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shipment of sugar. At Kahului, the principal port on the Island of Maui, the construction of a breakwater has been completed and dredging of the harbour has been finished. Many lighthouses have been constructed in recent years.

Several lines of steamers connect the islands with the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, China, and Japan. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, 1,069 vessels of 5,430,976 tons entered ports of the islands. An inter-island steam navigation company with 12 small steamers provides communication between the different islands. There are about 969 miles of railway in the islands, including 667 miles of plantation railways. There are telephones on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, and Molokai. Honolulu is lighted by electricity and has lines of electric tram- ways. Wireless telegraphy is in operation between the islands for commercial purposes and for communication with vessels at sea and with the Pacific coast, and also with Japan. Hawaii is connected by cable with both shores of the Pacific.

British Consul for the Territory of Hawaii. — W. M. Royds.

Books of Reference.

Annual Report of the Governor of Hawaii to the Secretary of the Interior. Washington- Biennial Reports of the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Attorney-General, th« Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Public Lands, Superintendent of Public Works, Board of Harbour Commissioners, and other officials.

Alexander (W '. D.), A Brief History of the Hawaiian People. 8. New York, 1892.

Bird (Miss 1.), The Hawaiian Archipelago. London, 1878.

Blackman (W. P.), The Making of Hawaii. London, 1899.

Brain (B. M.), The Transformation of Hawaii. London, 1899.

lirasiey (Lady), A Voyage in the Sunbeam. London, 1880.

Bryan(W. A.), Natural History of Hawaii. Honolulu, 1916.

Carpenter (B. J.), America in Hawaii. London, 1899.

Fornander (C), Origin of the Polynesian Nations. 3 vols. London, 1885.

.ffopfctns(Manley), History of Hawaii. 2nd edition. London, 186*.

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Liliuokalani (Queen), Hawaii's Story. Boston, 1898.

Marcuse (A.), Die hawaiischen Inseln. Berlin, 1S94.

Owen (Jean A.), The Story of Hawaii. New York, 1898.

Sauvin (G.), Un Royaume polynesien. Paris, 1893.

Shoemaker (M. M.), Islands of the Southern Seas. New York, 189S.

Steven$(J. L.)and Oleson(W. B.), Picturesque Hawaii. Honolulu, 1804.

Stoddard (C. W.), Hawaiian Life. Chicago, 1894.

Stuck (Hudson), Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled. London, 1914.

Taylor(C. M., Jr.), Vacation Days in Hawaii and Japan. London. 1906.

Twombly (A. S.), Hawaii and its People. London, 1900.

Whitney (C), Hawaiian America. New York, 1899.

Young (L.), The Real Hawaii. London, 1899.

PORTO RICO.

Government. — Porto Rico, by the treaty of December 10, 1898, was ceded by Spain to the United States. Its constitution is determined by the 'Organic Act' of Congress (1917), known as the 'Jones Act,' the main features of which are the granting of American Citizenship to the people of Porto Rico, the separation of the legislative and executive functions, exten- sion of the appointive judiciary system and an elective senate. Porto Rico has representative government, the franchise being restricted to citizens of the United States twenty-one years of age or over, residence (one year) and such additional qualifications as may be prescribed by the Legislature of Porto Rico, but no property qualification may be imposed. The executive