[30] Blount, p. 228.
[31] P.I.R., 944. 10.
[32] Blount, p. 116.
[33] Blount, p. 229.
[34] According to the census of 1903, 154,706.
[35] See table on p. 651.
[36] (Contemporary copy in Spanish.—P.I.R., Books C-L:)
“January 19, 1899.
“The President of the Philippine Republic very cordially greets his great and powerful brother, the Sultan of Jolo, and makes known:—
“That the Filipinos, after having thrown off the yoke of foreign domination cannot forget their brothers of Jolo to whom they are bound by the ties of race, interests, security and defense in this region of the Far East.