The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-20
BUREAU Of CUSTOMS.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT Bureau OF
CUSTOMs,

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CUSTOMS.
Honolulu, IL. l., Feb. 18th.
HIS EXCELLENCY w. l.. GREEN, His
Maiesty's Minister of Finance.
iSW:-In conformity with the pro-
visions of Section 553 of the Civil
Code, l have the honor to submit to
Your Excellency the Annual Report
of the business of this bureau for
the year ended December 81, 1888.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
The domestic exports for the year
just ended amount in value 10
Sl1,631, 434, being an excess of
So, 1875, 230 over that of 1887.
OF sugar, the s,sincipal item of
export, there were sent abroad
235, 1888, 1916 pounds, being in ex.
cess over that of the previous year.
by %, 1924, 500 pounds. Rice has
fallen off to the extent of sos, 600
pounds, while the total value OF the
same exceeds that of 1887 by $685.
2S9. The other items of export
being of the lesser quantity and
value, no mention will be made here,
but refer you at the same time to
Table No. l.
The total value of our domestic
and foreign exports amounted TO
Sl1,903. 1913, an increase over the
previous year OF 81, 1876, 351. The
United States, practically, received
the entire output of our products.
IMPORTS.
Merchandise to the value of ST.
540,SS was imported into this king
dom during the year just ended,
while the amount for 1887 was
S4,943,S $40, a falling off of S4O2,-
953. Goods paying duty fell off
9,646; goods free by treaty
1921, 749 goods bonded 500, 500;
and goods free by law increased
$50, 141.
We bought of the United States
merchandise to the amount of So
1929, 512, or 1882 per cent of the
total; of Great Britain SG52, III, or
1886 per cent; of China and Japan
Sl99, FOG, or 4.38 per cent; of
Germany $lS3, 1924, or 4.04 per
cent; of Australia and New Zea-
land S11O,932, or PA per cent {;
and of other countries $50, 439, or
LAC per cent.
COMMERCE WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
The total value of our imports
and exports amounts toS1G,24S, 486 f;
Of this amount 5,000,775 were
with the United States, or 92.36 per
cent; 1892, I'LL, with Great Britain,
or 4.01 per cent; China and Japan
received 1.2S per cent; Germany
LIP per cent; Australia and New
Zealand ~ per cent British Colum-
bia ~ per cent; and other coun-
tries SO per cent.
The imports of Specie for the
year amounted to S1,209, O77, and
the exports to S2S, 52O.
The carrying trade was divided
between, American vessels &c. 10
per cent Hawaiian 24.93 per cent
German 4.4S per cent British 3.7S
per cent; other nationalities go per
cent.
HAWAIIAN REGISTERED VESSELS.
The number of registered vessels
for 1888 was Gl, with tonnage OF
5,4O6, as against 81 with n tonnage
of II PA for 1887.
There have been added to the list
of Hawaiian registered vessels !
bark and 3 steamers, and 2 have
been lost.
TONNAGE.
The total tonnage entered at the
ports of the Hawaiian Islands during
the year in its foreign commerce was
POI, 14S tons, of which 113, 459 were
American; 1907 Hawaiian: 90.
$40 British; German $500; ant
other nationalities 8,07G.
This port has been visited by nc
less than 20 ships of war with {
total of 1877 guns.
IMMIGRATION AND PASSENGER MOVE
| MENTS.
During the year the arrival o
passengers and tourists was 1888
and the departures 2,O32, an excess
of departures of 400.
During the same period 1882 i'm
migrants have arrived in the king
dom, of this number 1926 wer,
Chinese 3,4l3, japanese; and 43;
Portuguese. The departure con
sisted of 1929 Chinese; 563 Japa
nese; and 1913 Portuguese, or 2,89(
all told. Excess of arrivals 2,G42
The actual gain to the population
is 2, l43. The number of passen
gers in transit was 3,466.
BONDED GOODS.
There has been a marked decreas
in the withdrawal for consumption
of the stronger class of spirits ant
in some classes of wines, while TIL
consumption of light Californi
wines and beer have increased to
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