. The street railway review . living things. The flora ofthe islands is magnificent and varied. The cultivatedplants growing without cultivation and towering palms,spreading banyans, bread fruit, algaroba, oleander,tamarind, monkey-pod, alligator pear, travelers treeand the hibiscus grow and flourish in profusion. Sugarcane, with its concomitant industries, is grown easilyand the manufactured product is the principal export ofthe islands. Land here for the small farmer, as well as for the largeplanter, is cheap. The Oahu Railway and Land Com-pany controls 70,000 acres under fee simple, title a
. The street railway review . living things. The flora ofthe islands is magnificent and varied. The cultivatedplants growing without cultivation and towering palms,spreading banyans, bread fruit, algaroba, oleander,tamarind, monkey-pod, alligator pear, travelers treeand the hibiscus grow and flourish in profusion. Sugarcane, with its concomitant industries, is grown easilyand the manufactured product is the principal export ofthe islands. Land here for the small farmer, as well as for the largeplanter, is cheap. The Oahu Railway and Land Com-pany controls 70,000 acres under fee simple, title and lease,hold, varying from 20 to 50 years, besides 10,000 acresof sugar land, sub-leased to two corporations recentlyformed, each with a capital of $500,000. Through thedevelopment of water supply several thousand acres moreof this fertile land will be brought into cultivation. Thiscompany owns also 10,000 head of beef-cattle and 300head of horses. All this property, it is intended by thecompanv, to sub-let to small , 1 KNMENT liLILDlNt 294 The principal exports of the islands, besides the well-known sugar trade, are rice, hides, bananas, wool, goat-skins, betel leaves and coffee, although the entire groupis rich in possibilities of all kinds. The kingdom exported12,073,361 pounds of sugar of a domestic value of $344, during the last quarter of the year 1891. Thevalue of exports may be largely increased, as capital andmen go into Hawaii and the sister isles for trade andmanufacture. SOCIAL LIFE. The islands have for many years been the resort ofevery class of invalid, to whom a warm, even climate anddrj sea atmosphere are beneficial. This in itself is a These unpretentious dwellings, usuall} of one story ofwood or stone, over which the blooming passion-vine orbougainvillia cluster, are supplied with verandas on everyside. The vines are usually brought over the lava drive-ways upon trellises and every point shows beauty andbespeaks comfort. The wide main piazza
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