D. Zamboanga (J) Mandaya,
Spanish 9,608 2
G a3. D. Davao Bisayan 1,537


[Outlying Islands.]

Distant Islands

G a3. P. Batanes Ibanag 8,381 6
G a3. P. Calamianes Coyuvo,
Agutaino Calamiano 17,703 5
G. P. Marianas Chamorro, Carolino 5,940 6


[Unreliability of government reports.] The statistics of the above
table are taken from a small work, by Sr. [Vicente] Barrantes,
the Secretary-General of the Philippines; but I have arranged
them differently to render them more easily intelligible to the
eye. Although Sr. Barrantes had the best official materials at his
disposal, too much value must not be attributed to his figures,
for the sources from which he drew them are tainted with errors
to an extent that can hardly be realized in Europe. For example,
he derives the following contradictory statements from his official
sources:--The population of Cavite is set down as 115,300 and 65,225;
that of Mindoro as 45,630, and 23,054; that of Manila as 230,443,
and 323,683; and that of Capiz as 788,947, and 191,818.