MALOLOS  , a

town and the capital of the province of BulacLn, island of Luzon, Philippine Islands, on a branch of the Pampanga Grande river . Pop . (1903), after the annexation of Barasoain and Santa Isabel, 27,025 . There are thirty-eight villages, or barrios, of which eight had, in 1903,1000 inhabitants or more . The principal language is Tagalog, but Spanish is spoken to some extent . Malolos is served by the Manila & Dagupan railway, and is a trade centre of considerable importance . The cultivation of rice is an important industry . In 1898-99, during the Filipino revolt, Malolos was the seat of the rebel government, but it was captured and reduced to desolation in March 1899 . In 1904 a new municipal school building, a municipal market and a provincial building were erected .