According to the census of 1900 there were 119.050 Chinese in the United States proper. Alaska. and Hawaii. Of the 119.050 Chinese returned at the Twelfth Census. 25.767 were enumerated in Hawaii. 3.116 in Alaska. 804 at military and naval stations abroad. and 89.863 in the United States proper. As to the number of Chinese in the Philippine Islands. Governor Taft states in his testimony before the Committee on Immigration of the Senate thatThere are 50.000 in the city of Manila. That would be onesixth of the pop- These people work and spread. They pack close and eat everything. and they ulation of Mauila.