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a ae a ae —_ a=? 5 .* ae , INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. 63 | 138.1 5, and the imports to $5,339,785.04. Ofthe exports $7,975,590.41 were accredited to sugar. | Of the imports $4,121,920.22 came from Pacific ports of the United States, $394,399.16 from Atlantic ports, a total of $4,516,319.38, leaving but $1,197,608 for every other nation that the Hawaiian Islands have commercial relations with. In 1895, 91 per cent. of all the whole business of the islands was done with the United States. ' After sugar, the next greatest industry of the islands . is coffee. No finer coffee in the world is produced than that of the Hawaiian Islands, but it requires the greatest care, and a crop is not produced till the third year from the time of planting. Inthe fifth year a good realization is made upon the investment. fn case any of the readers of this book should desire to emigrate to the islands, a condensed description of the method of cultivating the coffee plant is given. Coffee is a shrub, and it requires a loose porous soil. In heavy, clayey ground which holds much water it does not thrive well. Still chere is very little such land in the Hawaiian Islands, for the soil is generally porous. Coffee thrives well and gives good results in various conditions of soil and heat. In these islands it grows and produces from very nearly at the sea level to the elevation of 26,200 feet. With such a range it is evident that in a tropical climate the cultivation of coffee presents greater opportunities for an investor than other tropical products. In almost any part of the island practical ex- perience has shown it can be grown with success. a The beginning of the coffee industry on a large scale in > Eomicbooks.c¢