Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-02-26
Trade Review, 1880.
Annual Statistical Report OF
the Custom House.

ted form the carefully prepared statistics Oh
,ho coIIoctor- General of Customs, W. +. Allen,
for 1880. which will be found instructive ana
valuable for reference. The trade oil tue
Islands is shown to be in most thriving COLI
di,ion, and we might add that the same may
be said of business at home.
One noticeable evidence Of our prosperity is
the number and class of buildings erected dur
ING the wear. most Of them Of a character that
denotes permanence. In addition to the Gus
tom House statistics we present table giving
n comparative view of the commerce of the
Kingdom from 1874, showing the totals for
each year. This table will be of additional
interest, as it comprises in a condensed form
all of those issued by the Collector of Customs,
not only for 1880, but for period of SO years,
and is an excellent index of the progress of
the country during that time.
Our table of imports shows material falling
of in dutiablc goods compared with the pre-
yious year, of 1895, 1885, while the list OF
frcc-by-treaty goods exceeds 1879 by Il,-
9s6 81, and the value of goods in bond ex-
ceeds those of 1879 by si6,57i 49, notably in
ale and beer, spirits, and groceries and pro-
visions. The total values as compared with
the previous year show reduction OF s69,-
C99.0s, A careful review of the table shows
some very interesting facts, evincing healthy
condition of trade on the whole.
A noticeable reduction is apparent in the
importation OF machinery, both in the dutiable
and free list, q fact which we attribute to the
various plantations being now about supplied
with their needed outfits, save for occasional
extensions or repairs. In lumber. agricultural
implements and tools, paints and oils, we see
evidences of extension and industry in their
increase over the figures Of the preceding year;
while the falling off in all the classes of dry
goods, fancy goods, jewelry and plate, and a
few other minor articles, indicates a tendency
of care in excessively stocking limited mar
ket with luxurious and extravagant supplies,
especially when we take into consideration
the increase to our foreign population, who
arc the principal purchasers. A gain to the
census is here indicated also by the increase
in the importation of -four, groceries and pro-
visions, grain and feed, naval stores, etc.
while the increase in animals, saddles, car
riages and material, and furniture, would also
indicate growing improvement in Living,
moving and having our being" in these fair
isles of the Pacific.
The ports of Kahuui and Ho each show
an increase both in dutiable and free goods.
Taking it altogether we consider the import
trade of the Islands to be in q very prosperous
conditions that shows saving in imports ovel
or vuh mn
exports show u gain of Sl,ls7,7 1850 for the
same period.
Another very important showing by the i'm
port tables is the steady growth of trade with
the United States, that notwithstanding oul
saving Oh the whole, as shown above, the gain
to our treaty patron has been S206,2O2.57 on
free goods alone A review of the treaty
period may be of interest in connection with
this article, as showing its progressive strides
1876, S3i3,s3l; 1877, Sl,lO0,6i3, 1873
Sl,6l9,0ss 1879, $780, 1855; 1880, S2,026,-
55s. These figures show only the free goods
to which may be added the following duty
paying and bonded goods, viz: 1876, SILL
4O7; 1877. 1862, Jos; 1878, Si2e,9l5; 1879
S473,7e2; 1880, $6Ol, 73l.
Trade with Great Britain shows decrease
of $2I0,s7s the past year, and Germany shows
n falling of Of $l45,055, much Of which is nj
doubt through the loss of the X. G. Wylie
which was burnt last Summer en- route from
Bremen, and whose duplicated cargo by the
G. +. Haendet ia also reported total loss of
the Falkland Islands. China shows no ma.
terial change. notwithstanding the increased
opportunities of direct communication, while
the colonies Of Australia and New zealand
have fallen of Sll,757, and France shows 9
deficit of SlS,07l. British Columbia, figuring
for years past in our tables, has now disap.
peared altogether.
Table No. 3, giving all import cargoes ex.
oeeding $4,000, shows that out Of the list o
eighty-ive entries, one is from Hamburg, tw
zach from London, Boston, New York AM
Hongkong. three each from Glasgow, Liver
pool aud Canton, one from cruise and tn
balance xty -six-are from San Francisco
OF tho vessels engaged in this carrying trad
of tho islands We find fifty six are American
twenty British, six Hawaiian, two Chinese an
one German. The average value Of the car
goes here shown are From England, $5i,
7ls = Boston and New York, $65,556 = Sa
Framcisco, $2s,467-China, Sls,i6o. German
shows only single cago Of sSo,4os which
far below the average, fall ships generally q
ceeding double this figure.
Tablos and s. show exports for the perio
under review. Compared with earlier veal
il 10 noticeable how the list Of domestic %
ports are narrowing down all the time, thong
in concentrating our lines OF produce 1t is graf
flying that succcss crowns the labors of OF
planters and grazers. to show gain on q
previous years figures Of 81 ,lss,72e.eo. II
several articles Of produce showing an increas
are us follows; Sugar, lbs. i4,56s,s9o, mola
SOS liO,sso gala, rice, lbs. i,e77,o27 aud co
fee lbs. 25,223, fungus. lbs. ia,aso, banana
punches, 6.7sS. Goat skins, hides and u
low show an increase also, while wool shov