Letter
ALLEN, Collector-General to May 19, May 22, 1879
Statement of rice imported at Honolulu from October, 1876, to May 19, 1879.
[Copy of exhibit to accompany the letter of Collector-General Allen.]
| Year. | By whom. | From— | Quantity. | Value. |
| Pounds. | ||||
| 1876 | Chulan & Co | China | 34,500 | $870 00 |
| 1877 | J. T. Waterhouse | do | 40,000 | 1,060 00 |
| Castle & Cooke | do | 10,000 | 300 00 | |
| do | Japan | 120,000 | 3,600 00 | |
| F. T. Lenehan & Co | China | 12,200 | 393 50 | |
| Th. H. Davies | British Possessions | 117,376 | 3,062 63 | |
| Afong & Achuck | do | 224,060 | 5,676 64 | |
| do | Japan | 189,968 | 4,524 45 | |
| H. Hackfeld & Co | Dutch Possessions | 108,362 | 2,889 18 | |
| W. G. Irwin & Co | China | 3,600 | 111 00 | |
| C. Brewer & Co | Japan | 103,240 | 3,257 20 | |
| 1878 | Surplus stores vessels bringing Chinese passengers. | China | 32,655 | 1,187 40 |
| H. Hackfeld & Co | Japan | 200,965 | 5,734 65 | |
| T. H. Davies | British Possessions | 44,800 | 1,317 66 | |
| C. Afong | Japan | 100,000 | 2,400 00 | |
| J. T. Waterhouse | do | 10,000 | 410 00 | |
| Castle & Cooke | do | 42,600 | 1,746 60 | |
| W. G. Irwin & Co | do | 110,000 | 3,025 00 | |
| 1879 | Chulan & Co | China | 58,144 | 1,047 10 |
| J. T. Waterhouse | Japan | 200,000 | 8,000 00 | |
| On Ching | China | 111,370 | 922 50 | |
| Surplus stores | do | 9,480 | 314 90 | |
| 1,883,320 | 51,850 41 |
The total amount is 1,883,329 pounds, valued at $51,850.41, produced as follows, viz: Japan, 1,076,773 pounds; British Possessions, 386,236 pounds; China, 311,949 pounds; Dutch Possessions, 108,362 pounds,=1,883,320 pounds.
None of this rice could possibly be mistaken for Hawaiian rice, and none of it has been shipped out of this kingdom.
W. F. ALLEN,
Collector-General.
Collector-General.
Collector-General’s Office, May 22, 1879.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.