Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Andrew D. Hwang and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Case Western Reserve University Preservation Department Digital Library) THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THEIR RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. [Illustration (Cover image).] [Illustration: MAP of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. 3 CHAPTER II. 12 CHAPTER III. 16 CHAPTER IV. 20 CHAPTER V. 37 CHAPTER VI. 43 CHAPTER VII. 52 CHAPTER VIII. 58 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. 85 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAP OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. SANFORD B. DOLE, President of the Republic of Hawaii. EXECUTIVE BUILDING. / JUDICIARY BUILDING. EWA MILL. / VALLEY SCENE, HAWAII. PAUOA VALLEY RICE FIELDS. / PINEAPPLE PLANTATION. COFFEE PLANTATION, HAMAKUA. / COFFEE PLANTATION, PUNA. OCEANIC STEAMSHIP AUSTRALIA. / VOLCANO HOUSE. KOHALA RAILROAD. / RICE FIELD, PEARL CITY. NUUANU AVENUE, HONOLULU. / WAIKIKI BEACH. LUNALILO HOME, FOR AGED HAWAIIANS. / KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL. OAHU COLLEGE. / PAUAHI HALL, OAHU COLLEGE. MASONIC TEMPLE. / KAMEHAMEHA MUSEUM. KAWAIAHAO CHURCH (Hawaiian). / CENTRAL UNION CHURCH. [Illustration: SANFORD B. DOLE. President of the Republic of Hawaii.] THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THEIR RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. Coffee, _THE COMING STAPLE PRODUCT._ ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1896. HONOLULU: PRINTED BY THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE COMPANY. The following pamphlet has been compiled for the purpose of giving information to those intending to invest in the industries of the Hawaiian Islands. The information can be vouched for as correct. The portion dealing with agriculture is from the pen of Joseph Marsden, Esq., Commissioner of Agriculture. The digest of the land law has been prepared by J. F. Brown, Esq., Commissioner of Public Lands. The historical portion has been written by Prof. Alexander, Chief of the Government Survey and author of a "Short History of the Hawaiian People" and other works. The pamphlet has been planned, edited and in part written by Alatau T. Atkinson, Esq., ex-Inspector General of Schools, and now General Superintendent of Census. CHAPTER I. GENERAL INFORMATION.