{223} In 1873 the export of wool had increased to 329,507 lbs.
{235} The Inspector of Schools has since told me that there is a
track as bad, if not worse, in the Hana district on Maui.
{256} It gives me pleasure to add that the Sisters have lived down
this very natural distrust, and that in a subsequent residence of
five months on the islands, I never heard but one opinion, and that
of the most 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.
