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Of Portuguese in 1890 there were 8.602. in 1896. 15.191. But that apparent increase of Portuguese is fictitious. The real facts of the matter are that in 1890 the Portugueseborn in the islands under the head of Hawaiian they classed at 7.495. while in 1896 they classed all the Portugueseborn in the island the same as they did the Americans. under the head of Portuguese. making an apparent large increase. although there was no immigration of Portuguese to the islands during that time any more than there was of Americans. There were of Japanese in 1890. 12.360. in 1896. 24.407. there were of Chinese. in 1890. 15.301. in 1896. 21.616. of Polynesians there were 588 in 1890 and 455 in 1896. of other nationalities there were 419 in 1890 and 600 in 1896. of Hawaiianborn foreigners. none in 1893 and 7.495 in It will be noticed that there is an enormous increase of the Asiatic population. If you look at their commerce. you will find that there has been an enormous increase of commerce between these islands and Asia and a decrease of commerce between these islands and the United States since 1890. Why? Because the population is Asiatic and they want nothing that we produce. They live upon rice and they wear different clothes from what we wear. There is nothing that the United States produces that the laborers of those islands want.