The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-15
Population.


great seed q cur gr0np aud for present purposes,
I assume this proposition 10 be unquestiOnAble.
Viewed from this standpoint. ii is the advantage Of
every one having the best interests Of this kingdom
al heart. 10 have pointed cut a source Of supply %
population Tor this group. which has never received
the attention il deserves.
I speak Of the Azores and Cape Nerdes, two groups
Of Islands in the Atlantic. which have already added
TO cur strength as being the mother country Of .
number Of cur most useful. hardW0rking. and thrifty
citizens. proceed TO discuss sone Of the reasons
for encouraging the people Of these groups to settle
here.
The subject naturally commences with the enquiry.
Can they he brough, heref" I reply in the Affirm
alive. As means Of conveyance, we have four mer-
chant vessels every year. which come from Europe
direct TO these islands; these with scarcely a devia-
ton from their proper track. can touch At both
groups; and besides these four. there are two mer-
chant vessels yearly from the States to HoHolulu
direct. which can also, with comparatively little loss
Of time, make IL their object 20 call there also. Each
Of these vessels. with a small outlay on the part o.
their owners, could bring some fifty passengers At
one time. making q total Of 600 settlers a year. A
properly accredited agent from here, at Fayal and
the Cape yeries. who should be an energetic. Perse-
vering man, well versed In the language Of his field
of operation, could put the case before these mid
ocean colonies, already over-pOpulous, 80 as to con-
vince a number of their residents sufficient for our
needs, that islands very similar to their own, and
under populated. have ample room and employment
for several thousands OF their surplus.
This method Of obtaining immigrants is used every
day of the year to procure inhabitants for all sorts Of
out Of the way corners Of the world for example. for
parts of southern and western Africa. and for the
Brazis; as well as for larger and better known places
such as New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.
The transfer Of coolies from one British colony 10
another, has also happily succeeded as an immigra-
ton measure; though perhaps from a combination
Of favorable circumstances more than as q genuine
introduction Of inhabitants; this plan has many
points of interest for US, falling any better expo
dent; as examples Of success, I mention Jamaica
and Mauritius.
II would be necessary to have the newly arrived
foreigners held here by some tie for a short time. say
for the first one or two years. This is effected, in
other localities, by the simple device Of placing the
immigrants under the civil obligation to return por-
tons of their passage money advanced to them; and,
if it were not here a chimerical scheme. a company
formed by private enterprise and employing private
capital, with government supervision for properly
proportioning sexes, Of accommodation for passen-
gers, and for the protection Of the interests Of the
newcomers. would be the s~peediest and in most re-
spects. the best method Of obtaining people. But IL
is to be regretted that private capital, from n variety
of causes, is not usually invested here in permanent
improvements; therefore devolving OF necessity upon
the government the burden Of the introduction Of
population, public buildings. inter-island steam nav
igation, water supply, harbor-towage, &C.. &c.
However, in this particular scheme, it is unquestjon-
able that His Majesty and ministers would be the
best fitted to negotiate with the authorities Of the
government with which we should have to deal, be-
ing able to give guarantees (if required) such as no
private company could give; and would be In a posi-
ton to intimate that the intending e~migrants were
partially to reimburse the government for its outlay.
This would prove effective in retaining permanently
almost the whole Of those brought. The major part
of those already here have come as sailors, a class of
people who have the means Of ~locomotion always at
command. The cost Of this enterprise would be
small it should not exceed 500 per head for each
immigrant; this would be sufficient for agencies, pas
sage moneys, and other expenses, and the estimate
includes the amount to be repaid by the immigrants
10 the government.
The more remote return to the government, would
be p per cent. the first year in the shape Of taxes,
which would increase in ratio year by year, as this
thrifty people increased the capital Of the country
besides. forming a most compact conservative ele-
ment in the kingdom, naturally following the acqui-
sition of property by a peaceful and hardwOrking
class.
Our climate can be relied on to retain here. after
they are once settled here, a stock sufficient to re-
populate the whole group; and many reasons can be
given hereafter, why this people can be induced to
come here in the search Of new homes.
The "return Of % per cent mentioned above,
indicates the absolutely essential part Of this plan,
Wis., that at least fifty per cent. Of the immigrants
should be females; say that in each hundred persons,
there should be fifty married, twenty-five single men
and twenty-five single females-the agent Of the gov
eminent would be able to provide FOR the proper
division Of the travellers by forwarding unmarried
females alone, or in company with the married cou-
pies. Your correspondent believes that after the
fret two years Of the working Of the plan, It would
be advantageous to raise the proportion of females to
seyenty-fve per cent. this would be q step towards
equalizing the sad inequality Of sexes, which the
group is suffering from, and which from the nature
of the case, must,u unless steps be taken, grow worse
and worse in q startling ratio.
Some Of many advantages in favor Of this plan are
that, our criminal statistics would be lessened, our
government rendered more stable, our industries
trebled, our native stock renovated as far as is now
possible, by new blood. If it be objected that such a
proportion of females would be unable to find en-
~ployment, 1 appeal to any fair readers who may
chance to glance over this efusioD, especially those
living in the country, whether it would not often
tighten care and labor, and preserve health, to have
a trustworthy source Of female labor to which they
could at any time turn for assistance.
1t is more than can be expected that self interest
actuating employers Of labor. should lead private en-
terprise to bring any but males to these islands; but
induced by the manly change Of opinion with respect
to the 60 memorial expressed publicly by one Of our
ministers, | have ventured TO address you, sir, on
this topic; other countries are awake to their inter-