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The boats are modern, of good size, well officered, set excel- 
lent tables and afford rapid and frequent communication be- 
tween the islands. 
Table of Inter-Island Distances and Fares. 
Honolulu 
to Xawiliwili, Kauai, distance 
9» 
miles, fare $ 6.00 
]\ (~\] r\ri TZ a 1 1 3 1 
IX UlUd, XVctLidl 
tt 
102 
6.00 
Waimea, Kauai 
120 
7.OO 
tt 
Hanalei, Kauai 
n 
125 
tt 
a 
7.00 
Lahaina, Maui 
a 
(( 
5. CO 
McGregor's, Maui 
tt 
84 
a 
6.00 
a 
Kahului, Maui 
90 
(( 
6.00 
Hana, Maui 
tt 
128 
tt 
a 
7.00 
tt 
Mahukona, Hawaii 
134 
a 
10.00 
it 
Kawaihae, Hawaii 
144 
a 
10.00 
a 
Kailua, Hawaii 
tt 
178 
a 
10.00 
ft 
Hilo, Hawaii 
192 
a 
a 
12.50 
Punaluu, Hawaii 
250 
a 
13.00 
The roads leading from all of the steamship landings are 
excellent, the most out of the way places on each island being 
readily and easily reached by horse, carriage or automobile. 
Horses and vehicles for hire are readily obtainable at all times 
and on all of the islands at reasonable rates. 
There are five lines of railway within the Territory of Ha- 
waii. The Oahu Railway & Land Company operating between 
Honolulu and Kahuku, 71.3 miles, with a branch some 11 miles 
in length, running from Waipahu to the pineapple plantation- 
of ^'ahiawa. At Kahuku, a connection is made with the 
Koolau railway, adding some ten miles to the length of the 
road. This railway system has opened up thousands of acres 
of rich sugar lands and handles a very large freight. 
On the island of Maui, the Kahului railway connects that 
growing port with the interior sugar belt. 
The island of Hawaii has two lines of railway. The Kohala 
railway, about 25 miles in length, serves the sugar plantations 
of the district, the terminus of the line being at the port of 
Mahukona. The Hilo railway, which now connects the second 
city of the Territory with a portion of its tributary country, 
promises to be the leading railway enterprise in the islands 
and if the plans of the promoters are carried out, which now 
seems very probable, this line will not only tap the sugar lands 
of the Hilo and Hamakua districts, but will also serve to open 
up a great many thousand acres of productive territory, the 
development of which will tend to make of Hilo a place of 
considerable importance, commercially. 
In a recenjt letter Mr. O. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of 
Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, says : * 
