The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-14
a Great Scheme OF Colonization.


The preliminary prospectus OF the pro-
motors of great land colonization
scheme on the Island of Oahu has been
presented to us The promoters are
! among the best known and most re-
| spected citizens of Honolulu, and their
| Endorsement of the scheme is enough to
ssssassszs fss 81 decentralization by
! OF honolulu and Kahuku, and the
| leasehold OF kaWailoa, on this island, to
| which reference has been already made
! in the ADVERTISER. The project is a big
! one, and if it can be carried out in its
integrity would confer incalculable bene-
| fit upon this country. 1t would intro
! duce men of capital, energy and skill,
| and bind them to the land by ties of
ownership. Such Il change in the drift
and condition OF immigration would be
| most desirable in itself and the results
are SO self-eyident and so beneficial that
there should be no two opinions upon its
| desirability
1t is proposed to organize a company
| with a capital of ST ,2O0, 900 to purchase
the properties named, together with be-
| tween $4,000 and - 900 head of cattle
L#3nd 260 horses and mules. The estates
.contain in all 1l5, 100 acres of land, of
| which 63, POO acres are freehold, the
balance OF - 800 being leasehold. These
ranches have been already partially de-
scribed in our columns, and we shall not
cucumber this article with repetition.
Suffice it that they lie very conveniently
to Honolulu rs Il market for their meat
product, and contain several thousand
acres sugar and rice land, the uplands
being suited for fruit farming, vineyards,
dairying and grazing. The climate is
salubrious, and there are the further
advantages which are not to be had i'm
cold oun,ries-cattle do not need shelter,
and outdoor employment can be prose-
cuted the year round.
But outside its business intent this
preliminary prospectus is one of the
most valuable publications that has ever
issued from the press in this Kingdom.
1t does not confine itself to setting forth
the advantages OF the project in view,
which has many points to commend it,
1t goes on to give a fund of very valuable
information about the country at large.
which is calculated to beget an interest
in it, and rouse a spirit OF inquiry abroad |
wherever the prospectus is circulated. /
As a guide to the industrial condition of .
the Hawaiian Islands this prospectus /
and appendices are the best and most
reliable that has yet been issued on the
ground they cover. We should not be
doing justice to the subject were we to
omit to credit Mr. B. f. Dillingham; with
this valuable work
In conclusion, it may simply be stated
that the net income OF the properties to
be dealt with by the proposed Hawaiian
Colonization Company llimited) yields
5 per cent onthe capital sum of 81 POO
900 which it is proposed to raise to carry
out the scheme, and that this income
might very easily be doubled The pro-
meters are among our most substantial
md enterprising citizens, and as a guar
lntee of their good faith one-third the
capital stock has been subscribed here.
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md after date at Meller Il Halbe's con-