The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-19

ernor states, that statehood is In the
dim future. and II would seem wise. and
would be greatly In the Territory's in
terest, for Congress TO modify the or
ganic act 80 as 10 permit the making of
It's bonds payable In not more than
thirty years from the date OF the issue
thereof In connection with the bond
ed Indebtedness of the Territory, the
question is constantly arising as TO
whether other States or municipalities
can tax a Territory's bonds. An emf
nent attorney of New York City is OF
the opinion that the bonds are not
so taxable. 1t would be of very great
assistance to the Territory and desira-
BILE IL Congress. in an amendment,
would clearly define the position of its
securities In relation to this question.
The public lands OF the Territory Of
Hawaii comprise about 100000 acres.
or this total there are some 100000
acres which may be classed as barren.
Under the classification of grazing and
foSest land are included only about
2GieO0 acres of so-called frst-class
al cultural land. OF this amount there
N $4,000 acres which are classed as
k rice, and taro lands and sugar
of public lands for the year ended June
30, 1905, were $l6S ,39i73, as against
Sl43,373. 46 for the previous year.
In the administration of the public
land laws an effort has been made to
dispose of unfinished business and to
institute an up-to-date system in hand
ling all land matters. The cases of
those settlers who appeared to have
forfeited their holdings through nom
compliance with conditions of agree
ments have been taken UP and exam
ined, and all agreements Cancelled in
the cases of those who have wilfully
violated the law, and the land which
has thus reverted to the control of the
Territory has been again opened for
settlement: on the other hand, the
right to cancel has been waived for the
/ time being in the cases of those who
have failed to comply but have shown
that this failure was brought about by
conditions beyond their control
A new feature of the work is the
cutting up of sugar lands that have
been planted for years under leases
by various corporations, some of which
are now expiring. The opening of these
lands must necessarily be proceeded
with in a cautious manner. They have
a market value of from $40 to $3.50 per
acre, and there is, therefore, a great
demand for them. The applicants,
in a large majority of cases, have no
means with which to keep the land un-
der cultivation; this is no inconsider-
able item, for sugar culture as con-
Quoted in this Territory requires from
3 fn hafnra
crop can be matured.
There has been considerable COM
plant at the attitude taken by Terri
, torial officials in reducing the area
open for settlement to small tracts of
from 25 to so acres, according to the
quality of the land, but IL should be
, borne in mind that the average cane
land requires the constant attention
r of one man for every acres, and
often the applicant, who considers he
has been mistreated unless he is al
lotted from 75 to 100 or more acres. is
2 absolutely ignorant regarding cane cul-
' ture, or he proposes to depend on ori-
! entail labor to cultivate il. Sometimes
, he does not propose to cultivate 1t al
l all-simply to get possession, to sell
= out at the best price possible. These
conditions show the difficulty of ad-
ministering the land service judicious-
!. ly.
= The Governor expresses the opinion
I that there is nothing in the law which
, covers the Territory that is greater
: hinderance in developing lands ant
retarding progress than this limit o
a time in which agricultural lands car
q be leased. Thousands of acres of wha
L should be good agricultural land, pro
e ducing crops of some kind, are cover
ed by a thick jungle of weeds. Lan'
d that is under cultivation, II left idle
O is soon taken possession of by a growtl
= of vegetation which is unequaled else
n where, and the cost of clearing thi
S land is often from $40 to $50 per acre
: This expense is practically prohibitiv
O TO the prospective settler without funds
= and those with means will not tax
e such lands under five-year lease, TO
n at best they can get off but two crop
Il before the lease expires and the lan'
;, leaves their control. Few have suffi
= cient means to purchase the land out
II right and carry themselves through
t. until they can secure returns iron
e their crops; therefore much of the Ian
d lies idle. of no use to anyone.
/ Appended to the report is a detaile
lie statement of the condition of publ
IS lands, the disposition thereof. and II
n revenues derived therefrom.
q The population according to natioI
l. ality, as per latest census Q90O), Wa
ID 154, 29,7S7; part Hawa
$. ians, 7S4S; whites. 26,252; Chinese. 25
Of 762: Japanese, 61,ll5; other foreigner
s, S237. All Europeans and white Anne
ed leans are classed as whites" al
RS under "other foreigners" are class
Porto Ricans, South Sea Islanders. et
j. From the foregoing 1t appears that
TO the total population the Hawaiians al
TO part Hawaiians form "a per cent; Il
er Asiatics, Sc per cent; the whites, II p
RS cent. and the remaining foreigners.
b. per cent.
in OF the total population, as stat
n, above. 63,2l6, or Al per cent, were bo
In this country, and OF this numb
ne S9G2 are OF Asiatic parentage. or &
RS, entire number OF Hawaiian born Al
ue atics about biS5 We're born since I
as annexation OF these islands to the I'm