. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . follows : Labourers, 10,941;farmers, 1,278; rice planters, 718; teamsters,105; mechanics, 220; fishers, 294; ranchers, 98;coffee planters, 36; mariners, 15; merchants andtraders, 823; clerks and salesmen, 295 ; doctors,15; other professions, such as teachers, law clerks,etc., 303 ; miscellaneous occupations, 1,569. Nearlya thousand of the Chinese have professed theChristian religion, sixty-seven having joined theRoman Catholic Church, and 886 the Protestant. The number of Chinese owning their homesis 800, all but 200 o
. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . follows : Labourers, 10,941;farmers, 1,278; rice planters, 718; teamsters,105; mechanics, 220; fishers, 294; ranchers, 98;coffee planters, 36; mariners, 15; merchants andtraders, 823; clerks and salesmen, 295 ; doctors,15; other professions, such as teachers, law clerks,etc., 303 ; miscellaneous occupations, 1,569. Nearlya thousand of the Chinese have professed theChristian religion, sixty-seven having joined theRoman Catholic Church, and 886 the Protestant. The number of Chinese owning their homesis 800, all but 200 of their houses being builton long-leased lands, which is the prevailingcustom among all nationalities. They own morehorses and working-cattle than any other race,having over three thovisand horses and nearlyhalf as many cattle. They own 7,862 pigs, alarger number than any other race on theislands. In Hawaii each business is licensed,and the Chinese in 1897 held 1,623 licenses, pay-ing to the government in these fees $48, own property assessed at $125,, and. Illlllllllllllllllllllfl !■!■< THE CHINESE IN PARADISE, 161 they paid in 1897, with their license fees, nearlyone-eighth of the amount raised in taxes for theyear. An observant writer says of the race : As independent farmers and agriculturists, theChinese number 1,278. Most of these have onlysmall holdings. They raise vegetables, which arelargely sold to the white families, and when awayfrom the centres of population, corn, potatoes,and figs are their chief sources of income. Asrice planters they have almost a monopoly, num-bering 718 out of 844. In this line the Chinesehave been of great benefit to the country. Largeareas of land which were unfit for ordinary culti-vation, great reed-covered swamps, which werethe home of the wild duck and the water-hen,have been made productive by them, and nowyield a fine rent to the owners of the land anda revenue in taxation to the government. Asfishermen, the Chine
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