The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-05-27
ment Press Collection of Historic
cal, Geographical, Statistical and Sol
ehtific Data Concerning the Philip
pine Archipelago.

ton in regard to the Philippine Is
lands The following official statemen
gives all needed information In regar
to these valuable volumes:
Admiral Dewey, during the month
after his victory at Manila and befor
the arrival of the United States com
missioners found that he could oh
tain the most reliable information witt
regard to the Philippine Islands ant
the natives from the Jesuit fathers II
charge of the observatory at Manila
The commissioners asked the Jesuit
to arrange all the data with reference
to the Philippines and allow the Uni
ted States government to print them
This is the origin of two volumes (ir
SPANISH which have just been ISSUED
from the Government press In Wash
intton, entitled Eel Archipelago Fill
plno, being Collection of Historical
Geographical Statistical and Scientific
data concerning the Philippine Archi-
pela go, collected by the Fathers of tht
Society Of Jesus in charge Of the OBJ
| servatory at Manila"
OF the fifteen hundred sets of the
work consisting of two volumes and
Atlas) thus issued, five hundred were
reserved by the government for its own
Use, and thousand were given to
Father Algue to be sold for the benefit
of the famous observatory at Manila, of
which he is director. OF these latter,
two hundred sets will be disposed of by
Father Algue from Manila the remain
ing eight hundred sets have been placed
for distribution with his agent. John j..
' Wynne, 81 and 20 West Sixteenth
street, New York CITY,
ETHNOLOGY.
The chapters of the work that treat
on ethnology are especially interesting
They show how much the missionaries
in the Philippine Islands have studied
the character of the inhabitants, There
is a thoroughly scientific discussion Of
the origin of the peoples of the Islands,
showing how the fundamental part of
the race came from the African conti-
nent, and the admixture of elements
from Japan and China, from Hindustan
and Farther India, and from the South
Sea Islands. Something of what has
been accomplished for the uplifting of
these races can be gathered from the
history of church progress in the is
lands and also from what has been done
for the education Of the people.
THE ATLAS.
One of the best proofs of the mission
airy care for the training of the Filipi-
nos, especially in such things as they
are best suited to accomplish, Is to be
found in the atlas which forms part of
the work All Of the maps were drawn
and engraved by native Filipinos and
the execution Of them is of such excel
lence that they are source of pleasure
even to those who do not ordinarily en-
thuse over such unaesthetic artistic pro-
auctions as maps. The data that
formed the basis for the geographical
accuracy Of these maps We're Hupplied
by the Jesuits and certain other mis-
sionary religious orders. Their RELIABLE
ity can be best Judged from the fact
that the United States coast and Geo
detic Survey has adopted the atlas as
the basis for it's work in the Philippines
Mr.. Henry S. Pritchard, superintendent
of the Coast Survey bureau at Wash
ington, declares that this set of maps
represents the most scientific geogra-
ply of the Philippine Archipelago that
we possess. He says besides, that it
contains a large amount of new and
very valuable material. Practically all
that we know, for instance, Of the inte-
rior of the large island of Mindanao is
due to the scientific enthusiasm of the !
Jesuit missionaries, who have in recent |
years penetrated into the island and
gathered precious informa ton.
CLIMATOLOGY.
The chapters on climatology also |
have an especial interest. Here Father |
Algue S. j., the director of the obser- !
vatory at Manila, was at home in the |
work. His own book on hurricanes in |
the Philippine Islands has made him |
an authority throughout the world on |
the meteorology of that part of the far
east. From a series Of most careful OBJ
servations made during the last few
years he has succeeded in deducing a
set of laws which enable meteorological
to tell several days be-
'orehand the approach of one of the Sc
we're storms which are so common in |
he archipelago in certain seasons and I
always so destructive. A series of cloud
appearance has also been worked out,
including especially the upward and
downward movements Of clouds, which
Will enable mariners to have definite
warming of the approach of any severe
;torm long before the storm itself APP
)ears on the horizon.
EARTHQUAKES.
The study of the earthquakes Of the
sland forms another subject of intense
cientific interest. Earthquakes are
lot infrequent in the Philippines, and
IN interesting fact is that they are
more likely to occur in neighborhoods
where there are active volcanoes. The
onnection between volcanic action and
has long been assumed. 1t
; well known that earthquakes are To-
al and this Is confirmed by the obser-
ations made in the Philippines The !
act that the progress of earthquakes
: limited and their effect modified by
fountain ranges is emphasized by the
Investigations carried on by the mis-
ionaries at various stations in the is 9
lndS.
MINERALOGY.
Another interesting chapter in the h
'ork Is devoted to mineralogy. Cop =
er, so important in present-day COM 4
lerce and Industries, is found in rea- 4
enable abundance Silver is very rare 4
nd occurs only in connection with GER
lin lead ores which latter, however, are l