Office of the Historian

No. 16.
Mr. Carter to Mr. Foster.

Washington, D. C.,
February 11, 1893. (Received February 11, 1893.)

Sir: In response to your request for information on the subjects of the resources of the ex-Queen and the Princess Kauilani, the public lands, and the islands and dependencies of the Hawaiians, the inclosed statements have been prepared from such sources of information as were available to the commission, and are submitted for the use of your Department.

With assurance of esteem,

I am, etc.,

Charles L. Carter.
[Inclosure 1.]

resources of the queen and princess kaiulani.

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The Queen.—The private resources of the ex-Queen are not definitely known, further than that she has some valuable lands, productive and unproductive, and that she was the sole devisee of her late husband, John O. Dominis, whose estate was appraised at $20,000 in the probate court; probably her private income is in the neighborhood, per annum, of $5,000
The public supplies for the sovereign for the current biennial period ending March, 1894, were as follows:
Her Majesty’s privy purse 33,332
Her Majesty’s household expenses 10,000
State entertainments 4,000
The Crown lands.—The agent of the commissioners of Crown lands informed Mr. Carter a few weeks ago that the net revenue was between $55,000 $60,000
No accounts are kept available to the public.
The ex-Queen was born on the 2d day of September, 1838, and is now in her fifty-fourth year.
The Princess Kaiulani (born October 16, 1875, and now in her eighteenth year).—The accounts of the guardian of this lady, filed annually in the probate court, to the best recollection of the commissioners, show an annual income from private sources of 4,000
The public supplies appropriated for the current biennial period were:
Direct allowance 10,000
Traveling expenses 4,000
[Inclosure 2.]

statement of public lands.

Crown lands.—These lands are those set apart for the maintenance of the royal state of Hawaiian sovereigns. They have been the subject of legislation from time to time. Three commissioners are empowered to lease them for terms not to exceed thirty years. The net revenue is paid to the sovereign.

These lands are situated on all of the main islands and comprise some of the finest tracts in the country. Total area, 876,000 acres. (See Report Minister of the Interior, 1890, p. 293.)

Government lands.—These lands were set apart to assist in defraying the expense of maintaining organized government. They have been in the care of the minister of the interior, subject to sale or lease at his discretion, with checks providing for publicity, due notice of disposal, etc. Total area, 875,500 acres.

School lands.—These were set apart for industrial purposes, and were for the greater part supplanted by Government bonds, as set forth in note to statement of public debt. There remain about 200 school sites of from one-fourth of an acre to 5 acres, and two tracts of about 2,000 acres.

[Inclosure 3.]

The Hawaiian Islands and dependencies.

Name. Area. Population, 1890.
Hawaii 4,210 26,754
Maui 760 17,357
Oahu 600 31,194
Kauai 590 11,643
Molokai 270 2,632
Lanai 150 174
Niihau 97 216
Kahoolawe 63 Nominal.
Nihoa or Bird Island Not surveyed. Do.
Johnsons or Cornwallis do Do.
Neckers do Do.
French Frigate Shoals do Do.
Brothers Reef do Do.
Garden Island do Do.
Allens Island do Do.
Laysans Island do Do.
Lisiansky Island do Do.
Philadelphia or Bunkers do Do.
Pearl or Hermes Reef do Do.
Middle Island (Midway or Brooks Island) do Do.
Ocean Island do Do.
Palmyra Island do Do.

And all outlying and adjoining reefs, atolls, islets, and unnamed islands.