The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-02
REPORT SHOWS
HEALTHYCROWTH
Hawaii Had Population of 217,744
on June 80 Last, According to
Figures in Interesting Annual
Statement Issued by Governor
Frear and Released for Pubbca-
tion Today.

The report of Governor Frear to the
secretary of the interior. for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1913, which is
released" this morning, contains a
statistical abstract of the history of
Hawaii for the past ten years, con
denscd to ninety five pages. There is
material for study on each one of the
ninety-fvc pages, but not thrill from
cover to cover The Governor draws
few conclusions and makes few recon-
mennations, letting tine facts and ng-
ures he presents speak iOr themselves.
One of the most interesting tables in
the report is that dealing with the re-
gistered vote for the last election,
showing the rapidity with which the
race complexion of the electorate is
changing. While the Hawaiian and
part Hawaiian vote remains almost the
same, the decrease in pure Hawaiians
being made up for by the increase in
part llawaiians, the total vote of the
other nationalities represented here is
growing rapidly, so rapidly that, if the
increase between 1912 and 1914 is pro.
portionate with the increase from 1910
and 1912, and the possible voting
strength be registered the figures
would stand: Hawaiian and part -Ha.
waiian, 9703; all others. 9749. 1t is
noteworthy, too. that out of 9S02 pos
sible Hawaiian voters in 1912 only 367
failed to register while other national
tiles failed to register to the extent
of 2719 out of possible SJ3l
Comparing the vote of 1912 and 1910
the figures show that the Hawaiian
vote dropped lS4, the Portuguese vote
gained 239, the American vote gained
602, the British and German vote fell
off "A and the japanese and Chinese
vote gained 125.
Only One Failure. :.
Commenting on the healthy growth
of county government, the Governor
says:
"Thcse governments have been
steadily developed. At first the ten
dency was to extend their powers and
increase their revenues without giving
much attention to possible abuses. Now,
however, experience and the wearing
off of the novelty has led to greater
care in legislation, in elections of of
ficers and in holding officers to their
responsibilities, with view to securing
as high degree of efficiency and hon
esty as practicable. Some of these gov
ernmeDts have done so well that there
is comparatively little room for criti-
cism. The one that has been most con
spicuously disappointing is that of the
County of Hawaii, comprising the larg
est island of the group. Finally sufli-
cicnt indications of wrongdoing were
discovered to lead the last legislature
to appropriate the necessary funds and
grant the necessary authority for a
thorough investigation of the affairs of
that county by commission. That in.
vestigation is now well along, with the
result that probably "A hundred thou
sand dollars or so of the county's mon
eys, which have been improperly taken
or used, win be recovered, and several
officials have already pleaded guilty or
have been convicted of various offenses.
1t is hoped that this will have whole.
some effect on the administration of the
local governments generally and the in.
terest of the public in them.''