COMMERCIAL FISHERIFS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 475 
THE FISHERIES OF NIIHAU. 
This island is devoted almost exclusively to the raising of sheep, 
and fishing is carried on in a desultory fashion by the employees of 
the sheep ranch and their families. What they do not consume is 
carried across the strait to Waimea, on Kauai, and sold there. A 
small portion of the catch is also dried. Native men and women alone 
engage in the fisheries. The following table shows by apparatus the 
vield of the fisheries in 1900; 
Species. Lbs. Value. 
Lines: 
FAUT ear ore nein ceoiaee Saran wa aes Sle Sinn’. Slulate clalo cle ioiatala wialeis olelartiavsicve wicleteiars a eteiclsisnasoraqnc ys 380 $95 
PAC ABW A OTTO Mass oc eaas eh anisole be te an Se Ses Saisie Se ein ISricis seinls elejeie lard olaisrotess 3, 100 465 
TOM ro Dae LA ania te 2 ae eae Rie een Sk Se eee eet ere es a en eee 800 120 
OO Se SE eee Sa eich aire ae o icicte sl wlacejole ae aiaies ate siadia eerste rorsle Rateyalepole Siete eon 7, 200 1, 800 
UN een alee cee ee nm ire re i Nei os se oh Oa aes crateerenaiseate 1, 200 480 
MODE eis oy caste ie oe eis ree er cloe Be I Ane oe afi ce mcotal sie wield sie ssa GaSe Bee ewiciawene see 4, 400 1,100 
ROU Waratnes Hees isc sates: cstarsicinis Syciarerersleiaarcisiesie.ne Py See aie cee ere 2 entree 4, 900 490 
[DLE YS» Zo Ua =¥0 bo ae > FR ge oS re ee en eee 5, 100 510 
WGK Gee fo oue cciscie cece sasS ub sscceue bureseamtwsmeisce eee ie Sieh te lorsronteararsie ae | 600 120 
ROA Reis teenie sles e re ale mee sine sass ORE Ee eS aetnererd A AA Ce ee: 27, 680 5,180 
Hands | 
MOLY teeta cites «cai ac arte esac come nace Bote os seis = cede Ss cee ces cm eben us| 145 15 
Oy Tre eae eee ore mer ctetrsiac cies icine cleiaie m Sees eersie avons peieO meee alah aioe sie 250 65 
UN apes ede See ah cmahewesns vs CERRO ee pn ae Seamer nes oe Eat AL 2 fet 1, 200 300 
VV SL TN Ste ren aecle ep Sho are spore wthin capaho Sryeinin se SiseIe ee ees eis eis isie wi eles sie sin acieeinie nee toctacleias 250 63 
ERO tA Re eee eee ae. ences a hacia ania eR SRE Ree Aisisins eee Meets Scene Se ahcee 1, 845 443 
THE FISHERIES OF MOLOKAI. 
Although one of the larger islands of the group, Molokai has but a 
very small part of the total population. It must have supported a 
considerable native population at one time, as there area large number 
of fish ponds on the southern side of the island, many of which have 
been abandoned, as, owing to a lack of market consequent upon the 
rapid dying out of the native population, it did not pay to keep them up. 
The island at present is used mainly for grazing, as the lack of water 
makes it unsuitable for the growing of sugar cane. There are no 
harbors along the coast and no settlements of any size. Pukoo and 
Kaunakakai, the principal places, are very small villages. 
About the center of the northern side of the island, on a point of 
land extending a considerable distance out into the ocean, are located 
the two leper settlements, which contain more than half of the total 
population of the island. Fishing is carried on at these settlements by 
the lepers—3 bag nets, valued at $450; 10 cast nets, worth $100, and 
$18 worth of lines, being used. The board of health for the territory, 
which has charge of the settlements, purchases all the fish that are 
caught, provided the fishermen care to dispose of them, at a uniform 
price of 7 cents per pound, and distributes these in lieu of meat ration. 
Should the fishermen wish to sell personally to the people of the settle- 
ments they are permitted to do so. The fishermen are all lepers. 
This fishing has been included in the tables. 
