The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-24
COLONIAL,
 ADMINISTRATION
oNE-THIRD OF EARTH'S PoPU- LAYTON OF 100000, ,OO0 ,9Eo- PILE ARE GOVERNED
 FROM ABROAD.
Temperate Zone the Ruler-Great Field in Philippines for Inn proving Methods in Growing and Increasing Yield
 of Rice.

Washington Special to Brooklyn Eagle.
 The area, population, commerce and methods of government of the colonies of the world are discussed in detail by a monograph just issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, entitled Colonial Administration, 1S00-190O."
 It shows that the colonies. so-called, of the world occupy two-hfths of the lana third of the worlds population, or about 300, GOO, 900 people. Of this colonial popu- lation of 5OO,0O0,0O0, only three small groups numbering less than 15OOO.Oo, or per cent of the whole, are composed in any considerable degree of the people of the governing country or their desceno- ants.
 The principal colonies composed of peo- pie from the governing country or thelF descendants are the English colonies or British North America, Australasia ana South Africa. The remaining 4S5,O0O,Ooo people, governed by countries not con- tiguous to that which they occupy are of different stock from that of the gov erning country, and less than per cent of their population is of the nationality which administers the government Prac- tically all of America, Oceanca ana Southern Asia are governed by countries not contiguous to the territory in ques- tion All of the governing countries are located Tn the temperate zone ana prac- ticay ay of the territory ef eana da, Southern Australia and New Zea- land, tropical or sub-tropical.
 The population of the British colonies is O0oo that of the French S So1onles a0d dee Belgian colonies, 30.0O0,00O; German colo nies 15 900, 900; Portuguese colonies, 90oO,- 900. and Spanish colonies, l35,O0O; wnlie the non-continguous territory goVeIneu ., by the United States has d population of about 10,000.000 Of the population or 35o. 900 thus governed by Great Britain nearly 9o0,0OO,oe are in thel East Indian group, 35,0O0 900 in Africa, and less than 3.00O 600 in the West Indies. Of the Dutch colonies, 35, 100000 are in the East Indian group, and 5000 in the west in- dies Of the French colonies, aoout 5o'- GOO in Africa and 30o,0OO in the West Indies. ..o,.,o of the colonies amounts to about three Dli- lions of dollars of which apout one.aal, da ,,,,, Is imports and a large proportion drawn from the governing country, while, III turn, the colonies supply large propoT- tion of the tropical and sub-tropical prod ucts required by the countries "hlch administer their government
 On the question of the government or colonies, to which the study is especially devoted the report shows that m the colonies composed of people or .nt sHNo th erning country, or their descendants, the administration of government is left al most exclusively to the people or the colonies themselves; in the colonies whose population IS chieny VI ,fae s,s. from those of the home country, the goNernor and other executive oncers are ukually appointed by the home govern ment. and these with the aid of natives (usually in the form of a legislative body one branch of which is elected by the people) frame the laws and regulations which are administered by the officers appointed by the home government l.
 What wheat is to the Occident, so IS rice to the Orient. A recent bulletin of the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture publishes the results of its investigation of inc methods of growing this import ant staple Notwithstanding the fact that rice is one of the principal agrlcul- turaf products of the Archipelago, it's consumption considerably exceeds US production.
 Statistical information relative to im- portations during the Spanish regime are meager and entirely unsatisfactory. It is known that the acreage under culti- vation has been decreased to one-fourth as an incident to the war, cholera, rinder- past and surra. Importations of rice are shown by the reports of the 1nsular Blu reau to be as follows: During the cal endar year 1901, 376, 6,2l1, SS9 pounds. value s los, ,s1i; and 1902. 6S9 460,O7 pounds, value SS,7S4.3Ss Of this amount and during the calendar year 1902, 412 S94 ,601 pounds were received from the French East Indies and IF. .09O 9s1 pounds from China.
 During the present year the decrease in production has been so great that in order to avoid famine the Philippine gov ernment has imported large quantities of rice and is selling it to the people at cost.
 The method of culti ration of rice in the Philippines is in many respects similar to that practiced in China. Japan, h. dia and other Oriental countries The probable economic prohibition against the introduction of advanced methods and