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island of Negros, Philippine Islands, on Tan6n Strait . Pop . (1903) 14,894 . The town of Sibulan (pop. in 1903, 8413) was annexed to Dumaguete in 1903, after the

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CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census had been taken . Dumaguete lies in the midst of a fertile agricultural

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DISTRICT

district . The inhabitants are chiefly natives, but the shops are kept by

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CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese merchants . The public buildings, which include an interesting

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WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch-

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TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower and

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BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry, are large, substantial and well cared for .

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