The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26

miles. OF this, Hawaii alone occupie.
4.210 square miles. The others are, nee
eSSarily, very small.
In 1884 the population was SO.57S II
| 1890 ii was SO 800 In 1856 according t
the census. the population had increased
to 10000. OF the population in 1896, g. Oh!
were natives. S,425 were half-castes. 81
cans. 2,25O British, 1892 Germans. S7S Nor.
| wegians 101 French 455 Polynesians anC
800 other foreigners.
The islands were discovered by Captain
| COOK more than century ago. At that
| 600.
The capital of the country is Honolulu.
with population of 29, 800. 1t is situated
on the island of Oahu.
Exports from the islands in 1896 We're:
sugar; $i4; $4,000 rice, s195,000; bananas
$lz5, 900. The imports are chiefly grocer
les and provisions, grain, timber, machin-
cry Hardware and cotton goods.
Ninety-two per cent. of all the trade
! of the islands is with the United. States.
| Revenues to the government of Hawaii
in 1886 aggregatede 81 ,997,S1S, and the ex-
penditures S1.S04, 191.
! Steamship navigation connects the is
lands with the American continent. Aus
tralla and China. In the islands of Ha-
wall. Maui and Oahu there are II miles
of railroad and $50 miles of telegraph.
has telephone.
Until 1884 gold and silver coins of all ma
tions passed current After that year
has been legal tender for sums more than
So Paper money is not in use
On July 4. 1894, the present republic
was proclaimed and last year the Ha-
wallan legislature voted for annexation
to the United States
Sanford B. Dole was elected president
in 1884 for a term of six years
The climate of Hawaii is one of the
mIldest and most healthful in the world.
the origin of the islands is volcanic.
, Lhey are very mountainous and the val
leyS are extremely fertile. The uplandS
are better adapted for sheep raising than
for tlllage. The mountains are covered
with dense forests.
Our winter is the rainy season in Ha-
wall. A more bracing climate may be
found up in the mountains. An hour s
ride from the capital will give a lower
temperature.
Three mountains tower above the sea.
from the island of Hawaii. They are
Mauna Kea. ,953 feet; Mauna Loa an
actlye volcano, 1890 feet and Mauna
to height of u, 900 feet on Mauna Kea.
Hawaii. the island, is subject to earth
quakes, but they are slight and seldom do
any damage. Mauna Loa has had numer-
Gus eruptions--the last in 1873. During the
eruptions of 1855 and 1913 more than So
ON,OOOOOO cubic feet of lava was poured
from Loa's craters.
Herds of'yild cattle roam in the forests
of this island.
There was newer better hunting than in
the Sandwich islands Wild swine, snipe,
ploVer and ducks are found in abundance.
and kalo are indigenous. From the last
named is made the famous pot" the ia
vorite food of the islanders
PRODUCTIONS are sugar, rice, coffee cot
ton, sandalwood tobacco, arrowroot,
corn. wheat, tapioca, oranges, lemons.
bananas. tamarinds, breadfruit, guaVas,
potatoes, yams. fungus wool hides. tai
low and many kinds of wood
ears ago the original inha Infants Were
all cannibals. This pra ctice was abandoned
early in the present century.
NOBODY ever thinks of stealing in Ha-
wall. Doors are never locked Property
is perfectly safe. and the visitor from
civilized countries who is afraid his ef
fects will be stolen is a puzzle TO the Ha-
Waiian.
Prof. Wallace says that the Hawaiians
are more akin to the Papuan than to the
Malay race. The New Zealander and the
Hawaiian. although 5000 miles apart. can
understand each other, so similar is the
language
The original Hawaiians are olive in col
or with black, wavy, glossy hair large
nat They are peaceful. gentle initiative
and yielding. Missions have been very
successful in the islands
Honolulu is the only good harbor in all
the islands.
Palm trees grow to a gigantic height.
Some samples of them in Honolulu are
45 feet high and half century old
Some of the islands are frequented by
great sea birds that deposit their eggs bv
the million. The eggs are used to manu- |
Iacture albumen, commercial product
but the supply is apparently inexhaust-
ible.
Hawaii has been called the Paradise
OF the Pacific" and there is no doubt its |
climate and scenery have no equals in the |
world. 1t Is within a weeks iourrs " of |
san Francisco.-Ransas City World.