Show nearly eight million in philippines the revised figures ot of the philippine census have been published by the census bureau and a population of Is given to the archipelago of this number are civilized or partly so while are wild and uncivilized although not without some knowledge ot of the domestic arts in regard to the public land ot of the philippine archipelago the report says fays setting aside the intermediate water space amounting to square miles and considering the land alone the area Is estimated to tc be square miles or acres ot of this about art ar private lands and over pul pub lie lands ot of the latter or oi more are forest lands leaving about available tor for agriculture under existing laws a homestead ot it acres may be acquired by any citizen of the philippine islands while a corporation can acquire 2530 cres acres |