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to give spoce for their little plots of taro. &c.

up 10 give space for their little plots OF taro, &c.
Now nine-tenths Is unused. except for cattle;
Most OF that ancient, population bad theiI
homes or the arid seashOre. where they loved
the fishing aud the warmth, and drank the
brackish water In the lava caves. There are
SIAN" fCrclGmSrs, Including Portuguese and
japanese, raise coffee on the inland belt, The
Roma coffee" Is celebrated for its superior fra
GRANGE. Since sugar became king. the Roma
coffee trees have largely been allowed to die out.
Most OF the small crop has been carclessly gath
cred from groves run wild. or late n new start
has been taken. Some tea has also brgun to be
"A tolcrnblc cart road has long existed through
tho length of this upland, Occasional. cross
roads come up to IL from the various steamer
landings. Nome of these rnnds IL euch rs TO
meet the growing needs Of the district. Here
also are some tracts " crown lands. which ,Presi-
stead provisions. while he Inns studied the ncccS-
sities for roads. There is every prospect nf, q
considerable Development OF this kopa district
III the culture Of coffee Mt an early period.
A grand new plantation scheme, with rather
q startling feature, is. now being promoted in
teen miles from Honolulu. on the line NJ the
Oahu Railway, IL n noble TRACT OF gently slop-
ing, smooth. aud very fertile land, which gets
an average Of twenty inches Of rain u year. not
half enough for sugar cane culture. There Is
an average Of 1 900 acrrs in this tract for every
100 feet NJ rise from the sen. hut less IN the first
900 feet, as y rises at first more RAPIDLY. At the
sea. along the slorp' ~ the Pearl lagoons.
great quantities NJ fresh water RilslI out into
the sea from CuriOUS springs. more than enough
~ %irrigatc the cntircttrOI n'rci. What r. more.
lltTt - WI Ntlllllllf't FNlIilIN ~ ~ 'H'El NIN'l.l "
tcsian wells, bored tot depth - $50 feet. and
flowing to u height uf thirty or more feet.
IL u the rather buid scheme 80 lift this water
as high rs the IOO-fOut level, and uprhrps as
high as 600 feet. 50 as to supply 100 inches per
Nnnum to the proposed came fields. After ex-
animation Of the plans. | am pretty well salts.
fled that IL may pay III 10 iGO feet, and POSSIBLY
as high ms. 900. This Judgment Is llsed upon
the work Of the pumps ct the large Eva rlnnta-
tiOn. three miles further west. They now have
5000 acres NJ growing cane. entirely irrigated
by steam pumps from twenty tCn-inCh nrtpsian
wells. The cost Is les than $40 per acre for
single crop Of fifteen months watering. On this
basis n will cost nnly $50 to water n UTOp Of Cnnp
400 feet above the SEA. Eva plantation averaged
eight tons OF sugar per acre last yuar. Tie new
land In view may hr depended on for az lcHs,
six tons with similar irrigation: $50 II ton
being the lowest figure realized. md the stand
cation viii CpSt two tom out Of ia" = X per acre.
IhC other four tons Will pay well. This Is prob
ably n bigger lift than has ever before been APP
piled to Irritation. II will need very heavy pip
Of water. such II plantation will give over 90
900 tons Of freighiinE Ia the railway. This rail
way is now hcitg extended ifty.siX miles beyond
Eva plantation 10 knIuE u. Dn tie iinc tsa
lift " from 81 to 900 feet from artrslan wells
will create "a large plantation.
II Is our nope thEt, rs the country develops.
many uthnr profitable industries may lie found
vntOr. As ocean commerce increases there will
grow UP u demand Tor supplies for shipping,
Small farmers along the line NJ the railway may
produce much for such - profitable market. II
j. also very, highly, ptplnil" that individual
operative prod notion of cnnr upon the large
plantations. Altogether the Oj'inuk Tor profit
all" farming tor whit" settlers l. increasingly
bright. The climate is one 81 which white men
labor outdoors through the day ncarlS as well as
In ihp United STATES