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Title: The Hawaiian Islands

Author: The Department of Foreign Affairs

Release Date: July 12, 2009 [EBook #29383]

Language: English

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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 de