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RUBBER CULTURE IN HAWAII 



the volcano of Kilauea to Honolulu, to furnish steam for industrial 

 purposes. 



The islands comprising the territory of Hawaii are seven large ones 

 and quite a number of little ones. They are Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, 

 Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, and Niihau. According to the census of 1900 



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they had 154,001 inhabitants. Of these islands, the most densely 

 populated is that of Oahu, which has nearly 60,000, and it is on this 

 island that the city of Honolulu is situated. The native population 

 today is small, being less than one third of the total, the predominant races 

 being the Chinese and the Japanese. Probably no country in the world of- 

 fers ai greater variety of beautiful scenery than does this midocean territory 



