Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-19
Head of interior Department
Incorporates What Governor
Said in His Annual Report

just been released for publication.
The report says:
The governor OF Hawaii, in his an
! nual report states that the year Las
not been one OF notable changes.
There has been slightly restricted
business and diminished public works.
while private improvements have con-
tinued in good volume
Imports and eXpOrts.-While reiter-
ated until almost trite. and in spite
of years of endeavor to enlarge its
range OF products, the territory of Ha-
waii is practically twO-crop-sugar
and canned ineapple-country When
high prices for sugar obtain the I'M
ports and exports are relatively large
The past year has shown lower aver
age of sugar prices than the fiscal
year 1913; hence the total exports
and imports for the fiscal year 1914
was $77,144,329. or $2,330.551 less than
the previous year, exports shrinking
81 ,S77 1858 and imports $452,6S3. Sugar
exports fell off $3,126,73S. Pineapple
exports increased $1.006. 103, and COT
fee exports increased $33l.629.
Customs and internal-revenue 10
ceipts.-Customs receipts were for
the fiscal year $1,1S4,416.12, a falling
of of $6S5,O9777. Internal-revenue re-
ceipts yielded $232,974.43, an Increase
over the previous year of $6,660.14.
Territorial finances.-The assessed
valuations for the last half of the
fiscal period decreased $14,013.935, the
total taxable valuation being 1851, 1884,
226. Assessments are affected by SET,
tion 1928, r. l.. 1905, which requires
valuations to be base on property Of
corporations, etc, as enterprises tor
profit, hence fluctuations occur from
year to year. The income of the ter
ritorial government was decreased by
diminished receipts from the ipcome
tax, which was $513,65SS7, against
$685., 480.79, for 1918, a difference OF
$421,821.92. AS appropriations were
based on the greater income, the gov
eminent is obliged to curtail wher-
ever possible. The net cash balances
in all current revenue accounts at the
close OF the year aggregated 81, 1885,
1921, a decrease of $203, .S8 from
last year The total revenues col
lected by the territory and counties
aggregated $4,311,731.40, a decrease
of $369,019.50, of which $2,251 ,931.4
went to the territory and $2,059, 1906
to the counties. Out of $3,560,178.
available for the territory from cur
rent revenues, including cash on hand,
$2,455, 020.72i was expended. ~
The bonded Indebtedness was not
Increased during the year, and re-
mains at $6,S44,000
Bank deposits, capitalization of cor
porations, and Insurance business
Bank deposits at the close of the cal
endar. year aggregated $16,647,665,2S,
a decrease Of $37S,63179, which has
little significance. Domestic corpora
ton capitalizations stood at $175,629,-
6Q2. an Increase Of $2,S96,615. Insur-
ance--fre, life and marine-was writ
ten during the year to the amount Of
s91, S21 ,563.72. q. .. .. ..... .s.-
Population and its problems.-The
estimated population Of the territory
Of Hawaii on June 80, 1914, was 219,-
01S. exclusive Of S373 belonging to the
army and navy of the United States.
This Is an increase of 37.016 over the
census Of 1910. The notable race In
creases are 1904 Japanese, 1896
Spanish, 3046 other Caucasians, ex-
elusive of the army and navy, and r.
271 Filipines, while the army and navy
increased $685. since 1910. Those of
Hawaiian pure blood have notably de-
creased In the past four years, but
this has been Offset by the increase
of part Hawaiians, making a net in
crease of 239. 1t will require the
deepest study and wisest judgment to
adjust the interests of so many ma
tionalities If the future increase is
along the. lines indicated by statistics.
Health-There has been no notable
disturbance In normal health condi-
tons. = j.. ... ..-'
Labor.-+The importation, under the
auspices of the territory, of labor from
Europe has ceased. II can not be said
to have been successful. Should. 1t
again become necessary the plans and
procedure should be changed. The
facilities afforded by the Panama
canal route should overcome many
difficulties that obtained via the Cape
Horn route. Filipino labor has much
in its favor and it is only Just to give
those of that race the credit due them.
On some plantations they are consid-
cred the best and most courteous Ia
Dor ever thereon employed. Labor is
plentiful and apparently well content
ed, and seems to be growing markedly
more efficient. sss.-r -.%zss -
Public lands.-It has been most I'M
fortunate that in the past there has
been no practical presentation of the
areas and analysis of the public lands |
Of this territory. From the lack of it
there has been q total misconception
locally and abroad of the land re-
sources Of the territory. It must be
that the territory of Ha-
waii is very mountainous and that in
the center of each of the four larger
islands the elevation ranges from 1910
feet to 1895 feet, hence the amount
of arabic land is comparatively very
restricted. The greater portion of Ha-
waiian products are grown on less
than $4,000 acres. - -
But 59,044.45 acres of arabic ag1-
cultural land remain in the public do.
main. While 487,SS4.64 acres of pub
lSrs la a. -,