AREA AND POPULATION — HAWAII
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ESTIMATED POPULATION HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, JAN. 1, 1898 [Omitting reference to birth and death changes, owing to incomplete records]
Natives Chinese tlapa- nese Portu- guese All other Foreigners Total Population as per census, Sept. i!s;i � PasscMiger arrivals — Excess over departures, 4th (juarter, 1896 . Passenger arrivals — Excess over departures for the year 1897 . Total 89,504 21,616 1,877 2,867 24,407 1,673 1,202 15,191 1108 8,302 339 109,020 3,389 4,872 39,504 25,860 27,282 15,299 9,330 117,281
^Less 3 excess of departures in 1896. Schools are established all over the islands, the sum allotted for public instruction in 1897 being 8144,389. In 1897 there were 192 schools, with 507 teachers and 14,522 pupils ; of the pupils 5330 were Ilawaiians, 2479 half-castes, 3815 Portuguese, and 1638 Asiatics ; of the teachers, 253 were American, 119 Hawaiian or part Hawaiian, and 69 British.
ILLITERACY, BY NATIONALITY [From Latest Census Reports, 1890]
Nationalities Number over 6 Years Per Cent Able to Read and Write Hawaiian 26,495 83.97 Part Hawaiian 5,895 91.21 Hawaiian-born foreigners 5,394 68.29 Americans . 2,060 82.02 British .... 1,516 95.44 Germans 899 80.31 French 75 92.00 Norwegians . 215 80.46 Portuguese . 8,089 27.84 Japanese 22,189 53.60 Chinese 19,317 48.47 S. S. Islanders 407 40.05 Other nationalities 423 75.41
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION The immigration and emigration for five years have been
1898 1894 1895 ls90 1S97 Immigration Emigration . 5,672 3,926 8,114 5,477 8,090 4,636 13.984 6,857 11,-379 6,504
Most of the immigrants are Japanese. There are now restrictions on Chinese immigration.
