COMMERCIAL EISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Everything is on a cash basis, the successful buyer counting down the money at 
once and removing the fish, which are taken to the market by carriers with baskets 
slung over their shoulders on poles, and by carts. The principal selling time at the 
market is in the afternoon, after the dealers have returned from Waiakea. 
WAILUICU. 
The market house at Wailuku is a small building with only 5 stalls, which are 
run by 2 Chinese and 5 natives, and is owned by a private individual. The market 
house, with land, is valued at about $1,500. Most of the fish sold here are brought 
from Kahului, a few miles away, while some ama-ama come from the island of 
Molokai. The market has no government supervision, which it needs. 
LAIIAINA. 
The principal market house at Lahaina is owned by the government and is 
valued at about $6,000, including the land. It contains 6 stalls, which rent at $3 
per mouth. These were run in 1900 by 1 American, 1 Japanese, and 1 natives. 
Close by are 2 private stalls, which were operated by 1 Japanese. In addition, in 
1900, there were 2 private fish markets in town, with a total valuation of $650. 
These contained 6 stalls, which were run by 4 Chinese, 4 Japanese, and 4 natives. 
The greater portion of one of these was destroyed by fire in the early part of 1901 
and has not since been rebuilt. 
There is no inspector at Lahaina, although one is very much needed, as the sale 
of tainted fish, particularly by the Japanese, is quite common. Lahaina is the prin- 
cipal market for the disposal of the fish taken by the fishermen on Molokai and 
Lanai. 
The number of persons employed at these markets has not been shown in the 
general statistical tables in this report. 
THE WHOLESALE TRADE. 
The wholesale trade in fishery products is . carried on in two cities — Honolulu 
and Hilo — and, owing to the constant demand for such articles from the sugar plan- 
tations, is very profitable. A few of the plantations purchase their supplies direct, 
and these are not included in the following table. None of the firms is engaged 
exclusively in this business, all being principally wholesale grocery firms. 
Honolulu leads in the wholesale trade in every particular. In 1900 she had 
9 firms, employing 73 persons, and a total investment, including wages paid, of 
$348,380 in 1900, while Hilo had 5 firms, with 30 employees, and a total investment 
of $161,745, including wages. 
Salmon is the principal product handled, followed by sardines, cod, oysters, 
lobsters, mullets, and shrimp, in the order named. The total value of all products 
handled amounted to $359,965. 
