Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-02-28
INNLIL TRIDE REDIEN.
Imports and Exports, trrirnis aud De
parfures NJ shipping, Passenger
Statistics, ef~., ste

The Press. with this issue, has the pleasure
Of again presenting its readers the annual
statistical report Of Hawaiian trade as shown
by the custom house tables for the year 1884,
prepared by Col. {. =. Iaukca, collector.
general Of customs The plan followed by the
Press heretofore wll be carried out, and
,uccincl review Of the report is herewith given,
noting the huctuation aud tendency of our
trade as compared with previous years. While
The report for the year 1888 shows falling off
in the total value Of domestic aud foreign ex.
ports Of SOL, sol.2 from that Of 1882, it
will be seen by Table ) that there has been an
increase in some II our principal exports for
the year 1854 and an increase in value Of
bSJ,ISL7r over the year 1888 According to
adviccs received through the San Francisco
commercial reviews, our imports from that
port are S4SI ,o44.64 less than for the year
1884 This is one Of the most encouraging
showings, as it points out the fact that the
people OF these islands have awakened to the
necessity Of retrenchment in domestic expendi.
lures. Notwithstanding this decrease in our
importations Of miscellaneous merchandise
from San Francisco, Hawaii still retains the
second place in the list with total Of S.,
777-China being FIRST with total Of S., oSo,.
67a These amounts are, Of cousfe, exclusive
of the California wheat expectations to
England and ireland. a glance at our GUS
tom house table (No. ~ will show the total
value of our imporatons from all countries
for the year 1884 to be S4,657,sI4.ss. This
amount does not include specie imported from
the United States to the amount Of $I,rSo,-
36I. 81, making grand total of $s,SI7,875.76,
which only exceeds our importations for 1883
by Si9J,6556I. Table No. further shows
that we drew nearly three fourths Of our i'm
ports for 1854 from the United States, which
is an increase of nearly one fourth over the
year 1853. The per centum of our imports by
countries now stands as follows United
States, 1850; Great Britain, TO- 50; Germany,
ass; Australia and New Zealand, "a; China,
$50; France, o.44; other countries, o,o3.
This showing offers strong argument in favor
Of the United States continuing our reciprocity
treaty, under which we are distributing the
majority of Hawaiian import trade among
the citizens OF that republic. The more i'm.
portant items exported from San Francisco to
Hawaii, showing approximately the amount of
our home consumption, are given below, viz :
Boets and shoes, $7s,436; bread, $4,000 I;
books, SIo,ooS bricks, $Io,Sa9 building
materials, $74,7oo cereals Including -four,
S3oo,6SS canned goods, $42, oIo clothing,
SS14o4 dry goods, $23I,I9S furniture,
S4s,6a3 groceries, $3s,o73; hardware, $780,
III; hay, SS2,a9S; leather, $37,9I9;
machinery, S9I,2a live stock, $IaS,495 /;
butter and provisions, $I5a,46I salmon
$45, sos sugar, $50, 600 potatoes, $22, ASS /;
cigars and tobacco, $IIS, 3S2 general mer-
chandisc, $s33os3. Including these staple
articles the total exports from San Francisco
TO Hawaii, given by the Commercial Herald,
foot up $a,7a376a. In regard to articles of
luxury, while the tables show decrease in
most cases, yet in the item of liquors the i'm
port value shows a steady gain over the two
proceeding years, as will be seen by the
following resume
1881. 1888. 1884.
Spirits ,..,........s sr,tto srsg49s sr4r476
he, Porter, etc ,,,....,. 37,4i5 6S,-S3 77,Soo
Light Wines, ....,.,...., Ia,9aS 237o7 aa,ss7
Total. saro, ass ss36s93
1t will be seen by Table tina, we have
drawn out of bond for consumption for the
year 1854 an excess of S,SSS gallons of spirits
and wines, and a,S54 gallons of beer, ale and
porter more than were taken out for the year
1883 While large portion Of the liquor i'm
ports still remain in bond, yet comparison Of
the tables for ISS3-ISS4 shows the increase
and decrease in different liquors to be as
follows:
lncrease-Gin, I,47S gallons; alcohol,
1907 gallons; port, 10 gallons
cordials, 2S9 gallons beer, :,7344 gallons F.;
samshoo, 1890 gallons light wines, a,o43
gallons sundres, Io7 gallons.
Decrease-Rum, 1904 gallons brandy, SIS
gallons; whiskey, 2,3I6 gallons sherry, 53o
gallons beer tpints and quarts), ioIA gallons.
The above comparison of tables shows an
increase of 1880 gallons and a decrease OF
3,64sA gallons, which gives total increase
over the year 1883 OF o,ISo4 gallons. Table
No shows the value Of our imports free by
treaty to be $a,6a9,7soo 4, a loss Of $54S,-
39S.9o since 1855; Of goods paying duty
SI,497,3sIL5, loss OF $4I5, s9o.Ss; OF
goods and spirits bonded, $3Ii 1906 OF, a loss
OF $33I,oaa.37 ; of goods free by the civil
code $2s7,7sS9o, loss OF $9,saI.4S specie
imports for 1884 have been SI,ISo, sol. 81, a
gain OF XS2S,622SI The above amount OF
imports-excluding bonded goods distri.
buted among Hawaiian ports and compared
with our import trade for 1883, as shown by
the following table
Free by 1888, Free by iss.
Treaty, Dutable. Treaty Dutiahle.
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