The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-25
LATEST HAWAIIAN CENSUS.

LATEST HAWAIIAN CENSUS.
The increasing probability that Ha-
waii will be annexed to the United
States creates an especial interest In
the people of that far away cluster of
islands. The last census, taken Dec
ember, 1890, contains good deal of
information. which is pertinent to the
inquiries now arising in the public
mind.
The tetal population at that time
lacked only ten of being an even 90,-
600, says Chicago exchange. Of
these 22,907 live at the capital, Homo
lulu. The total number of inhabited
buildings in the country is 1858.
Over 10000 people live in private
residences, and only about 1000, all
told, in hotels, boarding-houses and
lodglng-houses; but plantation quar-
ters contain nearly all who do not live
in private residences. These planea-
tion hands are largely Chinese and
Japanese, with quite sprlnkllng of
Portuguese.
The total native population is 34,-
436. This does not include either the
half. castles or the Hawaiian born for
eigners. Of the latter there are 7,495,
and Of the half castles 6,1S9. The ma
tive foreigners, as they might be called,
are mainly of American origin, and,
with the l,02S actual Americans, con-
stitute the ssruling race" Of British
there are 1.344. of Germans l,044.
The Portuguese, S,602, are of the
poorer class. The Chinese, 15,301,
and the Japanese, 1850, are mostly
coolies. The movement for annexa-
ton was retarded several years by the
planters and great sugar corporations
because they knew that once under the
American flag Hawaii would have to
stop its coolie trade and conform to
our laws against that, form of semi
slavery. There have been large i'm
portations from Japan since the census
was taken, and it may be- said that
about one-third of the present popula-
tion is Asiatic, and that in this direc-
tion radical change may be expected.
Leaving out of the calculation the
Chinese and the Japanese and we find
the population makes an excellent
showing as regards the ability to read
and write. The system of compulsory
education obtains. The total number
of children within school age to Is
years-is 1909, and the total num-
ber in school is 10000, and 92.3 per
cent. of those attending school are
being instructed in the English lam
guage. There are a hundred native
teachers, forty seven half,castes. one
hundred and forty-three American,
and thirty-six British.
The number of votes cast at the
regular election of three years ago was
1852, out of registration of A.
113. There is no property test, but
the voter must be able to read an
ordinary newspaper in the Hawaiian,
English, or some European language.
Leaving the Chinese and Japanese out
of the calculation, none of whom are
voters, the ratio of voting to total
is about the same, notwitb-
standing the intelligence test, as the
ratio in this country, namely, one in
five.
The number of prisoners, including
those locked up for being ''drunk and
disorderly," was only 345, and that,
too, when the census was taken, the
first Sunday after Christmas. This is
an excellent showing for a motley
of 10000. There are
twenty-nine jails and lock-ups, giving
an average Of about twelve persons to
one institution.
The debt of the country three years
ago { March 81. 1S90) was 81, 1899, 500,
and the property of the government
$5, 5,797,576, including pub
lie lands set down as worth 81, 1856, $50.
The exports of the census year we're
$13, ,023,304, mostly sugar. The I'm
ports were only about half as much as
the exports. More than 75 per cent.
Of the imports came from the United
States.
The agriculture of the country is
largely in the hands of great corpora
tions and firms. Sixty-seven large
concerns have an aggregate capital of
s33, 347,690 and 74.17 per cent. of
this amount is American, 1911 Brit
ish, 6.02 German, and 80 native.
in this connection, includes
not only Americans proper but Ha-
waiians of American descent. The
total acreage under cane is ga, ,149, and
under rice 1920.
Such are the main points of interest
IN the last Hawaiian census. Taken
IS whole, if we desire to follow the
policy of monarchies and annex all
countries possible, by whatever means,
here is an argument for the United
States to accede to the request of the |
commissioners of the provisional GOV
~
Grand Jury Reporr.
In the circHit court of the state of Ore
on for Wasco county.
In the matter of the final report of the
rand jury for the February term, 1898.
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