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HA WAIIAN G UIDE B OK 



POPULATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 

 A census of the whole group is taken by the govern- 

 ment once in every six years, the last being that of De- 

 cember, 1872. It gives a total population of 56,897, 



the details of which are below : 



Total number of Natives, December, 1872 v 49,044 



Total number of Half-castes, December, 1872 2,487 



Total number of Chinese, December, 1872 1,938 



Total number of Americans, December, 1872 889 



Total number ot Hawaiian born, foreign parentage 849 



Total number of Britons, foreign parentage 619 



Total number of Portuguese, foreign parentage.... 395 



Total number of Germans, foreign parentage 224 



Total number of French, foreign parentage 88 



Total number of other Foreigners „ 364 



Total population, December, 1872 56,897 



Total number of Natives and Half-castes in 1866 58,765 



Total number of Natives and Half-castes in 1872 51,531 



Total decrease of Natives and Half-castes since 1866 7,234 



Total number of Foreigners in 1872 5,366 



Total number of Foreigners in 1866... 4,194 



Total increase of Foreigners since 1866 1,172 



Decrease of Natives and Half-castes since 1866 7,234 



Increase of Foreigners since 1866 1,172 



Total decrease of population since 1866 6,062 



Native males over 40 years of age 9,991 



Native females over 40 years of age 7,545 



Native males of all ages 26,130 



Native females of all ages 22,914 



Hawaiian born, foreign parents, males. 418 



Hawaiian born, foreign parents, females 431 



Chinese males , 1,831 



Chinese females 107 



Clergymen 120, teachers 324, licensed physicians 47, lawyers 91, 

 merchants 728, mechanics 2,115, agriculturists 9,670, plantation la- 

 borers 4772, freeholders 6,580. 



