Northwestern part of province to Lake
Bato; length, 15 miles; width, 20 to
60 feet; depth, low tide, 2 feet at Po-
langui. Current swift, high tide.
Bed, sand, loose rock, mud.
Source, Lake Bato to San Miguel Bay,
40-mile tide water; average depth, 4
feet.

Near Daet depth, low tide, 10 feet;
depth, high tide, 15 feet, to Mercedes.
Channel narrow, bed rocky.

North of province; runs southeast;
depth, low tide, 3 feet; depth, high
tide, 6 feet. Bars at mouth.

Runs east to Manila Bay, bar at
mouth, impassable low tide; draft,
high tide, 4 feet; draft, low tide, 2 feet.
Runs east to Manila Bay; bar at mouth;
draft high tide, 5 feet; draft low tide,
2 feet.

Distance navi-
gable.

Cargo transported. Towns concerned.

Remarks.

Small steamers, 7 Fish, rice, hemp.. Libon, Oas, Polan- Recommends dredging at miles; rafts, 15 miles.

Boats, 12 feet
draft, 25 miles;
rafts, 60 miles.

Boats, 12 feet draft,
one-fourth mile;
6 feet draft, 6
miles, high tide.
Cascos, 1 to 2
miles; rafts, 1 to
7 miles; boats,
1 to 2 feet draft.
Cascos, 1 to 2
feet draft, 1
mile; rafts, 3
miles, high tide.
Cascos, 2 feet
draft, 1 to 14
miles; rafts 1 to
4 miles.

Boats, 20 tons,
three-fourths
of a mile; rafts,
5 miles at high
tide.

To Taal-Lemery
bridge, one-
fourth mile for
boats 30 tons;
for rafts, 6 miles.

Hemp, rice,copra,
general mer-
chandise, 30,000
tons annually.
Hemp, rice,copra,
general mer-
chandise, 20,000
tons annually.

gui.

Sulat Pass and at the
mouth of Lake Bato.

Recommends dredging at
junction Libmanan River
and at mouth. Lights and
buoys.
Recommends widening-
channel and placing
buoys.

Lumber, bamboo, Dinalupijan, Her- Not of much importance.

nipa.

mosa.

Abstract of provincial reports on navigable rivers-Continued.

Rivers 2 to 12 miles in length, 250 to 600 Lorchas, 1 to 3 Firewood, sugar.. Dumangas, Barofeet in width.

Rafts, 200 miles;
steamers, 2
miles to Cau-
ayan; small
craft to Echa-
gue, 160 miles.

tac.

Ilagan, R. Mer-
cedes, Echague,
Gamu.

a Taken from report of survey by Lieut. Lytle Brown, Engineer Corps, U. S. Army, 1902.

On account freshets dredging deemed impracticable; small naphtha or gasoline government launches could be operated to advantage.

Province.

Name of stream.

Distance navi-
gable.

Cargo transported. Towns concerned.

Remarks.

Abstract of provincial reports on navigable rivers-Continued.

Description.

Branch of the De Ilagan; Cagayan join- Rafts, 20 miles; Tobacco.
ing at Ilagan.

Branch of Cagayan, joining at Gamu;
rapids impede navigation.

Forms delta in Laguna de Bay, extend-
ing 2 miles.

small craft, 6 to

8 miles.

Rafts 40 miles; Tobacco
small craft 6 to
8 miles.

Boats 5 feet draft Copra.

to Pagsanjan,
high tide; cas-
coes, etc., at low
tide.

Pagsanjan, Lum- Dredging an opening in bang.

for 3 feet draft boats.

made for Tacloban.

Offers anchorage

Dagami, Buranen,
Pastranam, Ta-

nauan.

Transshipments Tabontabon, To-
losa, towns of
Binahaan River.

Steamers 6 feet

draft to Leyte
at high tide.
Small craft

Steamboats 3 to 4
feet draft to Ca-
lumpit, rainy
season; rafts 40
miles.

Lorchas; lumber Lumber

rafts 5 miles and more.

Bongabon, Caba-
natuan, Santa
Rosa, San Isidro,
Aliaga.

river where delta begins
to form would increase
distance to towns con-
cerned. River could be
navigable for steamers
entire year if dredged.
Expenditures not advisable.

San Carlos, Cala- No recommendations. trava.

Considerable correspond-
ence on file regarding the
overflow of this river. In-
vestigations and recom-
mendations pending.

Pampanga