The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-01-13
REVIEW FOR THE NAIL
STEAMER.


The weather throughout the
group and for the greater part OF
the month has been very unfavor-
able, and the coasting trade and
the interests dependant on it have
suffered in proportion. The Kinau
reports the weather along the
coasts of Maui and Hawaii too bad
to allow any attempts at landing at
the different landings land returned
with only few hides and sundries.
The steamer Hawaii was away
three weeks. The schooner Kaui-
keaouli was driven from her an
chors off the Kohala coast and
made her way back to port with
two men and boy, her captain
and the rest of the crew having
gone ashore with freight were I'M
able to return, land by the capsizing
of freight boat on the same coast
FIVE lives were lost
The visitors to Kilauea report
the volcano as particularly active,
and the view either from the brink
of the lakes or from the verandah
of the Volcano House is grand
beyond description. There is
large amount of snow on the noun
tains, which, however, is a common
occurrence in the winter season.
The quinqucnnial census was
taken as of the night of Sunday,
Dec. 18th. The reports are not yet
all in. 1t will take some weeks,
however, before the results can be
properly tabulated and made avail
able for publication.
The Custom House returns for
the twelve months 1890 as COM
pared with the corresponding pc
Rod 1889 show healthy increase
in all our exports except goat
skins, tallow, betel-leaves and,
strange to say, bananas, the mar
ket for which appears to have been
overloaded in 1889, and so neces-
STATED reduction in export this
last year. The exports of sugar
show total of nearly 100000 tons,
as against $4,000 tons for the
year 1889. The customs districts,
after Honolulu, stand in order of
value of exports: ID Kahului; (2)
Hilo; (3) Mahukona. In the San
export list Hawaii stands
second, with value 81, 637 800 for
Just nine months of 1890, having
Great Britain only above it as do
ing more business. The largest |
cargo of sugar ever taken by one
sailing ship from this port was by |
the British bark Girvan on the End
inst. with 2135 tons.
The labor question is still the
most important consideration for
the whole country, wages of plan
tatidn hands are everywhere ris-
ing, the Chinese are leaving the |
country in far greater numbers
than any substitutes coming in, and |
unless our ENJOYS to Japan and |
succeed, and that speedi- |
", in introducing laborers, there
will soon be grave difficulty in all |
branches of agriculture and the
trades depending thereon.
The new sschool term began on
Monday, the 9TH inst, with some
lew changes amongst the teachers
and a prospect of enlarged attend
ance of scholars, many country
'chool-houses having been enlarged |
md otherwise improved and some |
lew ones built.
Building operations are going On |
'riskly in the city. Messrs. Theo. |
Il. Davies new warehouse on Kaa- |
lumanu street is finished as to |
and nearly ready for &C. |
upation. Two more brick build |
ngs adjoining those recently fin
she'd Oh Nuuanu street, are rapid
y approaching completion, and
arge cellar excavations prepara-
ory to building are in hand on
fotel street, and Brewers proper
J on Fort street.
The Honolulu and the Union
ronworks are working to their
nll capacity, engaged on heavy