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 HONOLULU IIONOPJUS here, but now manufactured in many locali- ties. Butter is largely exported to London. Honiton returned two members to parliament 'or many centuries till 1867, when it lost one lember, owing to the population being less than 10,000, and it was subsequently disfran- jhised altogether. HONOLULU, the capital of the Hawaiian isl- mds, on the S. side of the island of Oahu in lat Jl 18' 12" N., Ion. 157 55' W. ; pop. in 1872,' 14,852. It covers the lower portion of Nuu- anu valley, and extends over the raised coral reef at the base of the lofty mountains for >veral miles. The houses are usually of wood, jldom more than two stories high, with ca- acious verandas, and mostly surrounded with trees. The supply of water comes from a itain stream, and is distributed by pipes Parliament House in Honolulu. throughout the city. Honolulu is th e residence of the king and of his government, and the centre of the chief interests of the islands. The principal public buildings are the parliament house, the treasury, the supreme court, the general post office, and the coral-built palace of the king. There are a hotel, a theatre, and a bank. American gold and silver coins are the standard currency. There are two Ameri- can churches, established in 1833 and 1852, a Catholic cathedral, an Anglican church, estab- lished in 1862, and two considerable Hawaiian churches; two hospitals; numerous schools for native and foreign children; an academy called Oahu college, attended mainly by foreign youths; and three weekly and two monthly publications. The climate of Honolulu is re- markably mild and uniform ; the extreme range of the thermometer is between 60 and 87 F. The rainfall is very irregular ; in 1870 it was 59-51 in., and in 1871 40-09 in. The porous 411 VOL. viii. 51 799 the complaints are rare. The scenery about Hono- lulu is of the most charming tropical charac- ter, and there is a pleasant foreign society in the capital, principally American and English. Ihe value of the imports at Honolulu in 187 was $1,583,583 ; more than half came from ban Francisco, and a considerable portion from Oregon, England, and Germany. The value of the exports in 1872 was $1,607,521, of which $1,345,585 consisted of domestic pro- duce, and $204,836 of foreign merchandise re- exported. The total custom-house receipts in the same year were $218,375. The number ot American merchant vessels arriving was 86 of Hawaiian vessels 22, British 15, German 6, Norwegian and Italian each 3, Tahitian 2, Swe- dish 1 ; total, 138. Besides these, 47 whalers arrived. The arrivals from Pacific ports of the United States were 62, from Australia and New Zealand 26. The number of nation- al vessels was 7. A line of English mail steamers runs from San Francisco to Melbourne and Sydney, touching at Honolulu and the Feejee islands. Hono- lulu harbor was discov- ered in 1794 by Capt. Brown of the English ship Butterworth, who, together with Capt. Gardner of the Prince Lee Boo, was murdered by the natives Jan. 1, 1795. The harbor is a deep basin in the coral reef which surrounds the island ; it is secure at all seasons and under all winds, and has a depth of from 4i to 6 fathoms. The light- house of the port stands on the inner edge of the reef, a mile from the wharves ; it has a Fresnel light, 26 ft. above the sea, and visible from a deck 9 m. away. The wharves are substantial and capacious. HONORIUS, the name of four popes and one antipope. I. Born in Capua toward the close of the 6th century, died in Rome, Oct. 12, 638. He was descended from a consular family, be- came in his youth a canon regular, and after the death of Boniface V. (624 or 625) was elected pope. In the beginning of his pon- tificate he encouraged the zeal of St. Paulinus of York for the conversion of the Northum- brians, sent into Britain St. Birinus, who con- verted the royal brothers Cynegils and Cui- chelm, and made the Irish and Scotch con- form to the general law for the celebration of Easter. He also put an end to the 70 years' schism which had divided the churches of Is- tria. But what has rendered his name memo-