Hawaii — page 82: what you’re looking at

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. * ‘ ~— é - . 4, od ~ty , PAN *, “ ” nA ‘ INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. 73 In 1895 the exports accredited to coffee were $22,- 823.68; to bananas, $102,599.25, and pineapples, $8,- 738.84. There has been a steady increase in the importation of musical instruments in the past three years, the list com- prising fifty-four pianos, twenty parlor organs, five hun- dred and sixty-nine guitars, thirty-three banjos, twen- ty-eight mandolins, forty-seven violins, and other musical instruments. Plantation labor statistics from the latest report of the Secretary of the Bureau of Immigration, 1897, are as fol- lows: One thousand six hundred and fifteen Hawaiians, 2,268 Portuguese, 6,289 Chinese, 115 South Sea Isl- anders, and all others 600. The market for all kinds of labor is overstocked, so it would be very unwise for any one to go to the islands without capital, on the mere chance of getting employment. ; The total value of fresh fruits imported to the islands during the year 1896 was $14,154.97, most of which was received from Californiayand her sister States. There were forty-four barrels, and seven thousand and ninety- nine boxes of apples, one thousand four hundred and six- ty-eight boxes of oranges, six hundred and seventy-five boxes of limes, four hundred and seventy-six boxes of pears, two hundred and eighty of plums, one hundrec and eighty of cherries, and one hundred and thirty-seven of peaches. ) There are twenty-five miles of railroad in operation on the island of Hawaii, seven miles in Maui, twenty-five comicbooks