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Portuguese, and the remainder of various nation- 

 alities. Scandinavians have been tried, also Poles 

 and Austrians, and in 1900 Porto Ricans and 

 American negroes were taken out. 



The total value of imports increased from $5,- 

 730,000 in 1894 and $5,714,000 in 1895 to $7,165,000 

 in 1896, $8,838,000 in 1897, and $11,650,000 in 1898; 

 that of exports of Hawaiian produce from $9,141,- 

 000 in 1894 and $8,358,000 in 1895 to $15,436,000 in 

 1896, $16,022,000 in 1897, and $17,346,000 in 1898. 

 Foodstuffs for the population, as well as textiles 

 aial clothing, timber, machinery, and hardware, are 

 imported. Cereals and provisions, cotton goods, 

 and a majority of other goods are brought from the 



necting Oahu with Hawaii, have 250 miles of line. 

 Honolulu already had a thorough telephone sys- 

 tem before the fall of the monarchy. The number 

 of letters and other mail matter handled by the 

 post office in 1897 was 5,079,872. The postal sav- 

 ings bank in 1897 had $953,981 belonging to 10,620 

 depositors. Cables will soon connect all the 

 islands. 



Politics and Legislation. The tariff and 

 navigation laws of the United States have been 

 extended to the Hawaiian archipelago. The time 

 labor contracts by which laborers engaged to work 

 on the sugar plantations could be restrained by the 

 public force from leaving before the stipulated 



HONOLULU. 



United States, which supplies 74.64 per cent, of 

 the total imports, while 11.05 per cent, come from 

 England. On many articles imported free from the 

 United States 10 per cent, duty is paid if they 

 come from other countries. Of the exports 99.44 

 per cent, go to the United States. The imports 

 into the United States from Hawaii were valued 

 at $17,187,380 in 1898 and $17,831,463 in 1899, the 

 exports from the United States to Hawaii at. 

 $5,907,155 in 1898 and $9,305,470 in 1899. The 

 total trade of the islands in 1899 showed an in- 

 crease of 44 per cent, over that of the previous 

 year. The proportion of the United States in the 

 import trade was 78.8 per cent., that of the British 

 Empire 11.25 per cent. There was a notable in- 

 crease in the importation of machinery, fertilizers, 

 building materials, clothing, and provisions. Sugar 

 amounted to 97 per cent, of the total exports, all 

 going to the United States. The export of rice 

 has declined, owing to the increased domestic de- 

 mana. Bee culture is growing into an important 

 industry, especially in Oahu, and the export of 

 honey to Australia and New Zealand has reached 

 a considerable figure. The imports from the 

 Hawaiian Islands into the United States in 1900 

 reached $20,707,903 and exports from the United 

 States to the Hawaiian Islands $13,509,148. 



Navigation. The shipping belonging to Ha- 

 waii consisted in 1898 of 71 vessels, of 33,576 tons. 

 Lines of steamers run between Honolulu and 

 American, Australasian, Chinese, and Japanese 

 ports. 



Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs. On the 

 islands of Oahu, Hawaii, and Maui ai'e railroads 

 having a total length of about 100 miles. The tele- 

 graphs in these three islands, with the cable con- 



term of years expired have been abolished as re- 

 pugnant to the United States Constitution. The 

 trade between the United States and the Hawaiian 

 Islands is now coastwise in character. No duty is 

 paid on Hawaiian products brought into the 

 United States or on American products brought 

 into Hawaii. As Honolulu is no longer treated as 

 a foreign port the merchants of San Francisco who 

 conduct most of the business no longer report the 

 quantity and value of the imports and exports. 



The first election held in Hawaii since it became 

 a Territorial part of the United States took place 

 in November, 1900. A Delegate to Congress was 

 chosen. There were three parties Republicans, 

 Democrats, and Independents, the last represent- 

 ing specially the native Hawaiians and the prin- 

 ciple of home rule. Samuel Parker, of native 

 descent, the chief cattle breeder of the islands, was 

 the Republican candidate; Prince David Kaua- 

 naukoa, a nephew of ex-Queen Liluokalani, was 

 the candidate of the Democrats; and Robert W. 

 Wilcox, who was a leader in the revolutionary 

 uprising of the natives against the Americanizing 

 Government in power in 1889, was the nominee of 

 the Independents, whose object is to gain the 

 rights of statehood for Hawaii. Mr. Wilcox was 

 the successful candidate, and in the Legislature 

 elected at the same time, comprising 15 Senators 

 and 30 Representatives, the Independents obtained 

 a majority of the seats. 



HAYTI, a republic in the West Indies, occupy- 

 ing the western third of the island of Hayti. The 

 legislative power is vested in the National Assem- 

 bly, consisting of a Senate of 39 members, chosen 

 for six years by the lower house from two lists, 

 one submitted by the President and one by an 



