Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-04-26
CHINESE BUREAU REPORT
Remarkably Low Death Rate AMONG
Chinese Immigrants Of Late.
Certificates 10 Chinese Of Hawaiian Birth Special
Residence Bonds Approximate Chinese
Population Return Permits, Etc.

FROM the biennial report OF
james w. Girvin to the Minister
of Foreign Affairs on the volume
of business transacted in the Chi
nese Bureau during the years 1896
and 1897, it appears that the cash
receipts for the year 1896 were
Sll ,S42.53; expenditures, includ-
ing salary of secretary, clerk hire,
stationery and incidentals, 1926
25; balance deposited in Treasury
to credit of Chinese Immigration
Fund SS567 .55. In 1897 the re-
ceipts were S12,596.47; expenses
S34l0.92: balance deposited in
Treasury s9lS5.55.
Laboreis On applications ap-
proved by the Board of Immigra-
ton during the past biennial pc
riod there were issued 1894 CON
ditional laborers' permits, the last
of which was dated April 30, 1897.
Prior to 1896 there had been reg
istered in the Bureau of Labor
Permits, 1854. This makes a total
for the three years of 1883 labor
ers registered, of whom there have
since departed LOS, and SO have
died, leaving the number still re-
naming 7079.
Low Death Rate-The attention
of the Minister is -pecially called
to the low death rate among these
Chinese laborers, which is prob
ably accounted for by the strict
examination of the Hawaiian
Health Officer in Hongkong prior
to their being allowed to leave,
and also of the physicians of the
employers who examine them on
arrival, rejecting all who do not
come up to certain standard.
The 1888 laborers have had an
average length Of residence of
fifteen and one half months, and
there being but 80 deaths would
show an annual mortality of 10.6
per 1000.
1t Is noted also that amongst
these laborers there were found
two cases of leprosy, one of which
WAS returned to China and the
other going to Molokai, neither of
these having been here year.
Special Residence Bonds-On
January l, 1896, there were resid-
ing in this country 10l4 Chinese
under special residence bonds.
The balance of this class on hand
December 81, 1897, WAS 1907.
Approximate Chinese popula
tion-The Chinese population on
the Islands on December 31st last
is estimated as follows:
Census returns, Sept. 27,
1896 (male and female). 21,616
Arrivals since. .... .6,3l9
Departures since. 2,l25 4,l94
Total .25,8l0
When the 7079 laborers and the
1907 special residence permit
Chinese leave there will remain
approximately l7,524
Return Permits--A All Chinese
who We're residing here on the
Both of December, 1890, have the
right to permit to return on
leaving for China. These were
formerly issued for a period of
two years, but since August 2,
1897, they have been grained for
one year only. OF these 7S7 were
granted during the period, of
which 532 are still extant.
Permits for Minors Chinese
children under ten years of age
who have parents or guardians re
siding here are permitted by law
to come to Hawaii, the proof of
such relationship being establish
ed to the satisfaction of the
Chinese Commercial Agent. On
such approvals there have issued
during the past two years l12 per
mits, OF whom 81 have arrived.
Women's Permits These per-
mits are also issued on the ap-
proval of the Chinese CONNER
cial Agent to such parties as have
husbands or relatives residing
here. During the two years inst
passed there have been issued 1872
of these permits, of which 1877
have been returned.
Certificates of Hawaiian Birth
On proof b, ing made at the Blu.
reau of the bir h of Chinese
Children in thiS cnnntru q cartifi