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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF 
THE WHOLESALE TRADE. 
The wholesale trade in fishery pro 
Honolulu and Hilo. 
from the sugar plantations this business is very profitable. 
ducts 
FISH AND FISHERIES. 
is carried on in two cities— 
A 
Owing to the constant demand for such articles 
few of 
the sugar plantations purchase their supplies direct, and these are not 
included in the following table. 
None of the firms is engaged exclu- 
sively in this business, being principally wholesale grocery firms. 
Honolulu leads in this business in every particular. 
She 
had 9 
firms employing 73 persons, and a total investment, including wages 
paid, of $848,380 in 1900, while Hilo had 5 firms, with 380 employ ees, 
and a total investment of $161,745, 
including wages. 
Salmon is the principal product handled, followed by sardines, cod, 
oysters, lobsters, mullets, and shrimp in the order named. 
value of all products handled amounted to $359,965. 
The total 
Table showing the wholesale trade in fishery products of Hawaiian Islands in 1900. 
Honolulu. 
| Number. | V 
alue. 
Hilo. 
Tote 
al. 
Number. 
Value. 
Ane! r. 
Syanie. 
JEG 00: jig ee ng gr + Se En 
PII PIOVERSs 6 jc dccascee = sere ch ectic.eisler 
AKO} OLS) di, UE eee ee See a Serre are aEEee 
INVER SSS re enlace are cin eae aie Scie amides beter ei ia 
SEC Pita eee ee See arte ciietae ote clieilioesa sieitarciatarie 
MOtalsssecz = scewticcs tec cers sssha|sscen ceewece 
PRODUCTS | 
Albacore, pickled .......... pounds 1, 250 863 
Anchovies: 
Spiced (in }-lb, jars)..... number 360 | 118 
Spiced (in 23-lb. kegs)......- do 250 1,760 
In oils (in 3-lb. jars)......... do 240 180 
Barracuda, pickled ......-.. pounds. . 17,300 692 
Bonito; pickled -...--:...42..2<- doz... 24, 650 1,199 
Cod, dried and pickled: | | 
Hailitak sain su ec cnoeneee do-te- 112,000 | 8, 960 
G@SIOIMNID 22 ao 4e% 2 oc sence dO2:s. 465, 036 | 0, 142 
Eels, smoked (1-lb. cans)..-number.. 120 | 78 
Finnan haddie (1-lb. cans) ...do....! 2, 640 715 
Herring: | | 
Fresh (1-lb. cans) .....-...-- do... 1, 800 | 270 
Bloaters (1-lb. cans).......-. G02. .c 12, 880 | 2,308 
Kippered (1-lb. cans)......-- dozes.| 10, 448 | 2, 540 
Pickled (100 Ibs. ) ...-half barrels. . 180 1,170 
Pickle@Gn(L6 EDS.) <icesere ac.<c.s20 kits... Vahl 369 
Smoked (4 lbs.) ....-.-...-. boxes. .| 175 36 
Simo keds(lObs:)\ 2 a--2S-e oo dos..c)/ "2 1,540; 538 
Mackerel: | 
Canned (2-Ib.) ..-...... number 480 | 80 
Canned Walbsjcc se. sash2 22555 d0-:-. 4, 800 800 
Canned '(2-lbe) 2224-2 2o.6-.02 do.. 2,160 | 630 
PIG@KI COS. sissies Osectmea a icceee= kits 540 864 
Pickled <<.2-422202-50 half barrels 120 840 
Soused (1-lb. cans) ...--- number 480 | 63 
Mullet (1-lb. cans) ............ do. 66,480 = 10,041 
Salmon: 
Canneédi(=lbr)= 3. 22552-55825 do...:| 1,213,344 | 114,151 
Canned (2-1 Din. sec aoe nee d0s--. 4. 800 | 1, 000 
Pickled. 22) .sccias half barrels... 1) 455 | : 
NO Sete eoe werete cee wee sos barrels... 4,793 
NOS ea cian anc eects cee butts... 20 | 
Relies Baccces oscce ce acsces kits.. 522 
DORee Se aes cece half barrels. . 21 
THO OCG setae eee ioe isis vo. sies- pounds. . 102 
Steaks (1-lb. cans) ....--- number. . 10, 224 
Sardines (foreign): 
Canned (4 OllS) Ar esis ceeeaee- cases. . 3, 078 27, 240 
Canneéed’(2.0ils)e 2222 32.8 Jace: do. <: 35 613 
Gannedenty Ons: Oils) ........ do 100 1,175 
Canned (3 tomato) .......... do. 50 475 
1,344 
66, 480 
1, 452, 576 
136, 579 
1,000 
13,740 
61, 989 
340 
28, 088 
613 
1,175 
475 
