Favourable kind, regarding the Lahaina School, and the
excellence and wisdom of the manner in which it is conducted. I
have been told by many who on most points are quite out of sympathy
with the Sisters, not only that their work is recognized as a most
valuable agency, but that their influence has come to be regarded as
among the chiefest of the blessings of Lahaina.
{270} The Nuhou has since expired.
{276} This monster is a cephalopod of the order Dibranchiata, and
has eight flexible arms, each crowded with 120 pair of suckers, and
two longer feelers about six feet in length, differing considerably
from the others in form.
{295} According to the revenue returns for the biennial period
ending March 31, 1874, the revenue derived from awa was over $9000,
and that from opium over $46,000.
{296} The following paragraph from Dr. Rupert Anderson's sober-
minded book on the Sandwich Islands fully bears out the king's
remarks: "The islands all lie within the range of the trade winds,
which blow with great regularity nine months of the year, and on the
leeward side, where their course is obstructed by mountains, there
are regular land and sea breezes. The weather at all seasons is
delightful, the sky usually cloudless, the atmosphere clear and
bracing. Nothing can exceed the soft brilliancy of the moonlight
nights. Thunderstorms are rare and light in their nature.
Hurricanes are unknown. The general temperature is the nearest in
the world to that point regarded by physiologists as most conducive
to health and longevity. By ascending the mountains any desirable
degree of temperature may be obtained."
{303} These circumstances are well-known throughout the islands, and
with the omission of some personal details, there is nothing which
may not be known by a larger public.
{335} According to Mr. Brigham, the products of the Hawaiian
volcanoes are: native sulphur, pyrites, salt, sal ammoniac,
hydrochloric acid, haematite, sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid,
quartz, crystals, palagonite, feldspar, chrysolite, Thompsonite,
gypsum, solfatarite, copperas, nitre, arragonite, Labradorite,
limonite.
{381} I venture to present this journal letter just as it was
written, trusting that the interest which attaches to volcanic
regions, will carry the reader through the minuteness and
multiplicity of the details.
{388} Since then, the Austins of Onomea were standing on a similar
ledge, when a sound as of a surge striking below, made them jump
back hastily, and in another moment the projection split off, and
was engulfed in the fiery lake.
{411} Since white men have inhabited the islands, there have been
ten recorded eruptions from the craters of Mauna Loa, and one from
Hualalai.
{422} Several letters are omitted here, as they contain repetitions
of journeys and circumstances which have been amply detailed before.
I went to the Kona district for a few days only, intending to return
to friends on Kauai and Maui; but owing to an alteration in the
sailings of the Kilauea, was detained there for a month, and
afterwards, owing to uncertainties connected with the San Francisco
steamers, was obliged to leave the Islands abruptly, after a
residence of nearly seven months.
{453} The schools of the kingdom are as follows: -
Number
Schools. Boys. Girls. Total.
Common Schools 196 3193 2329 5522
Government Boarding Schools 3 185 - 185
Government Haw.-Eng. Day Schools 5 415 246 661
Subsidized Boarding Schools 10 168 191 359
Subsidized Day Schools 9 201 210 411
Independent Boarding Schools 3 14 62 76
Independent Day Schools 16 287 254 541
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Total 242 4463 3292 7755
{457} The population by the last census, taken in 1872, is as
follows: -
Total number of natives in 1872 49,044
" " half-castes in 1872 2,487
" " Chinese in 1872 1,938
" " Americans in 1872 889
" " Hawaiians born of foreign parents, 1872 849
" " Britons in 1872 619
" " Portuguese in 1872 395
" " Germans in 1872 224
" " French in 1872 88
" " other foreigners in 1872 364
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Total population in 1872 56,897
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Total number of natives, including half-castes, in 1866 58,765
" " " " " in 1872 51,531
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Decrease since 1866 7,234
The excess of males over females is 6,403 souls.
AREA AND POPULATION OF EACH ISLAND.
Acres. Height Population
in feet. in 1872.
Hawaii 2,500,000 13,953 16,001
Maui 400,000 10,200 12,334
Oahu 350,000 3,800 20,671
Kauai 350,000 4,800 4,961
Molokai 200,000 2,800 2,349
Lanai 100,000 2,400 348
Niihau 70,000 800 233
Kahoolawe 30,000 400 -
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Total 56,897
{468} Only one robe like this remains, that which is spread over the
throne at the opening of Parliament. The one buried with Lunalilo
could not be reproduced for one hundred thousand dollars.
*** END OF THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO by Isabella L. Bird ***
