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DILLINGHAM, President SMI ' C. P- DEN [SON, F- £ ' HAWAIIAN Almanac and Annual FOR I 1916 I The Reference Book of Information and Statistics Relating to the Territory of Hawaii, of Value to Merchants, Tourists and Others THOS. G. THRUM, Compiler and Publisher Forty-Second Year of Publication Copyright 1915 by Thos. G. Thrum HONOLULU 1915 <F ==^ (Emmttng %mm l9ifi (Eatettfmr iflifi ^ j cr "^ t n -i -n (I) H ? -i W (0 T H ? 0) ? 30 3D c o C PI X > c C n z > z z n O c O H 7 z m o c D H p o <n 7 30 > C o w 7 30 > C o (0 -< 30 (A < 30 > J» PI > n PI < -< > (0 O O > (0 O O < -< > < > > -< > > > < < > < < < < — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 ?. 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 n 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 JAN. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 JULY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 KbB. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 AUG. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 *4 *2 1 2 3 "i 5 6 7 8 9 10 il 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 16 MAR. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 SFPT. 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 i *4 *3 2 3 5 6 7 8 *i 2 4 "s 6 "l 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 APR. OCT. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MAY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NOV. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 ! 23 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 *2 1 3 "i 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JUNE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 0b(). 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 V- J = (T ^ StyniL d. alarum THE HAWAIIAN ANNUAL HONOLULU. HAWAII ^= J . TABLE OF CONTENTS CALENDARS, DISTANCES, ETC. Pages Holidays, Church Days, Eclipses, etc 6 Calendars—First, Second, Third and Fourth Quarters 7— 10 Inter-Island Distances by Sea; Channel and Ocean Distances. 11 Overland Distances: Oahu, Hawaii 12— 13 " " Maui, Kauai 14 " " Molokai, Oahu Railway 15 STATISTICAL. Area, Elevation and Coast Line Distances, Hawaiian Islands. 15 Seating Capacity Principal Church, Halls, Etc., Honolulu .... 15 Population by Districts and Islands, Comparative 1900-1910. ... 16 by Age, Group, Sex and Race, 1910 16 of Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii, Census of 1910 17 Comparative Table of Population Hawaiian Islands, 1860-1910 17 Illiterates in Population, Territory of Hawaii 18 Population by Race and Sex, 1910 ; 18 Estimated Population in Hawaii, 1915 18 Vital Statistics Territory of Hawaii, 1915 19 Births and Deaths, by Counties and Nationalities, 1915 19 Area, Elevation and Population 19 School Statistics, Territory of Hawaii, 1915 : 20 Value Domestic Merchandise Shipments to U. S., 1914 and 1915 21 Import Values from U. S., 1914 and 1915 22— 23 Hawaii's Commerce with U. S. and Foreign Countries, 1914-15 24 Imports and Exports, Fiscal Year 1915 24 Quantity and Value Principal Articles Domestic Produce to U. S., 1915 25 Summary of Insurance Business, 1914 25 Domestic Products Exported to Foreign Countries, 1915 25 Value of Imports from Foreign Countries, 1915 26 Number and Tonnage of Shipping, Entered and Cleared, 1915 26 Value Carrying Trade to and from Hawaii, 1915. 26 Passengers from and to Hawaii, Fiscal Year 1915 27 Hawaiian Sugar Export Statistics, 1901-1915 27 Territorial Taxes Collected 1914 27 Hawaii's Annual Trade Balance from 1901 28 'able Receipts, Expenditures and Public Debt, 1901-1915 28 bonded Debt, June 30, 1915 28 ^sessed Value Real and Personal Property, 1915 29 Hawaiian Corporations, Number and Capital, 1915 29 Nationality of Plantation Labor, 1914-15 29 raxes by Divisions and Counties, Fiscal Year 1915 30 Summary of Meteorological Observations, 1914-15 , . 31 Table of Rainfall Throughout the Islands, 1914-15 32— 33 Hawaiian Sugar Crops, 1910-15 183—184 ARTICLES. Pages Commercial Review, 1915 34— 36 Social and Civic Hawaii in the Early Fifties 37— 50 Sandalwood Days 50— 56 Record Climb of Mauna Loa 56 Hawaiian Pageants of 1915 57— 59 Carnival Season, 1915 60— 61 Kauai Historical Society 61 Kawaiahao Seminary's Semi-Centennial 62 Charles Reed Bishop 63— 71 Hawaiian Music 71— 79 Between the Bays in Kona 80— 86 Completing Oahu's Heiau Search : 87— 91 Retirement of Captain Berger 91 Tradition of the Temple of Kaumakaulaula 92— 94 Evidence of the Deep Subsidence of the Waianae Mountains, Oahu 95—125 Congressional Party's Visit 126—130 The "F-4" Disaster 131—134 Honolulu's Water Question 134 More of John Young. 125—126 Corals of Kaneohe Bay 135—139 The Legend of Kanehunamoku 140—147 Hawaii, the best-known Building at the Panama-Pacific Expo- sition, 1915 147—150 The Pineapple Industry in Singapore 151—155 Retrospect for 1915 156—174 The Waiahole Tunnel Project 174—180 REFERENCE. List of Sugar Plantations, Mills and Agencies 181— 182 Register and Directory, Territorial Officials, Etc 185—197 County Officials . m Federal Officials 198—200 Index 201-202 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page Page Am.-Hawn. S. S. Co 11 Hawaiian Fertilizer Co 19 Audit Co. of Hawaii 4 Hawaiian Trust Co 14 Alexander & Baldwin, Sugar Hawaii Meat Co 21 Factors 2 Hollister Drug Co 17 ^llen & Robinson, Lumber, Etc. 7 Honolulu Iron Works Co 9 Alexander Young Hotel 15 Hustace-Peck Co., Draymen ... 20 Ah Chew Bros., Groceries, etc. 21 Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., Lumber Bank of Hawaii, Ltd 3d cover (on back) Bank of Honolulu, Ltd 8 London, Liverp'l & Gl. Ins. Co. 5 Beakbane, W., Engraver 18 Lord-Young Engineering Co. 11 Benson, Smith & Co., Druggists 13 Bergstrom Music Co., Pianos, May & Co., Grocers, Etc 17 Etc 22 Mclnerny, Ltd., M., Trunks... 18 Bishop & Co., Bankers 4 Mercantile Printing Co 17 Bishop Trust Co 4 North Brit. & Mctl. Ins. Co... 5 Brewer & Co., Ship'g & Com. 3 Oahu Railway Castle & Cooke, Ship'g & Com. 1 & Land Co 2d page cover Catton, Neill & Co., Machn'sts. 13 Chambers Drug Co., Ltd 16 Sachs Dry Goods Co 18 porters & Com 7 Davies & Co., Theo. H., Im- Schaefer & Co., F. A., Im- porters 7 & Com Silva's Toggery 20 Dimond & Co., 12 WW Sun Ins. Office of London 5 Dowsett, J. M., Fire Insurance 19 Thames & Mersey Mar. Ins. Co. 6 Khlers Co., Dry Goods, Etc. 22 & Thrum's, Ltd., Stationery, Bookseller, Etc last cover Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. 6 Fireman's Fund Ins. Company 6 Von Hamm-Young Co., Imptrs. 15 First Ntnl. Bank of Hawaii. 14 Waldron, Ltd., Fred. L., Comsn. Japanese Bazaar . 21 3d page cover Waterhouse Co., The 22 Hackfeld Co., Ship'g Com. 10 & & Waterhouse Trust Co., Henry. 12 Hall & Son, E. O., Hdw., Etc. 16 Hawaiian Annual 21 Yokohama Specie Bank. 20 . HAWAIIAN ANNUAL CALENDAR FOR 1916. Second half of the eighteenth year and first half of the nineteenth year since annexation of Hawaii with the United States. Twenty-first year since the downfall of the Monarchy. The 138th year since the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain Cook. Holidays Observed at the Hawaiian Islands. *New Year Jan. 1 ^Birthday Hawn. Republic. July 4 Chinese New Year Feb.