"to communicate to the Chairman of such committee an individual

report &c., at least one month before the annual meeting of the So"ciety," I trust I may be pardoned on the score of the irregularity of our Coasters, the arrivals and departures of which admit of no calculation.

Begging reference to the enclosed Report,

I have the honor to be Sir,

Very respectfully

Your obedient servant,

B. PITMAN.

STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HILO, ISLAND OF
HAWAII, FOR THE YEAR ENDING WITH DATE.

Amount of goods imported by whaleships and
adınitted free of duties,

Amount imported by whaleships subject to du

ties,

$8711 47

2775 67

$11487 14

Exported Coastwise for the year ending with date

640,000 lbs. Sugar

45,000 Gallons Molasses

74,000 lbs. Coffee

7,500 Goatskins

22,000 lbs. Arrow Root.

Total number of foreign arrivals at the Port of Hilo for the year

As a member of the Committee on Statistics, I beg to offer the following statement of the principal articles of domestic produce exported as cargo, from 1844 to 1851 inclusive; and a calculation of the number of Cattle, Horses and Sheep on this group, made up from information received from persons residing upon the different Islands, and engaged in grazing.

The tables from which the following statement of exports has been made up, have already been published here, but have not been put together before in such form as to admit of an easy comparison of one year with another.

In consequence of the annual meetings of the Society being held at different times of the year, it is impossible to give the amounts of exports between the times of the meetings in such way as to be satisfactorily compared, therefore I have chosen to give them for each year commencing with the 1st of January.

| 1844. | 1845. | 1846. | 1847. | 1848. | 1849. | 1850.

302114. 300000.

Molasses, gals.

27026.

5948 6.1 499533.1 653820.1
17928. 28978.

1851. 756238. 21030. 41235. 53855. 13631.

Syrup

3026.

75577.

60111.

Coffee, lbs.

Salt,

bbls.

Sweet 16

་་

306.

Total Values, $49,187 90. 31,390 85. 46,525. 68,418 58. 66,819 43. 89,743 74. 380,322 63. 197,888 94. Note. The amounts being small were not given by themselves, but were included in the value with sundry small articles.

The exports of sugar in 1851 were very small, amounting (as you see by the table,) to only 21,000 lbs. against 750,000 lbs. for the year before, owing principally to the excessive quantities and low prices of sugars in California, whither nearly all our exports look for a market. The severe drought in some parts of the Islands, and the embarrassed finances and failure of some of our planters in other parts, in 1851, has very much lessened the amount of sugar and molasses which would otherwise have been in market now, and for which fair prices could now be obtained in San Francisco. The quantity of sugar exported in 1852, thus far, amounts to about 250,000 lbs.

The exports of Coffee in 1851 were small also, owing to the same cause which affected the trade in Sugar; but we hope for a larger export this year, though the quantity on hand is rather small.

The exports of Potatoes and other vegetables, which previous to 1850 were next to nothing-during the years 1850 and 1851, were our most valuable product, but have now dwindled down to a small figure again, and unless the crops of California and Oregon should be destroyed by drought or some other improbable cause, our vegetable trade with California will henceforth be trifling. Let us at least, try to produce an abundance of good vegetables for our own consumption, and to supply, at fair prices, the vessels that visit our ports.

About 5000 bbls. of salt have been exported since January 1st '52, and the quantity for the whole year will probably exceed that of any year since 1847.

Wool is an article which might be and ought to be produced in considerable quantities on these Islands. According to the outward manifests, the whole quantity exported during the last eight years does not exceed 2000 lbs.

There are a number of articles not included in the above table, of which considerable was exported during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, but, little, compared with what there might be, and probably will be, when we have the advantages of steamers to ship by, viz: Fowls, Swine, Pumpkins, Melons, Bananas, Pine Apples, Oranges, Lemons, Limes, and, (if we can learn to cure them properly,) Figs. The number of Cattle, Horses and Sheep, of all ages, upon this group, as nearly as I can ascertain, is as follows:

The cattle known as "wild cattle" on Hawaii are estimated by different individuals at from 10,000 to 20,000. I have put them down at 12,000, which is probably less than the actual number.

It is stated by graziers that the natural increase of the heads of cattle on these islands is at least thirty per cent. per annum. Taking 40,700 for the basis of calculation and it gives an increase of 12,210 for the present year. The whole number slaughtered and sold fresh. will not exceed 3,210, (judging from the number of hides exported yearly, the number slaughtered altogether appears to be less than 2500,) leaving a net increase of 9000. The quantity of beef sold fresh has probably been as great during the two years last past, as it will be for a number of years to come, so that unless there be a decided check put upon the increase, or large quantities of beef packed for exportation, the cattle, together with the large herds of horses, will soon overrun the islands, put an end to the cultivation of the soil, and render the herds themselves, of little value.

Since writing the above, I have heard the very interesting and comprehensive report of our Hon. President, and find myself in part forestalled; and having for chairman of our committee a gentleman notorious for his ability and industry in collecting and arranging statistical information, I did not expect to have even a corner of the subject left

for me to occupy, but fortunately he has directed his forces to another and much more important part of the field.

Respectfully submitted by

CHAS. R. BISHOP.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NEAT CATTLE.

The Committee appointed to report on Cattle, beg leave to submit the following observations and notices of the past year to the R. Hawaiian Agricultural Society. The committee feel much pleasure in remarking an improvement in this department since last year. A very considerable number of cattle have been slaughtered during the last twelve months in Honolulu, of which the unusually large proportion of females must of course have a tendency to keep the decrease more on a par with the increase than it has hitherto been. Several of the large stock owners have very considerably reduced the number of their bulls, the consequence of which will be that a great number of the cows now in their herds, after having reared the calves now at their feet or of which they are now heavy, will become fat, fit for the butcher, and when they are gradually slaughtered off will leave about an equal number of young stock to supply their places. The advantages of this system must be obvious, inasmuch as without any sudden diminution of the herd, the old stock becomes gradually marketable while its place is being supplied by the young stock. If the stock owners who are adopting this plan will, after a year or two, select their best heifers and procure good bulls for them, they will in a short time have herds superior to any now on these Islands.

The committee have much pleasure in noticing that during the past year two young Hawaiian bulls have been shipped from Honolulu to China and hope that Hawaiian cattle may hereafter be exported to other countries to improve the breeds now in existence in such countries. With such good pasturage and a climate so favorable to cattle,