 1905, p. 503. 



Resultat de la cultivation de l'arachide de Java a la Station de culture Ex- 



periinentale de Phu Thy (Tonkin). Bull. Ec. Indb-ch. Dec. 1904, p. 1279. 

 L'arachide. Bull. Jard. Col. May, 1900, p. 509. 

 L'aracliide a Java. Journ. d' Agr, Trop. Dec. 1905, p. 363. 

 Guarana.— Report on Amazonas (For. Office) p. 20. 



Guava.— The cultivated guavas and their botanical differences. Rep. Calif Exp. Sta. 

 1898-1901, Pt. I p. 86. 



Les Goyaviers. de Wildeman Notes sur des plantes utiles Congo II, 251. 



Les Goyaviers comestibles. Journ. d' Agr. Trop. Aug. 06, p. 235. 

 Guava fruit pulp. Hawaian Forester III. 1900, p. 133. 



Agriculture in the Philippine Islands. 



By W. I. Hutchinson. 

 (Delegate from the Philippine Islands to the Ceylon Rubber Exhibition.) 



The following particulars concerning the Philippine Islands may prove of 

 interest to readers of the Tropical Agriculturist. 



The Archipelago extends from 4° 40' to 21° 10' N. Lat. and from 116° 40' to 126° 

 34' B. Long. The distance from Manilla the chief town and port to Hongkong is 

 628 miles, to Singapore 1386, to San Francisco 6950 ; to Australia 2 weeks by steamer 

 and to Borneo 5 to 6 days by steamer. 



Number op Islands.— The total number of Islands in the Archipelago is 

 3141, of which 1668 are named and 1473 unnamed. The total area of the Archi- 

 pelago is 115,026 sq. miles ; area of the two largest islands being Luzon 40,969 sq. 

 miles, Mindanao 36,292 sq. miles. 9 Islands have an area of over 1,000 sq, miles. 

 2773 have an area of less than one sq. mile. 



The population of the Philippines, taken in the 1903 census showed a total of 

 7,635,426 ; of this number 6,987,686 are civilized and 647,740 uncivilized or wild people. 



In the northern islands the wild people, for the most part are Negritos 

 and Igerotes, while in the southern islands the wild population is largely Moro, 

 a branch of the Malay race. The Moro population of Mindanao and the Sulu 

 Archipelago is 370,684 w T hile the total civilized population of the same area is only 

 249,685; (figures obtained in 1903). 



Density of Population.— The density of population for the whole Philippines 

 is 67 to the square mile, that of the various islands is, however extremely variable 

 as is shown by the following figures ;— 



Island Density of population 



per sq. mile. 



Paragua ... ,,. ... ... ... 3 



Mindoro ... ... ... ... ... 7 



Mindanao... ... ... ... ... 14 



Luzon ... ... ... ... ... 93 



Laguan (Samar) ... ... ... ... 839 



