Acta,
Pampangan,
Tagalog,
Pangasinan 72,936 16

[Bisayas.]

Islands between Luzon and Mindanao

G a3. P. Antique (Panay) Bisayan 88,874 13
G a3. P. Bohol Bisayan 187,327 26
C. Burias Bicol 1,786 1
G a3. P. Capiz (Panay) Bisayan 206,288 26
G a2. P. Cebu Bisayan 318,715 44
G a3. P. Iloilo (Panay) Bisayan 565,500 35
G a3. P. Leyte Bisayan 170,591 28
D. Masbate, Ticao Bisayan 12,457 9
A2. P. Mindoro Tagalog 23,050 10
G a3. P. Negros Cebuan,
Panayan,
Bisayan 144,923 31
D. Romblon Bisayan 21,579 4
G a3. P. Samar Bisayan 146,539 28

[Mindanao.]

Mindanao
D. Cotabato Spanish,
Manobo 1,103 1
G a3. D. Misamis (J) Bisayan 63,639 14
G a3. D. Surigao (J) 24,104 12
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 er