The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-08
THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1885.
EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE OF
HAWAII,

Under the above heading, His
Excellency Curtis p. Iaukea, Col
lector- General, has published re-
port of the value and quantity of
domestic exports for the three
months ending September 30th,
1885, comparative statement for
the nine months of 1885 and the
corresponding period of 1884, and
also q statement of the value of all
imports for the six months ending
on the 30th June last, as compared
with the corresponding period of the
previous year. The first item of in
formation conveyed in the report is
the very gratifying one of an in
creased value Of exports, during the
nine months just ended over the cor
responding nine months of 1884, of
S63S, ,004.44 During the six months
specified above, there has been a
falling off in imports to the amount
of S735 ,46S.30, which is decrease
of 40 percent. The customs receipts
for the same period are less by 49,
percent, making a deficit of S40,-
531.4S. There has also been a de-
crease in the tonnage of merchant
men arriving of sos tons, and q
total decrease in the value of cargoes
of S26S, ,945.95.
In domestic exports for the
quarter ending September 30th,
sugar, of course, takes the lead, next
in order comes rice, molasses takes
third place, followed in the order of
quantity, by bananas, goat skins,
hides, sheep skins, betel leaves, Of
which last named, there were GS boxes.
The quantity of sugar is greater
than the quantity of all other en-
umerated exports put together.
The three months returus of sugar
expectation show total of 27, 7,77O,-
9O1 lbs. Rice amounts to 1898, 500
lbs. In the order of values, sugar
shows 81, ,379, ,S04. 81, rice Sis, 1872
32, next in order come hides S20,-
O59.S7, bananas $13,747.50, goat
skins So, ,765. 40, molasses 50, ,451.25,
sundries S1,367.1O, betel leaves
$4,000, and sheep skins S213.o0,
all making a grand total of $780,
49l.35.
For the nine months just end
ed there has been an increase in
sugar expectations over the CORE
spending period of 1884 of 25,O94,,
S24 lbs, in rice there is a decrease
of ,777,847 lbs. The other articles
showing an increase are bananas,
4,S74 punches; sheep skins, 2,253 ;
dried bananas, boxes, S92; goat
skins, 262, and hides, 172. There
is decrease of l36,l18 lbs. in
wool, 46,224 in paddy, $1,000 gall
Ions of molasses, 2,SG4 lbs. tallow,
2,70G lbs. coffee, l,72l lbs. fungus,
81 calf skins, and Is boxes betel
leaves. The nine months exports
for 1885 are sugar, l49, ,G44,2 ,27C
lbs. rice, 1888, 1858; wool, II, ,G39
molasses, gallons, 4c,3S2 bananas
punches, 43,673; goat skins, lG,'
445; hides, 1896; sheep skins
1868; coffee, 1875 lbs. dried ba
nanas, boxes, 892; betel leaves
boxes, PSI; and calf skins, 26. Th'
total value of the above is put dowI
at $1,000, 1870.
The imports for the six months
ending June 30th, werc:-good'
free by treaty, $l,047, ,4l1.71; goods
paying duty, s449,s37.Go good;
free by the Civil Code, Sl11, ,254.0S
bonded spirits, $7O,074.74; bonded
goods, S2G, ,405,56: spirits, $16,-
S76.05; total imports, S1,721,-
S59.74. AS compared with 1884,
the decreases are ON goods free by
treaty, s320,972. A; goods paying
duty, 1904 ,547.9l; goods free by
the Civil Code. S42.5lS.l2; bonded