ned above, are the northeast trades.
These blow for about nine months of the year. The remainder of the
period the winds are variable and chiefly from the south. The Islands
are outside the cyclone belt, and severe storms accompanied by thunder
and lightning are of rare occurrence.

HEALTH.

The Islands possess a healthy climate. There are no virulent fevers such
as are encountered on the coast of Africa or in the West India Islands.
Epidemics seldom visit the Islands, and when they do they are generally
light. A careful system of quarantine guards the Islands now from
epidemics from abroad. Such grave diseases as pneumonia and diphtheria
are almost unknown. Children thrive wonderfully.

AREA.

For practical purposes--and these lines are written for practical
men--there are eight Islands in the Hawaiian group. The others are mere
rocks, of no value to mankind at present. These eight Islands, beginning
from the northwest, are named Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai,
Kahoolawe, Maui and Hawaii. The areas of these Islands are as follows:

=Square Miles.=

Niihau 97
Kauai 590
Oahu 600
Molokai 270
Maui 760
Lanai 150
Kahoolawe 63
Hawaii 4210
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Total 6740

The Islands that interest an intending immigrant are Hawaii, Maui, Oahu
and Kauai. It is on these Islands that coffee, fruits, potatoes, corn
and vegetables can be raised by the small investor, and where land can
be obtained on reasonable terms.

HAWAII.

The Island of Hawaii is the largest in the group, and presents great
varieties of soil and climate. The windward side, which includes the
districts of North Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna, is copiously watered
by rains and, in the Hilo district, the streams rush impetuously down
every gulch or ravine. The leeward side of the Island, including South
Kohala, North and South Kona, and Kau, is not exposed to such strong
rains, but an ample supply of water falls in the rain belt. The Kona
district has given the coffee product a name in the markets of the world.

On this Island are now situated numerous sugar plantations. Coffee
employs the industry of several hundred owners, ranging from the man
with 200,000 trees to him who has only an acre or so. There are
thousands upon thousands of acres at present uncultivated and only
awaiting the sturdy arms a