of Customs to any other port or place in the Islands not a port of entry, for the purpose of debarking cargo, the duties upon which have been paid, or of embarking cargo, or of obtaining refresh

ments.

PORT CHARGES.

United States Consul-General Mills, in his report of August 31, 1896, gives the following as the tariff of port charges at Honolulu:

Over 1,400 tons, 5 cents per ton additional,

Outside of pilot limits, or in case of accidents, etc., as per agreement.

30.00

35.00

40.00

45.00

50.00

60.00

75.00

Harbor master's fee: Boarding vessel on arrival or departure, or in m ving, ·
each time.

Wharfage: Government or O. R. & L. Company's wharves, per ton per day.
Water rates:

To vessels at the wharf, per gallon....

To vessels, by lighter, in harbor, per gallon..

To vessels, by lighter, outside the harbor, per gallon.

Marine railway charges (capacity for 1,700-ton vessels in light balla t):

Steamers, per ton....

Sailing vessels, per ton.

(After first day, steamers 25 cents and sailing vessels 20 cents per ton.)

For buoys...

For lights, foreign vessels.

For mail oath.

For manifests (blank $1, filing fee $1).

For e tries (blank $1, filing fee 50 cents)
For bill of health departure...

1. 50

1.00

It may be proper to mention, adds the Consul-General, that the Oceanic Steamship Company has the charges for lights, buoys, all blanks, and fees, water, and wharfage remitted by contract, and

that the Canadian-Australian Line has the same privileges, with the exception of water. The Oceanic Steamship Company, the Canadian-Australian, the Oriental and Occidental, and Pacific Mail are all granted free storage for the coal used in navigating their vessels. Of the above lines, the Monowai of the Oceanic carries the British flag, the other three (Australia, Mariposa, and Alameda) are American vessels. The Occidental and Oriental steamers (the Doric, Coptic, Gaelic, and Belgic) are British; while the Pacific Mail steamers, with the exception of the China, which is British, all fly the American flag.

PASSENGER TAX.1

A part of the port charges. Every vessel arriving from a foreign port, at any of the ports of these Islands, with passengers on board, shall be subject to a tax of one dollar for each of the passengers who shall enter the islands, and this tax shall form a part of the port charges, and shall be paid to the Collector of the Port, and no Collector shall grant a clearance to any such vessel until the same be paid.

Relating to the landing of aliens.-It shall be unlawful for aliens. of the following classes to land in the Hawaiian Islands, to wit: Idiots, insane persons, paupers, vagabonds, criminals, fugitives from justice, persons suffering from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, stowaways, vagrants, and persons without visible means of support, which means of support may be shown by the bona fide possession of not less than fifty dollars in money or a bona fide written contract of employment with a reliable and responsible resident of the Hawaiian Islands.

The master or any other officer of any vessel, or any person, who shall bring within the Hawaiian Islands, and land or attempt to land, or permit to be landed, any alien not lawfully entitled to

1 From Digest of Hawaiian Customs Laws, 1897.

enter the Hawaiian Islands, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred nor less than one hundred dollars for each and every such alien not entitled to enter the Hawaiian Islands so brought and landed or permitted to be landed, and may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year; any such vessel shall not have clearance from any port of the Hawaiian Islands until such fine is paid.

VIII.

Transportation Facilities,' Postal System, Etc.

OCEAN LINES.

The steamship lines plying between Honolulu and the United States are the Oceanic Steamship Company (4 ships), the Oriental and Occidental Steamship Company (4 ships), the Pacific Mail (4 ships), the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (2 ships), the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (4 ships), and the Canadian and Australian (2 ships), the latter plying between Sydney, New South Wales, and Vancouver, British Columbia, and touching at this port on each trip each way. The time consumed by the steamers between Honolulu and San Francisco is from six to seven days, but the communication is somewhat irregular. Sometimes, two or three steamers touch there within a week, and then an interval of ten or twelve days may occur between steamers. One vessel of the Oceanic Line, the Australia, runs only between San Francisco and Honolulu, and makes about fifteen round trips during the year, while the other three of the same line steam from San Francisco to Sydney, touching here on both outward and homeward voyages. One of these steamers arrives at Honolulu from San Francisco, and one departs from that place within each month. The Oriental and Occidental and the Pacific Mail ply regularly between San Francisco and Hongkong, and the majority of the steamers touch at Honolulu both ways. The Japanese Line-Nippon Yusen Kaisha-does service between Yokohama

1 From report of United States Consul General Mills, August 31, 1896.

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and Seattle, Wash., and with its two steamers makes this an intermediate port on every trip. The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's ships ply between Hongkong and Portland, touching only occasionally at Honolulu.

There are a large number of sailing vessels plying regularly between Honolulu and San Francisco, and also others coal laden from British Columbia and Australia which proceed to the United States either in ballast or with cargoes of sugar. Vessels arrive at Honolulu from European ports at comparatively rare intervals. The rates of freight from Honolulu to San Francisco are: For steamers, $5 per ton and 5 per cent primage; sailing vessels, $3 per ton and 5 per cent primage. The rates to Atlantic ports range from $5 to $7 per ton, with 5 per cent added.

The Oceanic Steamship Company does the bulk of the passenger traffic between Honolulu and San Francisco, as the rate for cabin passage is $75 and steerage $25, while the Occidental and Oriental and the Pacific Mail charge $100 and $30, respectively. The first-named line also controls the steamer freighting trade between San Francisco and this port.

INTERISLAND TRANSPORTATION.

The rate of transportation between the islands is $2.50 to $3 per ton. The two steamship companies doing the entire interisland business are the Inter-Island Steamship Company and the Wilder Steamship Company. About 15 steamers are engaged in this trade.

RAILWAYS.

There are three railroads on the Islands. The Oahu Railroad and Land Company, on Oahu, is about 30 miles in length; the Kahului Railroad, on the island of Maui, has 13 miles of road; and the Hawaiian Railroad, on the island of Hawaii, is about 20 miles in length. These railroads are used principally to carry the product of the plantations to the various points of shipment.