The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-26
ALF-MILLION
COUNTY BOOM
Forty-Six Per Cent Income In
crease for Hawaii's Coun-
ties in Last Four Years.

The counties of this Territory have
taken in during the year ended June
80 last nearly half million dollars
more than they took in during the 1907
period, or, to be exact, the increase OF
1910 income over that of 1907 amounts
to $443,111.07.
Honolulu s increase was nearly $780,
600; Hawaii's was over $4,000;
Maui s was over 100000, and Kauai's
was over $4,000.
The percentage Of increase of county
income throughout the Territory in 1910
over 1907 was 1855.
The comparison is made between the
years 1910 and 1907 as normal years.
For purposes of comparison the amounts
recorded below as receipts for 1906
should be considerably smaller, both be-
cause that was the year in which the
taNes were collected for a year and a
half and because the amounts paid to
the counties during that, the first year
O. county government, were determined
somewhat arbitrarily.
The incomes for the years 1906 and
1909 do not include certain small col
lections made by the counties during
those years
During the year ended June 80, 1910,
the Territory paid over to the counties
altogether in general taxes $1019,-
1874, which represented onehalf of
the poll, school property and general
income taxes collected by the Territory
in the respective counties, as appears.
in detail below. Under road. taxes, also
detailed below, are represented all the.
road taxes collected by the Territory in
the respective counties, being kept by
the Territory on special deposit for the
counties.
In a word, during the year ended
tune 80 last, Honolulu received $685.
993.47, of which Honolulu city and
county collected $10S511.56 and re-
ceived from the Territory 1866, 4S1.91.
Governors Figures.
Governor Frear, preparatory to MAX
ing his annual report to Washington,
has come into possession of some very
interesting and significant figures as
, far as the counties are concerned. They
r are interesting, if for nothing else, for
, the reason that it just happens that five
of the ten years of the life of the Ter
ritory have been devoted to county gov
eminent throughout these Islands. In
other words, while these Islands have
been under territorial government for
ten years, half of that time has been
devoted to growth, development and ex.
; perience of county government, with
city and county government for Homo
lulu towards the last.
Governor Frear has one table of ip-
ures which covers the income of the
counties for the fiscal year ended with
, June 80 of this year.
In this table is shown the amount
S collected by the Territory IN general
f taxes and in the road tax, as follows:
e General taxes = Honolulu (Oahu),
: $500, 51956; Hawaii, $215, 459O9; Maui,
T $l90,3l643; Kauai, $111, 1926. Total,
!, $1,O19,4S7.34.
d Road tax collected by Territory
Honolulu (Oahu), $53,962.35; Hawaii,
a $780, 04S0; Maui, $23,4S9; Kauai, $22,-
9 7S045. Total $40, 0S61O.
Collected by the counties-License
! fees, Honolulu (oahu), $72,6S1,11; Ha.
= wall, $34,S27.66; Maui, $l6,323.O2;
n Fines and COSTS Honolulu (Oahu), ,,
= $S,S21.9O; Kauai, $S,179.SS Total,
Water and sewer rates Hawaii,
$9,S13.O4; Maui, $10,O24.S6; Kauai,
$2,7Os.65. Total, $22,546,55.
Miscellaneous - Honolulu (Oahu),
500, 106.S7; Hawaii, $2,202.31; Maui,
$3,749.73; Kauai, $3.50. Total, $780,
O62.41.
Total-Honolulu (Oahu), 1864, 993.47;
Hawaii, 1921, O7O7O; Maui, $3.50, 674.94;
Kauai, $155,954.1S. Total, 1894
693. 20.
The report of the amounts collected
from the Territory are taken from the
territorial auditor IS books and those
collected by the counties are taken
from the county books
The items in the general tax column
include half of the poll, school, prop
erty and general income taxes; these
are paid over to the. counties by the
Territory. Items in the road tax
column include all road taxes; these
are kept by the Territory on special
deposit for the counties. The items
in the license fee column, on record
include most of the licenses other
than liquor licenses. Fines and costs
are those of the district magistrates
courts. The water and sewer rates
in Honolulu are still collected and used
, by the Territory and there are no
sewer rates on Maui and Kauai.
The income of the counties for five
years is as follows:
1906.
Honolulu Oahu -$639, 0l1.25.
Hawaii-$20s,5 l9.45.
6,069.97.
Kauai-$l09 ,96s93.
Total for the counties - sl,l03,
$685.
I l9O7-Honolulu, 1886, 402.Os; decrease
of $l53,5O9.l5. Hawaii $2OO,470.3s; de
. crease, ssO49.07. Maui, l47,205.6l; in
! crease, $llS5.64. Kauai, $l1s,4O415i
I increase, $s435,22. Total 1851 ,5s2. 22i
: total decrease, $751; ,0s7.36.
2 Honolulu, s545, 95l .O0i increase
. $50, 440.0l, Hawaii, s24l ,s2l.sii in
5 crease, S4l,36li6. Maui, $l77, 656.s9i
1 increase, s30,35l2s. Kauai, $4,000.
! 00i Increase, s7504Ol Total, 1901,
: 32s.s9, increase al3eTi6Bl,
J, l000-Honoulu, 55sS,blTlsi increase
]. s37, $4,000. Hawaii, s27e,0l4l8i in
! crease. sal OBESE Maui tlg9 III