Of this number 776 are Chiinamen and 51 are Americans. The largest part of the retail trade seems to be conducted by Chinamen. .Of 20.530 laborers on sugar plantations only 2.617 are Chinese. Of this latter number only 890 are contract laborers. The Portuguese population in 1884 amounted to 9.877 and in 1890 to 8.662. a less of 775. It appears that the number of females in proportion to the number of males is constantly decreasing. In 1866 the proportion of females was 45 per cent. in 1872 44 per cent. in 1878 41 per cent. in 1884 36 per cent. in 1890 it was 34 per cent. and it has very much. decreased since that time. as large numbers of contract laborers have been brought into the islands. That isthe character of the contractlabor population of Hawaii. Now. we will turn our attention for a moment to the character of the socalled Americans on those islands.
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