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pumps used this plantation have a combined capacity
of 60,OO0,000 gallons per day.
Queer Freak of Rainfall
Speaking of irrigation, am reminded that the rain
fall varies greatly in different parts of the island At
Honolulu for instance it is something like thirty inches
per year, while at point within five miles of the city
the annual rainfall sometimes reaches 140 inches. The
sugar plantation visited while of the largest is only
of number of plantations, the total sugar product
of the islands reaching above 100000 tons annually.
Next to the sugar crop the rice CROP many OF
the rice fields lying close to the city, Pineappes bananas
coffee and cocoanuts also raised Attention is being
given to the development of crops which be
grown by small planters those in authority recognizing
the advantage to the country of small holdings.
The labor problem is the most serious one which the
people of Hawaii have to meet AT present the manual
labor is largely done by Japanese Chinese and Koreans
these together considerably outnumberng the whites and
natives Several thousand Portuguese have been brought
to the islands and have proven excellent addition to
the population On the day that there the immi
grafton commission authorized the securing of few
Italian families with view to testing their fitness for the
climate The desire is to develop homogeneous popua
ton suited to the conditions and of the islands
We returned from the sugar plantation in auomo-
bies, stopping at the home of Mr. Damon, which was
a royal habitation.
Thepresent owner has collected many relics showing
the life, habits and arts of the native Hawaiians
Schools and School Children
Still nearer the town we visited two splendid Schools
for native boys the other for native girls built from
the funds left by the native chiefs The boys and girls
drawn up in front of of the buildings and under
the drect of their instructor sang the national anthem
of the natives preserved the territorial hymn
They finely pfoportioned welldressed and nte1
gent group and said to be studious and excelenty
behaved. Nothing the islands interested than
these native children illustrating they do not only the
possibilities of their race but the immense progress made
in little more than hundred years of contact with the
, whites. The museum the gift of Mr. Bishop, now of
California VINO married the widow of of the native
Chiefs is said to contain the best collection of handiwork
of the natives of the Pacific islands to be found anywhere
The public reception at the Royal Hawaiian hotel
gave opportunity to meet not only the prominent
American and native citizens and their wives but large
number of the artisans and aborers of the various races
and pleased to note throughout the day the har
monious feeling which exists between the whites and the
brown population.
Politics, Princes and Poi
Political convictions produce the results here
in the United States sometimes dividing families For
instance, Prince Cupid the present territorial repre-
sentative in congress- republican, while his brother,
Prince Davis is enthusiastic democrat.
: The luncheon prepared by the committee included
number Of native Dishes cooked according to the
recipes which followed for hundreds of before
the white set foot upon the island The health OF
the guests drunk in cocoanut water, nut full of
which stood at each plate Poi, the staple food of the
natives present in abundance. This is made from
tuber known taro, which grows in swamps and
has leaf resembling plant, commonly known
elephants This tuber is ground to pulp resembling
paste and is served in polished wooden bowls in the
making of which the natives exhibit great skill Next in