The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-02-25

Kauai. There IS every reason 10 oeneVe tnat Cea
Island cotton. which is easily raised at little
pense will in the future become considerable arti
Gle of Hawaiian export.
Rice.
Hawaiian rice is in high favor in foreign markets.
rating second only to Carolina. In locations where
running water is easily accessible. the crop is from
$500 to 5000 lbs of paddy. unhulled rice This
is sold readily the spot for cents per pound, so
that $50 per acre is fair return. Kauai is the
principal rice producing island. There is hulling
and polishing mill in Honolulu, but most of the pro-
duce is exported as paddy. ~ Ess Essag
There has been considerable amount of iuctuatcn
in the produce of rice since 1862 when the first par
GELS exported. The highest quantity of rice ex
ported in that year. when it reached Al 750 lbs,
and that of paddy in 1885, which reached ,569 1853
pounds. But in 1870, the expectation of paddy fell
of over million of pounds, while that of rice sia-
creased to 103,23S pounds.
This is the product of the tree-fern, which grows
abundantly on the mountain slopes of the principal
islands, more particularly Hawaii, and fourishes
best in a region of perpetual moisture. Pulu is
silky substance which envelop the ronds of the plant
and when dried in the makes excellent article
for mattresses, and for upholstering purposes Dur
ing the past ten years, the demand for pulu in the
California market has declined, owing to the substi
tuition of other and cheaper substances for uphoster
ing purposes, and our exports of the article have
fallen off from 73s,OO0 pounds in 1862 to 233, ,s03
pounds in 1870.
EfL1 Fungus.
Is another article of export which has declined.
The quantity sent out of the country in 1864,
amounted 1868 845 pounds while the last year only
Al 1868 pounds were exported China is our only
market for fungus. Frankly this decrease is not
matter Of regret Like pulu, fungus is product OBJ
tained in the regions of perpetual moisture, among
the woods and thickets OF the uplands 1t grows
most abundantly on the decaying wood of the Kukui
and other of similar fibre, and the natives in
their greed have cut down whole forests for the sole
purpose of obtaining the fungus.
Wool, Hides and Goat Skins.
The oficisl census of 1866, gave the whole num-
Der of beef cattle the islands at 59,913 sheep,
100 625; and goats, So, $50. But this amount is
doubtless considerably below the actual numbers.
1t is reasonable to suppose that the Wild cattle alone on
the'different islands will number 10000 head, and
900 sheep will fall far short of true estimate
One run alone on the island of Mookai has 10000.
200 900 sheep and TO- 600 goats would be the
mark. The finest of Merinos have been imported
into these islands from time to time, and our breeds
second to none.
Having given the above general observations upon
our agricultural resources would now call atten-
to our statistics of the Commerce of the Kingdom
for the past year, and, matter cf greatest inter-
est in commercial relations, we propose to re-
view first,
STATISTICS OF EXPORTS. 80
For these and most of the material comprised in the
following Tables, we are indebted to the promptly
published and very carefully prepared ANIMAL report
of Colonel W. F. Allen, Collector General of Customs
Experts Of Domestic Produee-Port of Honolulu,
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