ALLEN, Collector-General to John M. Kapena, May 22, 1879

The Collector-General to Mr. Kapena.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your excellency’s communication of the 19th ultimo, in regard to the importation of rice and sugar. There has been no unrefined sugar imported since the treaty went into effect, except one small lot of 180 pounds from China.

There has been no sugar or rice imported into any of the other ports, except a little refined at Hilo, from San Francisco. The only vessels sailing from any other ports carrying cargo were from Hilo, as follows, viz:

April 27, 1878, Mary Swan, San Francisco, with 180,540 pounds sugar.

November 18, 1878, Bonanza, for San Francisco, with 49,945 pounds sugar, molasses, and bananas.

January 11, 1879, Timandra, for San Francisco, with 231,226 pounds sugar, molasses, and bananas.

In April the schooner Dashing Wave sailed from Hilo with a cargo of sugar, the particulars not received.

No rice has been shipped from any port other than Honolulu.

Referring your excellency to the two accompanying statements, I have, &c.,