The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-02-22
CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS,
Hawaiian Islands, 1879.
Prepared by wM. F. ALLEN, Collector General.
COLLECTOR GENERALS OFFICE,
HoNoLuLU, III. l., Feb. Is, l

o. COLLECTOR OENEhALS VEfANb,
HoNoLuLU. II. l., Feb. Is, 1879.
SIR In conformity with the requirements of the
Civil Code, I have the honor to submit to your Ex-
cellency my Annual Report of the business of this
bureau of your Excellency's department, with the
Statistical Tables for the year 1878, in the following
order, viz:
No. 1. Imports free by treaty. duly paid. bonded,
and free by law, at all the ports of te Kingdom.
No. 2. Value of imports, with resume.
No. 8. Cargoes valued above $4,000.
No. 4. Domestic and foreign exports.
No. 8. Domestic exports. showing country TO
which exported.
No. 6. MerchaEt and whaling vessels.
No. 7. Spirits, Aaines and beer drawn for consump-
ton. +N
No. 8. Customs receipts.
No. 9. National vessels.
No. 10. Passenger statistics.
No. IL. Hawaiian registered yessds.
Nos12. Arrivals and departures Of merchant yes
sells, where from and where to. Also the statistics
of duty paying, free by treaty. bonded, free by
law, and spirits, showing values and quantities, IN
detail.
Table No. l shows the value of duty paying.
free by treaty, bonded goods AMI spirits. and
free by law, showing an increase OF 1892 Ol3.6l IN
total value of imports over 1877.
Table No. 2 shows the countries from which
the imports are drawn, showing q decrease in I'M
ports o. duty paying goods. an increase in imports
of bonded goods and spirits. and IN increase OF
$3.50, 654.91 in free by treaty imports.
1aDle NO. - suO"S me CdISOcS fdlucu ofCt
$40 600, the port from which they arrived, and the
vessel bringing them.
Table No. 4 shows an increase in the value of
domestic exports of $872. 26S.86.
Table No. 8 shows the country to which the
domestic exports have been shipped, with the
quantity of each.
Table No. 6 shows the number of steamers,
merchant and whaling vessels that have visited
this port during the year, and their nationality.
The arrivals are in excess of last year by Gfty-One,
with an increased tonnage of 42733 tons.
Table No. I shows the spirits, wines, and beer
drawn for consumption, showing an increase in
the consumption of spirits and wines OF l2.l37
gallons.
Table No. s shows the Customs Receipts for
the year, showing an increase OF $53927.7l over
last year.
Table No. 9 shows The different national vessels
that have visited this port during the year.
Table No. 10 shows that a total of 1899 passen-
gers have arrived, and 1927 have departed. show
ing an excess of arrivals over departures of
1912, or 1894 more than last year. Also that
1854 passengers have called on their way TO and
from New Zealand ard Australia. and 252 on their
way to and from Peru.
Table No. IL is a list Of Hawaiian Registered
vessels, showing eleven sailing foreign. aud 4
steamers and 40 vessels engaged Ia cOasiiRg.
with q total tonnage of 1913 Sl-95 tons. There
have been nine vessels lost, and withdrawn from
this flag during the year, and ten new vessels
registered.
Table No. IL is an exhibit of all steamers and
merchant vessels, that have arrived at, and de-
parted from this port for the year, showing the
flag, and country from which arriving, and to
which departing.
The total value of exports s..-.....-....-.. 80. 54s, AL "a
The total value Of imports is...--.--..... :. .369 20
Showing an excess in value of exports -. 1902 102. II
The exports are still handsomely in excess oil
the imports, although the imports have been very
large. 1t is with renewed pleasure that / am able
to make such a very favorable exhibit of the
business of this bureau for the past year.
have the honor to be Sir, Your Excelleney's
most pbedielt servant,
" w. F. ALLEN,
Collector General OF Customs
TO His ExeeIleney. SIMON X. KAAI.
II. III. NJ. Minister of Finance, &c,