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 FINANCES — HAWAII

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BONDED DEBT, ETC., HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, JAN. 1, 1898

Under Loan

Act of 1882.

1880.

1888.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1890.

6%

C%

5%andeo/o

5% " 0%

6%

5%

Due Postal Savings Bank depositors Total.

^4,200.00 2,000,000.00 190,000.00 124,100.00 119,400.00 050,000.00 5(52,000.00

§3,079,700.00 . 809,181.02

$4,488,881.02

Notice was gazetted Aug. 3, 1898, that after maturity interest would cease on the bonds issued under the Loan Act of 1882 and a portion of the Loan Act of 1890, and the principal, amounting in all to $03,300, would be paid at the next due date of coupons. The interest on the loans varies from 5 to 12 per cent.

ANNUAL INTERNAL TAXES, VARIOUS YEARS, FROM 1876 TO 1897

Year

Taxes Col- lected

Tax per Capita 1

Year

Taxes Col- lected

Tax per Capita 1

1870 . 1880 . 1885 . 1890.

$102,880 317,872 432,050 500,757

$2.84 4.70 5.09 0.23

1895 . 1890 . 1897.

8592,092 098,844 759,704

$5.02 0.32 0.54

Omitting fractions.

HAWAIIAN SILVER COIN

The following denominations of Hawaiian Silver were coined during the reign of Kalakaua, at the San Francisco mint, and imported for the circulating medium of the islands in 1883 and 1884. They are of the same intrinsic value as the United States silver coins and were first intro- duced into circulation Jan. 14, at the opening of the bank of Claus Spreckles & Co. in Honolulu. The amount coined was $1,000,000, divided as follows: •

Hawaiian dollars $500,000

" Half dollars 350,000

'* Quarter dollars 125,000

" Dimes 25,000

Total $1,000,000