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rows ; Mr Barrows, as a result of his 

 special study of the people, has greatly 

 reduced the number of tribes into which 

 the Filipinos are usually divided ; the 

 admirable discussion of the Climate of 

 the Philippines, by Jose Algue, Director 

 of the Philippine Weather Bureau, and 

 of the Volcanoes and Seismic Centers, 

 by M. Saderro Maso, Assistant Director 

 of the Philippine Weather Bureau ; and 

 a series of articles on the agricultural 

 products and possibilities of the Philip- 

 pines. 



Another valuable feature of the re- 

 port is the large number of colored maps 

 and diagrams which picture in graphic 

 form the facts obtained by the census. 

 Among these may be mentioned a col- 

 ored map of the Philippines, 21 by 32 

 inches ; a contour map ; maps showing 

 the distribution of forests ; the mean 

 annual temperature ; the mean annual 

 rainfall, which shows that the rainfall 

 on the eastern coast is more than double 

 what it is on the western coast ; the 

 density of population ; the distribution 

 of civilized and wild tribes. This map 

 is particularly valuable, as it is the first 

 attempt to show the geographic distri- 

 bution of the eight civilized tribes and 



COMMANDER PEARY'S NEW VESSEL 



THE steamship which has been 

 especially built for Commander 

 Peary's Arctic expedition was launched 

 on March 23. Mr Peary appropriately 

 named her Roosevelt, in acknowledgment 

 of the great interest taken by the Presi- 

 dent in polar work. 



The vessel is described as a " three- 

 masted fore - and - aft schooner - rigged 

 steamship, with auxiliary sail power." 

 Her principal dimensions are : Length 

 over all, 182 feet ; beam, 35.5 feet ; 

 depth, 16.3 feet; mean draft with stores, 

 17 feet ; gross tonnage, 614 tons, and 

 estimated displacement about 1,500. 

 Her model is similar to modern-built 

 steam whalers, but rather more sharp, 



the sixteen wild tribes ; the areas in- 

 vaded by cholera in 1902 and 1903 ; 

 the distribution of tobacco, cotton, 

 copra, etc. 



Mr W. S. Rossiter, who designed the 

 typography and arranged the illustra- 

 tions, merits public congratulations for 

 the exceeding good taste and artistic 

 appearance of the volumes. He has in- 

 troduced an innovation into government 

 publications. The Philippine reports 

 are bound in brown buckram, stamped 

 in silver, and bear the seal of the Insu- 

 lar government. They are printed in 

 handsome type, on laid antique paper, 

 and the illustrations are well grouped 

 and beautifully printed. Consequently 

 the volumes do not wear that ugly, 

 forbidding aspect which makes the 

 usual government publication, however 

 worthy, sink into speedy oblivion. It 

 does not cost any more to publish re- 

 ports in an attractive and presentable 

 form, and it is far more satisfactory to 

 the public and but justice to the author. 

 It is unfortunate the edition of the work 

 is so small, for every public and school 

 library in the United States ought to 

 have at least one set. 



Gilbert H. Grosvenor. 



the particular features being her long, 

 high, raking bow, overhanging stern, 

 and general wedge shape at the sides, 

 in order that she may be lifted free if 

 nipped in the ice. 



The steamship was built of white oak, 

 the frames being treble and close to- 

 gether, with double planking, making 

 the walls from 24 to 30 inches thick. 

 The keel is 16 inches thick, but false 

 keels and keelsons form a backbone pro- 

 jecting 6 feet under the entire length of 

 the vessel. The bow is backed by 12 

 feet of solid dead wood. Her engine 

 and boilers will develop 1,000 to 1,500 

 horse-power. Her cost when ready for 

 sea will be $100,000. The funds for the 

 vessel's construction were supplied by 

 the Peary Arctic Club of New York. 



