COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 473 
THE WHOLESALE TRADE. 
But two cities—Honolulu and Hilo—are engaged in the sale of fish- 
ery products by wholesale. The greater part of this trade is in canned 
goods and pickled salmon, large quantities of which are sold to the 
sugar plantations scattered over the islands. In 1903 none of the firms 
engaged exclusively in the sale of fishery products, but sold such in 
connection with other goods. <A few of the sugar plantations pur- © 
chased their supplies direct and are not included in the table below. 
A smali quantity of fresh fish, brought from San Francisco in the cold- 
storage rooms of the regular steamers, is also sold in Honolulu. 
Honolulu leads in this trade in every particular. The total invest- 
ment in the business in 1903 was $520,350, a gain of $10,225 over 1900, 
when the investment amounted to $510,125. No effort was made to 
gather data on the quantity of products handled. 
Table showing the wholesale fishery trade of the Hawanan Islands in 1903. 
Hono- : | 
iRealcr Hilo. | Total. 
z | = , 
TRipoiTea Sy PG) RA gaa es ees eh etal ie a ae Fr ee kd ee eee | 9 4 13 
Numberioemiployieesc 24s ha. sca. weecwce to ccisec sienicisersaiclee wisieieeesigg <1 71 | 23 94 
RRO DERUV Ee Aaersc cee ee tc cise cic ee enon emiseie esis sais s cid eeeemes ete meeemaceses $219, 850 | $106, 000 $325, 850 
VEU CS erate taste rare chee ace erate wrcte etararc fone ore yb) as avers yaveominte cleletaersieterereters 32, 300 15,000 | 47,300 
Cashecapibalie et ese tee ws ayaras ater sisisie eis ew aac nabs cletawlae sminaciesselemtesiac 112, 500 34,700 | 147, 200 
FRO Call ege cent a eterna eee Ae SPIN eet tag oe Re a epee LE Age | 364,650 | 155,700 | 520,350 
FISH PONDS. 
The manner of construction and method of operation of fish ponds 
has been extensively discussed in the previous report. But little 
authentic data regarding their history have come to light since that 
time, although earnest efforts have been made to secure information 
from oral traditions and early printed chronicles. David Malo in his 
Hawaiian Antiquities” states that— 
On the death of Kahoukapu the Kingdom [Hawaii] passed into the hands of 
Kauholanuimahu. After reigning fora few years Kauholaniumahu sailed over to Maui 
and made his residence at Honua-ula. He it was that constructed that fish pood at 
Keoneoio. 
Dr. N. B. Emerson, the translator, in a note on page 267 of the 
work just quoted, ascribes the building of several fish ponds on 
the western side of Hawaii, at the coast of Hilea, at Honuapo, and 
Ninole, in the district of Kau, to Kiohala, who was King or Chief 
of Kau during the early years of the nineteenth century. He (the 
King) is said to have made himself exceedingly unpopular among his 
subjects by his exactions in the building of these ponds. The ponds 
are not in existence at present. 
aHawaiian Antiquities, by David Malo; translated from the Hawaiian by Dr. N. B. Emerson; p. 338. 
8°. Honolulu, 1903. 
