The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-13
Every Man. Woman and Child
Paid Nine Dollars For Sup
port Of Territory
OAHU LEADS ISLANDS
IN AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED
Treasurer Mccarthy Pleased
With Showing Made-About
$1,350,0O0 UnCouected

During the six months ending on June
30, this year, residents and property
owners in Hawaii paid into the terri.
torial treasury n total of $l,sl7 ,ll3.2S,
or an estimated rough average Of nine
dollars for each man, woman and child
living in the Territory, figuring the
population of Hawaii at, say, 2l5,O00.
By taxation divisions, the collection
of taxes was as follows: Oahu, mostly
Honolulu, $9s6,954.97; Hawaii, $685.
5O2.Ol; Maui, $2ss,sslIs, and Kauai,
$ls5,775.1O. Oahu and Honolulu paid
54.3l per cent of the total taxes col
Iected during the first six months of the
year. E.&..
According to the nature and classes
of taxes, the four big taxation divi-
sions paid in the following amounts:
Oahu Pays More Than Half
Oahu, Charles T. Wilder, assessor
Real and personal property, $50, 325.73;
road, $74,61Lll; poll, $l6,679.O9; dog,
$l5S4.37; school, $33, 3j4.2S; income,
$lS7 ,22S.04; special income. $S5,6lO.40;
special territorial taxes, $14,625.35,
and delinquent taxes-gencral fund,
$2G4s.6O, and road, $2SS, a total for
the island of $9S6,95497
Hawaii, Oliver T. Shipman, assessor
Real estate and personal, $25S, 277.7S;
road, $41 ,472.05; poll, $l3,l4S.4S; dog,
$l704.66; school, $26, 2SO.76; income,
$l0,S29.3S; special income, $3617.70, and
delinquent taxes - general, $l62.20,
and road, 90, a total for the island of
1855, 5O2.01.
Maui, J. II. Kuncwa, assessor
Real estate and personal, $2lO,S37. az;
road, $24,315.l5; poll, $S363.lS; dog,
$34l.47; school, $l6,7259O; income,
$l9,134.47; special income, $S999l74,
and delinquent taxes-general fund,
$l63.s5, a total for the island of $685.
S8l.l8.
Kauai, J. X. Farley, assessor Real
estate and personal taxes, 1926, S6O.75;
road, 500, 2QS.5O; poll, $S4Ol.15g dog,
$4s6.S5; school, $l6,su2 4Oi, income,
delinquent taxes-general. $4.55, a
Real and Personal About TWo:Thirds
| OH IHt CIdtSlHCd-
tions and classes, the taxes paid in
were as follows: Real estate and per.
sonal, 81 1852 90 .6s; road, $l66,69l 81 ;
poll, $46,627 80; dog, $4ll6.S5; school
1913, 1894; income, $225,075.S7; special
income, SOL ,370.24; special territorial
taxes, $l4,625.35; delinquent taxes
general, $2979.2O, and road, 1897, a
grand total of $l,Sl7,ll3.26 for the en-,
tire Territory.
Oahu and Honolulu paid more
than half of the taxes collected
in the Territory during the first half OF
the year. This division also was first
in the amounts paid in on real estate
and personal, road, poll, school, income
special income, special territorial and
delinquent taxes. Oahu was the only
division that paid special territoria
taxes. Only in dog taxes did this islam
fall behind any of the other divisions
coming second and losing first place t.
Hawaii.
Hawaii First In Dog Taxes
Hawaii led the Territory in thu
amount Of dog taxes turned in for thu
six months. 1t was second in real anc
personal, road, poll and school anC
third in income and special income.
Maui was second in income, specia
income and delinquent taxes; third IL
real estate and personal, and fourtl
in road, poll dog and school taxes, il
these last four mentioned department
being bested by Kauai.
Kauai was third in road, poll, dog
school and delinquent taxes; anC
fourth in real estate, income, special in
come and delinquent taxes.
81 am gratifed with the showing
made by tn different divisions of tn
tax department Of the territorial treas
ury during the rst half of the year,
said Treasurer Charles J. McCarth.
yesterday.
Less For Second Half Of Year
"The second half of the year will
. not sec so much money turned in II
! taxes during the first portion, for prac
tically all the poll, road, school, do
and vehicle taxes were paid In up T.
June 80, but about an equal amour
of real estate and personal property
income and special income tax SHOULD
be forthcoming during the second hal
as was paid during the first portion o
the year.
The second half of the year SHOULD
bring in about 81 100000 in real estat
and income taxes, making the tOtn
collection for 1918 reach about s., 65
600 for the whole Territory, a pc
capita of nearly fifteen dollars.
The collection Of taxes for the frs
half Of this year exceeded that of an.
similar previous period by abOut
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