The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-01-31

formed from this territory repoTteu
capital stock in 1908 amounting TO sl0S,-
600 600. against about $9s,00O,0OO in 1890;
their circulation to $50, $4,000 against
Sl5,6l4. 900 in 1890; their loans and dis
counts in 1903 to $500, 412. 900. against
s26g ole. 900 in 1890. and their total re-
sources in 1903 to 1880, 900, against
STAG, 903. 600 In 1890, while individual de-
posits in national banks in 1903 amount
ed to $47I. 200. 900, against $216, 900 in
1890, an increase of more than 1854, 0OO,-
coo in Individual deposits during the
period.
The pupils enrolled in the public
schools In the States in question in
| 1890 numbered 2,5Sc,495, and in 1902,
| 3, 426 1888; the teachers employed num-
bered in 1890, s9.55S, and in 1902, 1929,
and the expenditure for public schools
in 1890 was s3O,2s4.752 and in 1902, s45,-
3O1 ,677. The number of pupils in at
tendance at high schools in 1902 was
1921, with 1864 teachers: in attend
ance at normal schools. 14.033 students,
with $50 teachers, and at higher educa-
tional institutions, 45,S02 students and
4446 teachers. The total figures of the
number of teachers and attendance of
scholars for schools and educational in
stitutions in the fourteen states formed
from the Louisiana purchase show:
Teachers in 1890, $685.; in 1902, 121 ,253;
attendance in 1890, 2.67O.54l: in 1902,
3,617, 500
The number of newspapers and peri
odicals published in this area in 1890
|
5741; the number of postoffices in 1890
vas 13,474 and in 1908 1t was 16,437;
| the miles of railway in operation in
1890 numbered 5l,S23, and in 1902 there
were g., 403 miles being operated. or
nearly 81 per cent of the total railway
mileage of the country.
The population of the three States
formed from the original Oregon Ter
ritory was in 1890, 747,524, and in 1900,
1893, All. Their production of wheat in
1890 was 90, 100000 bushels valued at
SIG, s51 1902. and in 1903, 1858, 159 bushels,
valued at $27,214465. The value of the
hay crop was in 1894. sl5,655,s31, and in
1903, s24,129.35O. The wool produced
was in 1894, 31,297,223 pounds, and in
| 1908. $1,000, 900 pounds. The value of
cattle on farms and ranches was in
1890, $34,316,643, and on January 1, 1901,
1872, $3.50, S3S; of sheep, in 1890, SO,
and on January 1, 1904, $16,3S0.1 IA; and
of all farm animals on January l, 1904,
| 1884, 137,0O3. The gold produced in 1902
was valued at s3,563,9OO, and of silver,
| IS, 400, 1856 (coining value). The number
of pupils in public schools was, in 1890,
1873. 500. and in 1902, 2S3,40O, and the ex-
penditure for public schools was, III
| 1890, s1.933,1l0, and in 1902, 1921, SlS.
The number of post-offices was, in 1890,
1,515, and in 1903, 2.316. The banking
resources were. in 1890, s59,2S6, 900, ana
in 1908, sl1S, 100000.
| The territory added by the Mexican
cession had a population of 165,524 at
the census of 1850, the first enumera-
ton after the purchase, In 1890 it was
1,675,0O9, and in 1900 2,122,37S. This
does not include any part of the State
of Colorado, of which about one-third
falls within the Mexican cession, but
does include all of New Mexico, which
is formed in part from territory which
was claimed by Texas. The wheat
production of the five States and Ter
rltories now representing the Mexican
cesson was, in 1890, SO, 066, 900 bushels;
| in 1908, 26,SSS, 500 bushels The barley
crop of 1908 was 81, obs S63 bushels, val
ued at S19,644,567. and the hay crop
alone in 1908 was valued at 500, 434 02S,
or twice as much as the sum paid to
Mexico exclusive of the agreement to
settle the claims of American citizens,
amounting to $3,250,O 00) for the entire
territory. The States and Territories
in question produced in 1908 more than
one-sixth of the wool grown In -he
United States. their total wool produc-
ton being In 1903, 1882 $50 pounds, out
of a total in the United States of $751;
100000 pounds. The total value of the
production of wheat corn. oats. rye,
barley, hay, and potatoes in these five
States and Territories in 1903 was SS4,-
SS7,194, or practically five times the
sum paid for their purchase. The
number of horses and mules in 1908
was $50, SSS, and their value. s42,657, 965.
The number of cattle on January l,
1904, was S.96S,S7S. valued at ST., 1O9, Sl2,
against $57,7lS,266 in 1890. The num-
. Der of sheep in 1904 was 10, 491, 452,
| against 10,5S3, 146 in 1890 and their val
ne in 1904, s2S,7S1,71O, against sl9,OS9.-
1862 in 1890. The total value of farm
animals in the FIVE States and Terri
tories formed from this purchase was,
in 1904. s147,S55, 1888, or more than eight
times its original cost The silver
production in 1902 was $24,5SS, 5O5 (coin-
ing valued; and the gold production in
1902, s27,925, 800, against 7,SS0oOO in
1890.
| The growth in educational facilities
during the decade in the States ana
Territories in question is shown by the
fact that the pupils enrolled in public
schools numbered in $780, 292626, and in
1902. 1921; the number of teachers in
public schools increased during that
period from 1851 TO 11,151; the total
expenditure for public schools from
s6,O1O,242 to s9s4O. 300. and the total at
tendance at schools OF all classes had
increased from 312945 to 453 500 and the
number of teachers employed from S.
800 to 1885.