Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 8, 26 September 1893 — STATISTICS. [ARTICLE]

STATISTICS.

AVe rejnib-i-h to-dty frora onr issue of Thnrstlay thn 4lst iust., the v:il iitbl>* stit'stioal tible eonip’leil by Hou. A. Marques aiul wiU in tlrs i-sue furtber anthe present statns of the Ha »aiian |>oj>plation. The *sti- 1 mateil ch nges i • the j>o|>ulat!on sinee t»e census w»s t >ken m i 18-K), liave b-eti c «lenl te«l partly froiu the retnrns iu the Cnstora Hoiise. in r» gm.l to ar rivals aml <lej»aitnres « f ditTereut nat»oualit:ei», aud part!y from ihe iucre <s« iu the birth ntte oyer the »le »th rale as estno i ated by the Boanl »>f He iUh.

We see thon that tke increase tu tbe pojxiluti>*n is maiuly artific»al. We U-nn it so, because only» sm <11 j»ort»<*n of the in . rease is doe U> exc ss of birth while the larger porti«»n is due to imui gnti«»n U> the Islan<1s of Asiatics. These Asiatics are ; Ub»r«rs of m teinpor*ry and trans.«ut chamcter, and uever be-

cotning pennaoeul settlers or {«>rming h permai.ent portion o{ tlie inhabitanta of Hawaii. The fignres will show tbat while the >ucre»t>e in the popolation Mmoauted to 9-il2 sou's bora 1834 to 1890. it has reacheil the monnt ol 8.894 sonls {rom ioJoly 31 st. 1893. H the increase shoald be cootinaed in the same pmpolion in the {atnre, the result to Bawaii wlll be dis- ; »istrous. We have pointeti ont j the transient chni-acter o{ tbe in- ! crease. bnt it is siill worthy o{ uoliee that this inc>ease coositrs uearlv solely of nien and that onlv a veiy sm.ill p.oportiou of women sire iraported. The etfect on the mon»l status of the eonntry by such an uuf>>rtnuate condition should not be overlooked.

The cl«ssification of the popa- i laiion as to nHtionalities show tiii«t the ilaw«iians are 45.14 per cent. of the whole p«>pula'«ion, while the Asiatic amoant t >-day h> 37.26 ptr cent. (in 1890 to 30.74 per cent.) The halanee of the popnlaiion under the hea«ling of Other Foreigners amounts to 24 12 per cent., bot iu that amount is iuoluded the Hawaiian b >rn foreigners amountiug to 8.32 |)cr ceut. Of these other foreigners. the Portuguese intr«»duced here as plantation laborers. and as a whole, an ign«>rant class i«mount to 9.57 per cent., while tbe Hiiwaiian born Portngrese amount to 4.57 per cent. The Araericans re»ch the ridiculously small per-centage of 2.14 per cent. of the whole popnlaiion, or a per-oentage of 4.72 of the native population. As everybody is aw.ire, it is untrue that this Ameiiean 2.14 per cent. of the whole population favors annexation,or is in svmpalhy wilh the revolutionists—but, even if thev are the British bnre amonnl to 2.48 per cent. of the populalion nearly all of whom are opposed to annexati. i n. aud the British and G e r m a n s togeth>-r to 2.63 per cent., or soiuewhat nuire than the per ceutage in America

We showed onr Thnrsday issue whv the Americans certainly eannot budd their elaim for politicaI suprcmacy in Hawaii on their weahh, and we will show that tfaey ean do so still Iess by reason of the polhieal strengtb of the American colony. There are acc«irding to onr tabl« 45,581 males over 15 years of age, of j whum only 13,593 have claimed i tlie right to vote and registered. Of tiiese 70.31 per cent. are natives. 1.09 j>er cent. Hawaiian b«irn foreigneas. and 28.60 othe* f«>reigners including 15.33 illiter- ' ute E ortnguese. The Americans ela uoring for snpremacy reach the notable pro| , ortiou of 4.66 jier cent. of the total amonnt of voters or 6.06 p* r ce«t. of tbe native voters. They have among theiu iu uelual figures only 637 voters, while the Britishers registered as vot«rs amount to 505, and the haif-castes alone to 777. i It shon!d morenver he remembered th«t the abnorm»l sitoation i exists in tbis conntry that » m«n c»n vot withont being a naturai lt*ed citizen. Were only such > entitled to vote, the figures given f by us wou : d be ioaterially chang- > ed »nd Ihe Ameneana »s well as - the Portugnese and otber foreign- - ers be comp!etely “oot of sight.”

They are all perfectly willing to assume the rights belonging to all natnralized citizens in all | coantries they are very unnwil- - )ing to assame the daties devol-« ving on a man who makes np his mind to heeome a permaneot, resident and a loyal citizen of a 1t wonld be well if we couldfinaIly impress on the minds j | of the annexationists both here j 1 and in America the fol!owing fignres relating to Americans in i Hawaii: They are 2.14 per cent. ; i of the whole p<ipnlation, and4.6fi por cent. of the voters: only 177 oot of 1,198 males over 15 years • ! own real estate. only 1,330 (ont of a total of 41.908) are tax-payers. They pay only 26 per cent. of all ( the taxes annnally paul into the . i treasnry —inclnding the taxes i paid by the anti-annexationist 1 Glaus Spreckels, who pays more J than one-haif of the 26 per cent. paid bv ‘ ; Americans.” Only 101: : of them are actnally engaged in ; the sugar-industry, whieh is the marrow and bone of Hawaii, and j a great raajoritv of 4hem have refased to give up their American citizenship. and swear allegiance to Hawaii. ■ ■ - On WHAT then do they base their elaim to dispose of the futnre destiny of these Islands—and eeho auswers: On NADGHT.