of transport for
the produce, and an expeditious method for obtaining the necessary
supplies, etc., from the capital. The management of the railroad offers
special inducements for would-be investors to see the country, and
special rates should they conclude to settle.

KAUAI.

Kauai is called the "Garden Island," it is so well watered and so
luxuriant in vegetation. The Island is at present largely devoted to the
cultivation of sugar. Rice also cuts a considerable figure in the
agricultural production of Kauai. That it can produce coffee is
undoubted, but there is a timidity about embarking in the industry,
because some forty years ago the experiment of a coffee plantation was
tried, and owing to misjudgment of location and soil, failed. Since then
the cultivation of coffee has come to be more thoroughly understood, and
there is no doubt that quantities of land suitable for such cultivation
are now lying, like the sleeping beauty, waiting for the kiss of
enterprise to make them awake into usefulness and profit for mankind.

There is room on the Hawaiian Islands for at least ten times the present
population. The climate, soil and social conditions all tend to make
them a desirable home for those who are willing to work, and have a
moderate capital to begin with.

GOVERNMENT.

The Government of the Hawaiian Islands is a Republic. Up to the year
1893 it had been a limited monarchy, but at that date it was felt, by
the progressive party in the state, that monarchy had had its day, and
that the friends of such a form of government should give way to more
liberal institutions, assimilating to the institutions of the United
States, and to become a part of which Great Republic is the earnest
desire of all those who have the interests of the Islands at heart. The
monarchy, in a bloodless revolution, disappeared and the Republic took
its place.

The Republic is a republic of progress, and under the Government thus
established every facility has been given for developing and improving
the country. The President is elected for six years. The Legislature
consists of a Senate and House of Representatives, all members being
elected by popular vote. The Senators are elected for a term of six
years, and voters for Senators must have real property worth $1,500, or
personal property worth $3,000, or an income of not less than $600 per
annum. The vote for Representatives is based on manhood suffrage.

TAXATION.

All males