There is a sum of $700 for
passports, as no Hawaiian or stranger can leave the kingdom without
an official permit.
There are 58 vessels registered under the Hawaiian flag, of which 40
are coasters, and 18 engaged in foreign freighting and whaling.
The value of domestic exports in 1873 was $1,725,507. Among these
are bananas, pineapples, pulu, cocoanuts, oranges, limes, sandal-
wood, tamarinds, betel leaves, shark's fins, paiai, whale oil, sperm
oil, cocoanut oil, and whalebone. Among other commodities there was
exported, of coffee 262,000 lbs., of fungus 57,000lbs., of pea nuts
58,000 lbs., of cotton 8,000 lb., of rice 941,000 lbs., of paddy
507,000 lbs., of hides 20,000 packages, of goat skins 66,000, of
horns 13,000, and of tallow 609,000 lbs.
The expense of "keeping things going" on the islands for the two
years ending March 1st, 1874, amounted to $1,193,276, but this
included the funeral expenses of two kings, as well as of two extra
sessions of the Legislature, which amounted to $42,000. The
decrease in the revenue for the same period amounted to $45,000.
The items of Hawaiian expenditure were as follows:--
For Civil List. $47,689.73
" Permanent Settlements, Queen Emma.
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