New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-09
FIGURES ABOUT HAWAII.
SOCIAL, FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CONDi-
TICN OF THE ISLANDS.
THE TOTAL POPULATION 5000, WITH 1'V2'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND lMfoh47-0
MEICIAI. PROGRESS IN TWENTY YEARS
IBy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIDrNE.l

MEECIAII PKOtIRIlSS IN lNf->A'
IBy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIDrNE'J
WASHINGTON Feb s-Mr. Castle one OF the iia""'""
COMM ,soner, to-day furnished TIE Tribune WIN 'e
blowing interesting information relating ID ii""H
The total population Of the Islands was Ill
so 5-a. in 1890 $1,000 The nationality CT 'hlS
p0pnation was In the latter year: Nali'es' "i'f"o
baItcastc 1875: Chins 50, 15,3Ol Americans i''-o'
Uawaiiaas born of foreign parents ''a1'' ''p"''e'
IL 200: Norwegian, 30 English, liza r"r"sucSr'
s6O2; German, 1894; French, 40 foFh'si"' go
other nationaities 40. TIE Hawaiian group IL
coron,sod of deteen islands Of which the one named
Hawaii with n population Of 2G.75i, Is the principal
ono Mani has Il population OF 1887; Oahu 3i'i'A'
and Kauai, 1850.
WITH respect TO occupation social condition. SCHOOL
attendance and ownership of land. the rcSidehS are
cIesscd rs fellows: Laborers, 234G6; farmers olo1
fishermen SAL mariners, 4Gi; mechanics, SoV-
pIap,crs. 1876: CLERKS ZIG; merchants. 1,.33; pro
t.ss,onoI G3s The census OF 800 shows the mum
her Of purils attending schools 10 have been o'o'-'
OF the total Hawaiian population, 3o3oO are aoe
70 read and write. The schools are dNidcd ih'o
three classes called native, English ana independent
There are thrtysix native schools, presided o'er p
thirty.scven teachers and having 7os pupils. Inc
,,mber 81 English schools is ninety foar, with l3i
teachers and 6575 pupils. The independent schoo'"
are forty-eich in number, with 1856 teachers aha al
attendance OF 1868. Inc huniD'r "a Pc''0'' ="
Hawaii owning real estate is 400
The total number Of registered voters Is 13,1o3,
which Is divided among the different nationades as
,o,,ou. Natives s777 half castles. III; Hawaiian
horn foreign parents, 14G; American. G27 fritiaA
sos: German 333 French. %; Portuguese. 2'o'i
Norwerian 70; Polynesian, IL; other nauohahucs'
lJG.
The postal savings bank system Is succes'i'" IL
stituion in Hawaii, and is very generally pi'.ote"
hv its Inhabitants. The number and amounts oi az
pcslts for the year ended December 81 i70o were ic
honolulu 0450 and SG3s.37l Il, ana In the country
9-3 and So4, 2O4 81. During the year l,i4' re"
account, were opened at the banIs, 1o1 renewed anu
SAG closed OF these amounts Americans depo'i'cl
Sc37,55I: british. $220,193; Germans, Tl2l,31o ana
IIawaans. sl4o.o47. From table Of the receipts cX
| penditures and public debt OF Hawaii fer biennial
neriods The showing for 1890 Is Revenues. $3,2G2
1o6 So. expenditures 50 a5OtiO So; cash balaIc" III
| treasury S40l I5l' public debt, including p''tal
savings banks deposits amounting 10 Sof' Ooo -
| 500, 502 04.
The total amount Of Hawaiian imports for 1890 wa
sc, 9c2 col The principal articles imported ana Va'
| o. ench follows Clothing %1o''@''' co''oh
roods s,t7 1874 w0ollcns, Sl0S.s39 -four F-O-l}'
eroin and feed s37o oGl: groceries and provisions,
| e;504 c46: hardware and agricultural implements
| s37615O: lumber, sa43,lJ6: machinery, so"-'O''
spirits SllSs7l: paints ana oils $1,000 railroad
material, $114C17; saddlery ca7ia8es ana material
| S1l4l35. The division OF these imports WIS ~
| amount as follows: The United State S1,e3o113 OF
|
| Germany. s14s,2s8 New.zeaand and Australia, fla.
| ,5i China and Japan, S277,6o7; other co'inrc'
g3O515 The value Of articles Imported into lih"ah
| paving duties amounted 10 S23o1,O'4 those Tree Di
civil code Si32 o3s those free By treaty with lnc'
| -tates S3J7s 900. Tie value Of articles lmPDH"a
| free was S437. 23s. in 1859 tle customs rccop
| euualed $4,000: in 100, SG95D56, showing an III
crease In the latter the former year Ct Ef13iO
| The value Of Hawaiian exports for so amounted
I'm all TO Sl3 Oa 3O4. The chief products were SisnI
molasses rice coffee goatskins, hiics, tallow, wool
bctcl leaves shccrshins, pin"app!c$ vegetables a"
| plants With the exception OF 200 pounds Of suea
pounds OF coffee sent 10 the Islands @; the Pacific
practically all OF these experts were shipped to u
United states. OF specie, the record OF leJo sho"
that ~ s20 300 was imported and $780, exported
The value Of Imports received from san francisco wa
In 1889. 81 $50. 900: IL 1880, S50o7,7o. The vai
OF exports to san Francisco Was. III the years m"I
the exports TO san Francisco In 1903 there wcr
TO- 49, 100 pounds Of rice 2j30 100 pounds OF sGa
and 81, pounds OF concc.
1he cost OF running tie Hawaiian Government 10
two years BIZ from the following items an
amounts Civil list, SO 500 permanent settlement
$500 legislative and piiyy council. $1,000. j.
dietary, S190,f43 Department Of Foreign Affair
5,217 $40, Department 0f IrtcrlOr S2,2.il1J. J)'
partment Of Finance. SOL b.; Department of A
iOrncy General S407 0j4 2nllic instruction. T31 AZ
board OF health S31l ,00I miscellaneous. ~ O3d
contingent 100000. The Hawaiian receipts for III
year ending March 81, Sol, amounted to q s3i sl'
Customs alone brought To the treasury during tina
wear u, O36.S16.
The following table shows the commercial proprcs
OF Hawaii for the years mentioned:
Source. 1863. 1870. 1850.