The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-02
ASlATlC ASCENDANCY.


ment. Replying to that paper, the
Adcertiser denied the accuracy of
those figures in the following terms:
"The statistics of Chinese immi-
grafton have been grossly eXaggcr-
ated. The arrivals of Chinese at
all ports of the Kingdom during the
year ended May 81, 1885, num-
bered 2,2S2, of whom 81 were fe-
males; departures of Chinese during
the same period, 1853; net gain
of Chinese population during the
twelve months ended May 81, 1885,
529."
In reply to this contradiction, the
Gazette says:
Turning to the published state
ment of the Custom-house, we find
that during the year ending Decem-
ber 81, 1884, there were altogether
2,7OS Chinese who entered the
country, and / 1,417 who left, leaving
a net gain of 1921 for that year.
From January 1st to May 1st the
excess of Chinese arrivals over de-
partures was SS1, and during the
month ending May 3lst the excess
was 304, A total of excess for 1885
Of 1,1S5 Chinese. Now, by what
process of figure juggling the ex-
cess of Chinese for the year ending
May 81, 1885, has been reduced to
529 we are at a loss to say; and an
explanation would be interesting.
The facts as laid down in the Ga
zette are incontrovertible. First,
the official showing of the Custom
house for the year 1884. Secondly,
the arrivals and departures of Chi
nese, as published in the Gazette
for 1885, compiled from authentic
sources, and giving the names of the
vessels, their dates of arrival and
departure, and the number on
each.'
This mornings AdveTiser gives
the official Cust0m-house returns,
showing the arrivals for the year
ending May 81, 1885,. to have
been 2,2S2, and outward Chinese
passengers during the same period
to have been 1903, which makes
the net gain of Chinese for the
twelve months in question 474. This
does not detract from the accuracy
or force of the Gdzette's statistics,
that were made up for period of
seventeen months.
Another correspondent, in to-
days issue, discusses Asiatic as
cendancy. 1t is not fair to charge
the present Government with the
chief responsibility for the situation
so long as it does not relax the sta.
tutory restrictions upon Chinese
immigration. Mongolians are over
whelming the country, as result Of
the inexorable demands of the plan
tations. The Government is entitled
to all credit for having refused !
strong petition for more of them las
autumn. Dependence upon tina
race for labor is coming to be view
ed as the grand mistake of th'
nation, and only those will be tt
censure hereafter who persist in up
holding the policy day longer thai
will be required to have it constitu
tionally abrogated. AS regards tn
advocacy of specific restrictions up
on the Chinese in local commerce
by several correspondents recently
it will be remembered that the Al
torney General, last session
brought forward several measure
in that direction. In some case
he could not obtain majority {
the Assembly, and in one notab
instance, very equitable measure
the absence of which our merchan
have had reason since to deplor
was defeated by the royal veto, give
under powerful pressure from Il
community. Those legislative eT
sodes form striking illustration
the anomalous relations existing b
tween the different estates of Il