figures following, from the Hawaiian Annual of 1898, furnish a
basis of solid information for study:

_Table of Religious Belief, By Nationality_.
(So Far as Reported in Census Returns, 1896.)

Roman
Nationalities. Protestants. Catholics.
Mormons.
Hawaiians................... 12,842 8,427 4,368
Part Hawaiians.............. 3,242 2,633 396
Hawaiian born foreigners.... 1,801 6,622 15
Americans................... 1,404 212 34
British..................... 1,184 180 7
Germans..................... 592 83 2
French...................... 6 57 .....
Norwegians.................. 154 8 .....
Portuguese.................. 146 7,812 1
Japanese.................... 711 49 4
Chinese..................... 837 67 49
South Sea Islanders......... 178 42 3
Other nationalities......... 176 171 7
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Totals............... 23,273 26,363 4,886

_Note_.--This table shows but 54,522 of the population (just about
one-half) to have made returns of their religious belief. With 21,535
Japanese and 18,429 Chinese (probably Buddhists and Confucians)
unreported because not provided for in the schedules, the great
difference is largely accounted for.

The latest census returns show that of the whole population, 109,020,
there are: Males, 72,517; females, 36,503. The latest information of
labor, under contract for sugar-making, make the number of males on
the island more than double that of the females. There has been an
increase of population of more than 50,000 in the eighteen years from
1878 to 1896. The census of the several islands, taken September 27,
1896, shows:

Population. Dwellings.
Unin-
Male. Female. Total. Inhab- habi- Build- Total.
ited. ted. ing.
Oahu.... 26,164 14,041 40,205 6,685 1,065 60 7,010
Hawaii.. 22,632 10,653 33