The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-11-17
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Income tax :. 2S7, 1866 so 205,096 II
Total =. ....s1,65 ,107 O9 $1,651 .O23 -
Property subject to ad valorem tax
es according to assessments for l9o2
was the following: Real estate, $780,
5g1, ,5S7; Personal property, $62, 2,3l9,2l6;
total, 1922 ,91O,S09.
FIRE CLAIMS, ETC.
The Governor only writes a few
words introducing the report of H. w.
Macfarlane, chairman of the Fire
Claims Commission. Appropriations
for expenses of the Commission, l9Ol
and 1908, amounted to $4,000, of when
S27. 1854 was expended to June 80, last.
Secretary Carters report on the Chi
nese fund and a statement of the re-
demption of silver coinage, furnished
by Cashier w. G. Cooper of the First
National Bank, are quoted by the Gov
ernor. Local information on these
subjects is of later date than the re-
port.
COMMERCE..
Governor Dole's statistics of imports
and exports of the Territory, together
with those of the principal products,
have already appeared In the Adver-
tiser. Imports amounted to $l5,Sl7,-
O39, of which $3 0l3 value came from
foreign countries. Exports amounted
to SIG pa, ,43S The value of sugar
shipped was s253l0, ,6S4, being an in
crease over the year to June 30, 1902,
| of 1880, ,571.
The number of vessels trading be-
| tween Hawaii and the United States
mainland which entered for the year
were $40 of 55S,O60 tons aggregate, the
number at Honolulu being 259 of iSi,-
| 2G7 tons. Vessels in the same class
cleared were 442 of 652 142 tons aggre-
gate, those at Honolulu being $50 in
number of 550.5G6 tons Vessels in for
eign trade with the Islands which ell
tered We're 209 agGregating 422.IS1 tons,
and those clearing 40 of Sl9,2l7 tons.
| A list Of coasting vessels engaged in
| the inter-island trade shows the follow
! ing: steam vessels a iron, II wood 2l;
| tonnage, 6119; gasoline vessels (wood),
.: tonnage. 1876; sailing vessels (woodD,
| IA tonnage, 1852; total, 81 vessels, 1867
| tons.
From the United States immigration
service at Honolulu the following sta
tistcs are obtained: Chinese (only
those with return permits)-arrivals,
males, 552, females, %; departures,
males, 456, females, 3. Japanese-ar-
rivals. males, 9O65, females, 29s5.
1.-THE ocean cable, which last year
connected the Hawaiian Islands with
the rest of the world" the Governor
concludes as to commerce, "is of great
Importance to the Territory. officially,
commercially and socially"
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
Governor Dole inserts reports of OPP
eratons and conditions of their re-
spective departments from II. +. Coo
per. Superintendent of Public Works;
Walter h. Wall, Surveyor; Edward S.
Boyd, Commissioner of Lands; Chief
Justice Frear, Judiciary; Il. p. Dole
former Attorney General; Col. j. w
Jones, Military; and a. T. Atkinson
Superintendent of Public Instruction;
also draws on reports of Board OF
Health officers
PUBLIC LANDS.
Introducing matter from the Com
missioner's report, the Governor says
it appears that the majority of settlers
during the year are white men, adding
1t is evident that the settlement o
the available lands OF the TERRITORY
, by farmers owning and cultivatinl
their holdings must be of gradua
: growth, The large area of public
lands held under unexpIred leases h
l one reason for this. Other reasons
are want of markets, cheap transpor
tation, and sufficient good roads. Roa'
= making in the Territory, especially IL
2 those portions that have an abundan
I rainfall and occasional gulches, is Yer!
= expensive, and constant and expensiN
2 repairs are required to keep roads II
1 such localities in order. With almos
7 every new area reserved for settle
= ment new roads have to be laid out an
s. constructed, as far as possible, thoug
= completion of such roads If often de
layed 10 the prejudice and discourage
+ ment Of the settlers.
j. As the farming class increases ther
II will probably be developed among thei
II organizations To facilitate the market
n ing OF their products, The need {
II su-h cooperation already exists, a
l. the farmer single handed, has seriou
x difficulties to overcome in disposlng {
u his produce
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