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north -wing of the basement. It is of the same size as 

 the room above, is cool, airy and very attractive, and 

 contains at the east end a bar and card table. 



Three of Strahle & Co's finest billiard tables, made of 

 choice California lanrel oak, furnished with Delany's 

 patent cushions and other late improvements, occupy the 

 hall. ISTo better tables are made in any part of the 

 world, and the proprietor has spared and will spare no 

 expense to render this part of the establishment a popu- 

 lar resort to the lovers of the game. 



The Hawaiian Hotel was leased by Mr. Allan Herbert 

 early in 1872. He has done everything in his power to 

 make it all that the most exacting could demand, and has 

 omitted nothing that can increase its reputation as a first- 

 class hotel. The department of cuisine in a new country 

 is always difficult to manage. When Mr. Herbert took 

 charge, he found it nearly impossible to supply his tables 

 with variety sufficient to please. But after becoming 

 acquainted with the Chinese gardeners, and those natives 

 and foreigners who deal in poultry, fish and game, milk, 

 butter and eggs, fruits, vegetables, &c, and after in- 

 structing them how to produce and prepare for market, 

 and deliver in good order what he might require, he has 

 so systematized this department, that any time he can call 

 for and obtain in quantities to suit, anything he needs, 

 He pays one gardener over a thousand dollars a year, 

 and expends a much larger sum for fruits. To be sure 

 of a constant supply of poultry and eggs, he sustains a 

 ranch at Kalihi, where he maintains a stock of fowls, 

 ducks, turkeys, geese, and pigs, buying them as offered, 

 keeping on hand and fattening for the table. A good 



