Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-12
70 the Hawaiian Isl.
Total


This is practically five times as
much as the exports to those terrific.
ri"S in 1897, when none of them. ex,
Icept Alaska, was under the American
nag. The exports TO Porto Rico in the
fiscal year 1897, for example. were u:
9SH,SSN, and in IN" fiscal year 1902 they
were over ten million dollars, the ex.
| act figures for eleven months being
more than nine and One.half millions;
and while the figures for the twelfth
month have not been received. Il IL
certain that the total will exceed $40.
OOo,00o To Hawaii our exports in the
fiscal year 1897 were $4.G9O,675, and
for tn" fiscal year 1902 the best esti.
mate of the customs authorities is, in
round terms, $4,000 900. Exact figures
OF the shipments TO Hawaii are not at
present available, but II is known that
tho shipments from Hawaii to the
United states during the year will
amount TO about $4,000, 900, and IL g
believed that the estimate of $50 900.
400 for our shipments To the Hawaiian
Islands Is conservative one. To the
Philippine Islands our exports in tie
fiscal year 1897 were S9i.5g7, and in
the fiscal year 1902 will be over So.
OOO,Oo0, exclusive Of shipments ma le
by the Government for use of its
troops or ut,sr officers in the islands.
To Alaska, the best estimate obtain,
able OF the shipments in 1897 Is s..
?2l,OOO, while those for the fiscal year
Just ended are, estimated by the Gus.
toms authorities at Sl5,OO0,OOO. This
would make the grand total of shin.
m"nts from the United States to its
territory $4,000, 900
exclusive Of goods sent by the Govern.
ment for Use of tne Army or of its Off
Cials.
In imports from tine islands the in
crease has not been as great as that
In exports. The total value Of our i'm.
ports from Porto Rico In the fiscal
year 1897 was $2,lSl,024, and in 1909
viii be abos $S,000.000. From the Ha.
waiian Islands the imports In the fiscal
year 1897 were Sl3,6S7,7 99, and the |
total for 1902 will be about twenty.
three millions. From the Philippines
The imports In the fiscal year 1897 |
were $i,3S3,740, and for 1902 the total |
will be over $7.000,OOO. The value of |
including gold and silver. |
received from Alaska In 1897 Is esti. |
mated at $1,000, 900, and for 1902 about |
making the total imports
If 1897 from Porto Rico. Hawaii. the
philippines and Alaska about $25, 900.
100, while tne total for the fiscal yoaf
9O2 will be about fifty millions.
The Bureau OF Statistics has lust re
eived its first record, under the new
aw, OF shipments to Alaska. Former
Y no statistical record was made of
he shipments to and from ALASKA.
which was a customs district of tho
United States and treated as such ~
he commercial reports of the custom
ouses. During the last. session Of
congress, however, law was enacted
pplying to trade between the United
tates and its nOn-Contiguous territory
- P''''''''io VI NIf law ' } I
ne collection OF statistics of foreign
ommerce, and this will enable con-.
lete record OF the movements of mer.
handise between the United States
nd its non'contiguous territory. II is
compliance with this law that the
rst record Of the shipments to Alaska
now in the hands of the Bureau OF :
tatlstics. The shipments from Seat. :
g alone during the month of Juna I
mounted to $77i,OOO Among the more ,
nportagt artic75s shipped from the
nited States to Alaska were cattle.
orses, tour oats, railway cars, coal. |
ggs, gunpowder hay, builders hard, G.
are, machinery, fresh beef, milk, 10. a
ned sugar and vegetables.