Review of reviews and world's work . >00 In explanation of the foregoing divisionit must be stated that it has long been thecustom in the islands to classify the popula-tion according to descent. Thus the thirdgeneration of an English family remain Brit-ish in popular conception. Of course, all thenatives and a large number of the Asiaticsare American citizens. Although immigration from Oriental coun-tries has practically ceased, the number ofAsiatics is increasing by natural process at arate greater than that experienced by anyother race, except the Portuguese. PartHawaiians are ever becom
Review of reviews and world's work . >00 In explanation of the foregoing divisionit must be stated that it has long been thecustom in the islands to classify the popula-tion according to descent. Thus the thirdgeneration of an English family remain Brit-ish in popular conception. Of course, all thenatives and a large number of the Asiaticsare American citizens. Although immigration from Oriental coun-tries has practically ceased, the number ofAsiatics is increasing by natural process at arate greater than that experienced by anyother race, except the Portuguese. PartHawaiians are ever becoming more numer-ous. They spring, as a rule, from unionsof native women with whites and with China-men. The Portuguese and Japanese seldommarry outside of their own race. 1 he resultsof these mixed marriages are generally goodfrom the physical point of view. In thecourse of time part Hawaiians will outnum-ber full bloods and the latter will ultimatelydisappear. Small additions are made an-nually to the ranks of the native-born Ameri-. m 1 ^.m ? / *? il :^^mk, m i Er A TYPICAL HOME IN THE ISLANDS. A NATIVE SPONGE-GATHERER. cans, but the increase in their numbers is notconsiderable. Under present conditionsHawaii is not a promising field for any classof our countrymen. Individual capitalists,professional men, mechanics, and farmers dofind good openings, but they are the excep-tions rather than the , the resources ofthe country are by nomeans fully developedand, with economicchanges that are in pros-pect, the Territory shouldbecome one of the mostattractive places to thehomeseeker. THE SUGAR PRODUCT. Hawaii is in the some-what precarious situationof having all her eggs inone basket. The sugarindustry is practically thesole dependence of the is-lands. The entire pop-ulation is interested init. Those who are not 308 THE AMERICAN REI/IEIV OF REyiElVS. «^TC^rtSSiBS^^£
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