450 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Comparative table showing the extent of the fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands in 

 1900 and i.905— Continued." 



PRODUCTS. 



Island. 



Inciease 

 (+) or de- 

 crease ( — ). 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 ( + ) or de- 

 crease ( — ). 



Hawaii 



Kahoolawe 



Kauai , 



Lanai 



Maui 



Molokai — 



Niihau 



Oahu 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 1, 304, 311 



403, 521 

 212, 628 



1, 169, 117 



376, 255 



29, 526 



2, 737, 198 



Pounds. 



1,404,794 



27, 100 



377, 946 



130, 669 



1,212,446 



274, 331 



29,600 



3, 515,850 



Pounds. 

 +100,483 

 + 27,100 



- 25,675 



- 81,959 

 + 63,328 

 -101,924 

 + 75 

 +778, 652 



6, 222, 455 



6,972,735 



+750,280 



+ 7.70 

 +100.00 



- 6.34 



- 38.55 

 + 4.61 



- 27.19 

 + .03 

 + 28.45 



12.05 



VALUE OF PRODUCTS. 



Hawaii 



Kahoolawe 



Kauai 



Lanai 



Maui 



Molokai 



Niihau 



Oahu 



Total. 



»137, 734 



89, 

 29, 



190, 



67, 



5, 



561, 



1,083,646 



8101, 149 

 1,466 

 34, 738 

 11,069 

 120, 267 

 32, 389 

 3,010 

 373, 819 



677, 897 



-$36, 585 

 + 1, 456 



- 55,255 



- 18,784 



- 70,662 



- 35,210 



- 2, 613 

 -188,096 



-406, 749 



- 26.66 

 +100. 00 



- 61.40 



- 62.92 



- 37.01 



- 62.09 



- 46.47 



- 33.47 



- 37.44 



IMPORTATION OF FISHERY PRODUCTS. 



With the exception of a small portion of the white population, the 

 inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands are great consumers of fishery 

 products. The domestic fisheries at present are totally inadequate to 

 the demand, and as a result enormous quantities of fresh, canned, 

 salted, smoked, dried, and pickled fishery products are imported each 

 year. Owing to the unusual admixture of races, the imports are 

 very diverse. Dried abalone, cuttlefish, oysters, seaweed, and shrimp 

 are consumed by the Japanese and Chinese; dried and salted cod, had- 

 dock, hake, and pollock by the Portuguese and Porto Ricans, and sal- 

 mon by the whites and natives. 



The United States has always furnished more goods than any other 

 country, but since the annexation of the islands, June 14, 1900, this 

 has become domestic traffic, and, no records having been kept at the 

 custom-house of the receipts from the mainland, it is impossible to 

 show in figures the immense preponderance of this part of the trade. 

 According to official data, during 1897, 1898, and 1899 the United 

 States furnished almost two-thirds of the imports, and, judging from 

 the statements of importers and others well informed, this proportion 

 has been ver}^ radically increased since the annexation. As the United 

 States tarifl' law replaced that of the late Hawaiian Republic, and was 

 higher than the latter, foreign products were under a greater dis- 

 advantage in competing with goods from the mainland than was the 

 case under the provisions of the reciprocity treaty. 



