, 1893-04-01
died in 1919 left q we'll organised king

INV RA&oNhNNS ~"A
The King defeated the rebels and restored
peace. In 1920 American missionaries land.
ed on the islands and began their work at
Honolulu. An English clergyman, Mr..
William Ellis, arrived later, bringing some
Christianized natives from the Society Islands,
who were able to co municate with the
Kanakas, and with his and their help. the
missionaries were able to reduce the Hawaiian
tongue to o written form. In 1924 Kanehame-
ha aud his queen ltedEngland but both died,
while there, of the measels. Efforts were
twice made by French and English officers to
seize the country, aud their acts were disA-
vowed by their governments.
In 1874 the line Of the Kamehamehss
became extinct by the death Of Lunalllo.
David Kalakaua was elected to succeed him,
and after his death at San Francisco. in
1891, the ex-Queen Liliuokalani came to the
throne.
The situation of the iglands make them
form u veritable key to the Northern Pacific.
Honolulu, the capital, is twelve miles from
Pearl HarbOr. 1t is conneo cd by the Oahu
railway.
Honolulu is 2. 100 miles from San Francis
co. 1t is 1920 miles from Tutuila, Samoa.
From Auckland, New Zealand, it is 1914
miles distant. Sidney is 4. 40 miles e6. and
Hong Kong is 1898 miles away. Callao,
PERU is 5,240 miles direct frem Honolulu VAL
paraisO is 5.725 miles from the sapital OF the
islands.
The climate of f1awaii is delightful. The
cold ocean current which makes the Pacific
coast foggy joins the northeast trade winds
near the islands, and makes about as even
and delightful q Temperature as it is possible
to conceive. The highest temperature reached
at Honolulu during the past year was 84des,
in August.
The lowest the mercury sank WAS So deg.
This occurred during the last week in Deem
Der. The thermometer usually hovers around
y deg, and is seldom two degrees above or
below.
The country, like all places Of volcanic
origin, has wonderfully rich soil, md almost
unlimited resources. 1t is capable Of pro-
duoing nearly every kind of fruit, as we'll as
spices, coffee, tea, rice, sugar and tobacco.
The fruit interests OF the islands received a
setback when the Mckinley bill went into
effect, and put a duty of 80 per cent on
them. Since that time fruit has been
cultivated more for home consumption
than any other project. A correct list
of the varieties grown on the islands is as
follows
t'Raspberries, AyOcados or alligator pears,
bananas III variety, oranges, China, Japanese
russell and other varieties; cocoanuts, custaId
apples, dates, figs in variety, grapes, guavas
IN variety, Java plums, lemons, lines litchiss,
locqustS. mammis apples, mangoes, null
berries, ~muskmelons, watermelons, ohias
(mountain apple). ohelos berry, makes a good
preserve papayas, peaches, pineapples, pohas
(cape gooseber'y), pomegranates, plantainS,
prickly pears, rose apples, sapota pears, sour
SOP, q new fruit Spanish cherries, straw
berries, nearly all the year round, star apples,
tAmArinds, wi or vi (scsnted applesl.
The amount OF capital invested in the
business interests aud enterprises on the
islands, as shown by the tax collectors annual
returns, is as follows: American, S24 ,54l.
900: British, Sc, al COZ; Japanese, 1888,
500; German, $2,574,S 800 Portuguese,
1881 600 native, Chinese and Others $l4,
$50, $50.
The BUSINESS of growing cane and max
ing sugar in Hawaii since 1876. has been
conducted in the most approved manner.
Millions Of dollars have been expended in
the best sugar machinery the world can pro-
duce. In pc;nt of equipment and general
management of sugar estates it can be truth
fully asserted that Hawaii holds q prominent
place il the first rank of producing
COUNT les
2 The sugar plantation and milling interests
represented at tnr close of 1890 $33, 347, $50,