The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-09-17
Valuable Statistics.

We clip the following article on the exports
from Hawaii, from the San Francisco Merchant
of August 18th, in order to give our readers
an idea of what we have been doing for the
past six months of the present year. 1t has
been aptly said that, 'fif we want information
about our home we must go abroad to find it."
and this has been fully illustrated in the mat
ter of the statistics furnished by our contem
porary in San Francisco We have been pub
fishing the GAzETTE for the past year and
three-quarters and up to this hour, we have
not been favored with the slightest statistical,
or indeed any other official information of
moment, whereby we could inform the people
as TO what was going on. In this matter the
Hawaiian officials are peculiar and if they
think it the right thing to do, we of course
must grin and bear it to the end, which we are
glad to know will not be long. We hope how
ever, that whoever succeeds MS in the publica-
ton of the GAZETTE, will be more fortunate
than we have been in obtaining necessary
official information on all subjects pertaining
to the welfare of the people:
The fall of prices in Hawaiian produce shows that
though the exports in the chief articles have been
greater in bulk. the money value for the fret six
months of 1879 was SI27.6O less than for the first
six months Of 1878. The total value Of exports in
the first half Of 1879 only 81 s34, ,597, against
81 1862 los in the corresponding six months of 1878
Sugar exports for the half year bad increased from
24l4s,443 pounds to 26,695, ,43l pounds, or an in
crease of 2.5s6.qs6 pounds. Molasses from 25 945
gallons to 29,s92 gallons. or 3.947 gallons. Rice
from 764 500 pounds to ,6ss.3l3 pounds or 9235l3
pounds Peanuts. from 2.3l2 pounds to 27 .525
pounds, or an increase Of 25.l23 pounds. Betel
leaves from 50 boxes to 81 boxes or an increase
boxes % the other hand the exports Of paddy fell
from l,l37 $40 pounds in 1875 to s,sl5 in 1879
decrease of ,09s,76l pounds. Coffee fell from IO7,-
524 pounds in 1875 TO 5+,5Ss in 1879 decrease OF
52,9s6 pounds. OF salt of which $50 tons was ex-
ported in the first half Of 1873, there was none ex
ported in 1879 The export Of poi fell from 2l4 to
l6l barrels. OF fungus, from 2.762 pounds 10 300
pounds. OF bananas. from 1920 bunehes to $50
bunches. or goat-skins, from 33.l36 to l5.25s. OF
hides, from 1854 10 6,20s. or calf skins there were
500 exported in the first six months of 1878 and none
in 1879. OF tallow there 152.042 pounds ex.
ported in the first six months Of 1879. The kport
Of pulu in the same periods fell from So 023 pounds
to 65, ,2e9 pounds. Against export of SO3,402 of
wool in the frat half of 1875 there was no export 10
thecorresponding period Of 1879. OF rum in 1878
the export was 5.799 gallons and in the correspond.
ing period of 1879, only 2lss gallons or decrease
Of 2,6l5 gallons. Finally. the export-of cattle fell
from 467 head to so head The falling of in some Of
the items is very large and cannot be accounted for
by the increased consumption from increased popula
tion, though that and the increasing demand for
home manufactures will account in part for it. 1t
would that the people turning their atten-
tion from many articles which they have hitherto
given much attention. paddy, TO other things, az
rice. and TO sugar The full results Of much Of their