Arizona republican., 1901-10-04
west the Mindoro seas.

west the Mindoro seas.
 The territory conforming to almost insurfnountable barriers of lofty noun tains. has been divided into three prov inces, as follows:
 Antique, 1:40 square miles. popula- ton 115.434. 8 dependent islands with an area of square miles; Capiz. area 1881 square miles. population 224.000. % de- pendent islands with m area of ls square miles; Iloiio, area 2.1r2 square miles. population 52.444. so dependent islands with an area of 32G square miles.
 1t will be seen that the smallest prov ince is larger than the smallest state In the Union. and the island as a whole Is five-eighths the size of New Jersey or Massachusetts; larger than Con necticut; over twice the size of Del aware and four times that of Rhode Island.
 In population 1t is 1000 more than Maine. twice that of New Hampshire: more than Vermont and Rhode Islard combined; within 100000 of Connecti- cut: more than the two Dakotas: twice that of Oregon; nearly twice that of
 Washington and almost as great SIS Wyoming. New Mexico. Arizona. Utah.
 Nevada and Idaho together. The inhabitants are Visayans. Sev- eral thousand wild Mundos and a few Negritos dwell in the Businesses of th. | mountains.
 A range of mountains traverses the ! island from the peninsula of Buranga in the northwest to Siram point in the extreme south and forms the boundary between Antique and Capiz and Iloilo. the highest summit being Nadia as. I.264 feet. near the town of Colasi. E,rnrY1 gt1f faa about the center of this range. extends series of alkali elevations to the east 35 miles, and thence deflecting to the north ending on the west shore of Carles peninsula. divides Capiz from Iioilo. The most notable peaks In aj- dition to those named are Usigan, 4.3o0 feet; Balabac. 4.333 feet: Agotay. 3.764 feet. and Toctocan. 4.eS7 feet in the north. and Nangtud. 6.s34 feet: Baloy. 5.767 feet the Tuno. s.7oo feet; ibbanig. 4.343 feet; Llorente. A 466 feet; Tiguran. 4.s00 feet: Congcong, 3.566 feet. and Ticbayat, 3.367 feet high in the south.
 Three of the finest r:vers in the archipelago foyn the drainage system of Paray. These are the Pnnay: Jai- aur and Aclan. Other streams less inn portant are the Salug, Ibajay and Si- baion.
 The coast is we'll indented with bay. end harbors. fifteen of which afford safe shelter for vessels of all sizes en- gaged in the coastwise or foreign commesce.
 Within the limits of the three prov inces, and particularly Iloilo, are many fine roads connecting the important centers of trade and trails communi- eating with the plantations in the in- ferior. Owing to the rugged character of the mountains intervening traffic be- tween the provinces of the island is carried on entirely by sea. There are 1?2 towns ranging in population from 2.000 to 2s.o00 population and 49s vil- lages. The most important town, though not the largest, Is Iloilo, the capital of the province of that name a port of entry, headquarters of the United States military department of the Visayas. and Il telegraph station Vess els drawing fifteen feet can reach the city by the river of tf.at name at all times, and have protection against all storms. The two principal streets which follow the course of the river, have fine public and private buildings. Next tn Manila, this city is the most important commercially in the Philip pines. both in exports and imports. the former consisting of tobacco. rice, cof- fee, hides and hemp. and the latter
 
 Of the dependent islands, Gu.maras alone Is one-sixth the size of the state of Rhode Island and produces rice. hemp. cotton. corn and tobacco Ii also has important fishing interests.
 The vegetable products of the island are cotton. corn, chocolate, pepper, coffee, tobacco. sugar cane. rice and copra. The last three are staples in quality and quantity. The commer- .I
 through the port of Iloilo represented, in 1899. sugar. piculs 1.197.70o copr.,, piculs 9.221. picul represents 13.9 American pounds. The maximum shin ment of sugar was in 1892, aggregat- Ing 2.5l1.9S9 piculs. or the enormous output of S54. .934, 4s2 American pounds.
 On the grazing lands which cover n part of Paray, are raised large num- bers of live stock, the province of Ca pig alone having upwards of 1000 head mostly caraboas. The horses of Iloilo are highly prized throughout the archi- pelago.
 The forests represent many varieties of valuable woods, among them mo- lave. ebony and sibucao. of which large quantities are annually exported to China. The province most celebrated for the value of its forest products js Capiz. where upward of S7 varieties os woods of economic value are known.
 Besides the woods, large quantities of honey, wax and pitch are gathered.
 The mineral resources of the island | have not been scientifically exploited. | Quicksilver and copper are reported. I Beds of iron ore are known 70 exist i,, | the mountains and gold is being | worked in the vicinity of Dumarao. | Binatusan and Lausan. There are in 1ications Of coal or Ignite in Bus,1- anga. Bala.e. Valderama and other To calities. Fine marbles and beautiful | variety of Tonalite equal to that found | m the hnrIier-s of T.yrol ara n,,a ...i.,