Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, For the Year 1887, Transmitted to Congress, With a Message of the President, June 26, 1888
No. 368.
Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard.
Honolulu, April 6, 1887. (Received April 27.)
Sir: I have the honor to inclose three copies of the quarterly report of the collector-general of customs, published, in the Daily Advertiser [Page 571] of this city, showing the principal domestic exports of the Hawaiian Islands for the quarter ending March 31,1887.
I have, etc.,
custom-house returns.
We have been permitted by his excellency the jninister of finance to publish the quarterly report of the collector-general of customs, which is as follows:
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, April 4, 1887.
His Excellency Paul P.
Kanoa,
His Majesty’s Minister of
Finance:
Sir: I have the honor to submit to your excellency the table of the principal domestic exports of the Hawaiian Islands for the quarter ending March 31, 1887.
The total value of the exports during the quarter just ended amounted to $2,930,358, being a decrease in the value of such exports during the corresponding period of 1888 by 1,426,687.
With the highest respect and esteem, I have the honor to be, your excellency’s very obedient, humble servant,
Collector-General.
Quantities and values of the principal domestic exports, Hawaiian Islands, for the quarter ending March 31, 1887, by customs districts.
| Articles. | Honolulu. | Kahnlui. | |||
| Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | ||
| Sugar | pounds | 57,202,471 | $2,370,756.96 | 7,067,912 | $329,353.35 |
| Molasses | gallons | 21,415 | 3,815.00 | ||
| Rice | pounds | 2,288,400 | 94,123.41 | ||
| Coffee | do | 1,500 | 276,00 | ||
| Bananas | bunches | 12,931 | 12,139.75 | ||
| Goat-skins | pieces | 3,247 | 1,630.45 | ||
| Hides | do | 6,777 | 23,442.00 | 523 | 2,029.48 |
| Betel leaves | boxes | 94 | 515.00 | ||
| Sheep skins | pieces | 1,800 | 177.00 | ||
| Awa | pieces | 1,626.50 | |||
| Sundries | pounds | 1,626.50 | |||
| Total Values | 2,508,502.07 | 331,382.83 | |||
| Articles. | Hilo. | Total. | |||
| Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | ||
| Sugar | pounds | 2,016.462 | $88,733.00 | 66,286,845 | $2.788.843.31 |
| Molasses | gallons | 21,415 | 3,815.00 | ||
| Rice | pounds | 2,288,400 | 94,123,41 | ||
| Coffee | do | 1,500 | 276.00 | ||
| Bananas | bunches | 12,931 | 12,139.75 | ||
| Goat-skins | pieces | 3,247 | 1,630.45 | ||
| Hides | do | 272 | 798.05 | 7,572 | 26,269.53 |
| Betel leaves | boxes | 94 | 515.00 | ||
| Sheep skins | pieces | 1,800 | 177.00 | ||
| Awa | pieces | 1,936 | 236.82 | 1,936 | 236.82 |
| Sundries | pounds | 705.82 | 2,332.32 | ||
| Total value | 99,473.79 | 2,930,358.69 | |||
Domestic exports, Hawaiian Islands, first quarter, 1886, compared with first quarter, 1886.
| Articles. | 1887. | 1886. | Increase. | Decrease. | |
| Sugar | pounds | 66,288,845 | 67,975,279 | 1,688,434 | |
| Molasses | gallons | 21,415 | 15,288 | 6,127 | |
| Rice | pounds | 2,288,400 | 1,447,550 | 840,850 | |
| Coffee | do | 1,500 | 3,864 | 2,364 | |
| Bananas | bunches | 12,931 | 13,402 | 471 | |
| Goat-skins | pieces | 3,247 | 3,238 | 9 | |
| Hides | do | 7,572 | 6,392 | 1,180 | |
| Tallow | pounds | 1,885 | 15,885 | ||
| Wool | do | 73,380 | 73,180 | ||
| Betel Leaves | boxes | 94 | 130 | 36 | |
| Sheep skins | pieces | 1,800 | 3,110 | 1,310 | |
| Awa | pounds | 1,936 | 865 | 1,071 | |
E. and O. E.
Collector-General.
Honolulu, March 31, 1887.