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.
