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Table showing by months, numbers, and species the sae sold at the Honolulw market in 
1900—Continued. 












ae | * p Septem- Novem- | Decem- | Total for 
Species. July. | August. nea October. | “jar. Hew 1900. 
| 
Number. | Number. | Number. | Number. | Number. | Number.) Nuniber. 
WRT ATCT Ph ae ee es Pee eres Pree oeee rs Peak sporod bonaseonaS 10 108 242 
GOS 2 eer oe a One eeoeeerl Berreseead ponccedsad Sseaneeancr boosseesss socossoredeeccersce- 25 
WRT NSD See eee ee 2,571 1,916 3, 263 3, 133 3, 060 6,317 25, 494 
PU Se e825 65 SS SoS eels wicie = 6, 500 12, 312 16, 434 13, 688 4, 263 14, 409 92,496 
[UNE Sa ae = = ee eee 109 1 26 64 25 8 366 
\WUELG es re eo ee ae 2, 283 1,949 102,108 11, 081 18, 680 24,01 177, 589 
VW es ee a ar ee 3 13 3 5 6 1,493 
EPC rl eens eae enn Fe ie eo a ee a eee eee eee eo at eae islet 50 
PEC R ee re en cele cardic aaa 638 490 441 596 480 10, 743 
LOTR ied Bae eke 2 Os et 71 16 14 2 19 184 
AIRTEL Soe ae eee ee a re ieee ee ne) ee ene, 2 PAM (pee 123 
Nain eee ter essed ea |S sors boat |anecads aes eooce seen esaeacins es hy eran I. 
Papalen ns oases asco sae oss woe 4, 871 5, 700 4,788 5, 688 998 62, 815 
ee ae ee SY Soe aS: 3, 645 2,205 2,870 2,429 1, 939 22, 638 
VETS i eee eee 1, 194 390 730 603 104 6, 078 
AAGG) 37 Re oe ee eee 273,261 | 253,019 | 418,278 | 209,913 | 193,979 2, 814, 882 



The figures on the mollusks, crustaceans, etc., are not complete, 
but what little was reported has been shown in the table. 
The most noticeable feature in this market is the excessively high 
prices charged for fishery products. As compared with other retail 
markets of the United States, and possibly of the world, Honolulu 
ranks first as regards high prices. But few of the better grade of 
fishes sell for less than 25 cents per pound, some even selling for as 
high as 35 cents per pound. All fish are sold by number, but they 
have been reduced to pounds in the general statistical tables, and the 
prices computed accordingly, so as to conform to data collected in 
other sections of the United States. Amaama, the commonest species, 
sells for an average of 25 cents per pound, or 84 cents each, and ula 
(crawfish) for 20 cents each or 10 cents per pound. In the Polynesian, 
of Honolulu, under date of September 7, 1844, amaama are quoted at 
37 to 50 cents per dozen, other fish 3 to 6 cents per pound, and ula at 
64 cents each. Quite a disparity between the prices of then and now. 
There are a number of reasons given to account for this condition 
of affairs, the principal ones being: 
1. Owing to the impossibility of keeping the catch in a fresh condi- 
tion more than 24 to 48 hours, the fishermen try not to take more than 
can be easily sold and, because of this, gluts—the principal causes of 
low prices—rarely occur. 
2. Owing to the insufficient transportation facilities there is but little 
opportunity to bring to one market, where there is a scarcity, the over- 
plus of another. The island of Oahu is much better situated in this 
regard than any of the others, as there is a railroad which skirts the 
western and northern shores of the island for nearly one-half of its 
circumference. This permits of the rapid and cheap transportation of 
fish from the various places along the railroad to Honolulu, and has been 
of great assistance in developing the fisheries of these places. But the 
fishermen on the eastern and southern sides of the island are still com- 

