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HONOLULU , a See also:city, See also:port of entry, and the See also:capital of See also:Hawaii, situated in the " city and See also:county of Honolulu," on the S. See also:coast of the See also:island of Oahu, at the mouth of Nuuanu Valley, 2100 m. S.W. of See also:San Francisco. Pop. (1890) 22,907; (1900) 39,306, of whom 24,746 were See also:males, 14}56o were See also:females; about 10,000 were Hawaiians, 15,000 Asiatics, and 5000 Portuguese; (1910) 52,183. Honolulu is served by the Oahu railway, by electric lines to the See also:principal suburbs, and by steamship lines to San Francisco, See also:Seattle, See also:Vancouver, See also:Manila, See also:Salina Cruz (See also:Mexico), See also:Victoria, See also:Sydney, and See also:Chinese and See also:Japanese ports.' The business See also:section and the older See also:residence quarters occupy See also:low ground, but many of the newer residences are built on the sides of neighbouring hills and mountains, of which there are several from 500 to 2000 ft. in height. The See also:Punch Bowl (behind the city), a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill rising about 500 ft. above the See also:sea, See also:Diamond See also:Head, a See also:crater about 76o ft. in height, 4 M. to the S.E., and the Nuuanu See also:Pali, a lofty and picturesque precipice 6 m. up the valley, are especially known for their commanding views. In front of the city is the small See also:harbour, well protected from all winds except those from the S.; in and after 1892 the Hawaiian See also:government
deepened its entrance from 21 ft. to 30 ft. Six See also:miles to the W. is the much more spacious See also:Pearl Harbor (a U. S. See also:Naval Station), the See also:bar at the entrance of which was removed (19o3) by the U.S. government. Pearl Harbor and the harbour of Honolulu are the only safe ports in the See also:archipelago. The streets of Honolulu are wide, and are macadamized with crushed or broken See also:lava. The business houses are mostly of See also:brick or See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, and range from two to six storeys in height. About most of the residences there are many tropical trees, flowering shrubs and See also:plants. See also:Wood is the most See also:common material of which the residences are built; a large portion of these residences are one-See also:storey cottages; broad verandahs are common; and of the more pretentious residences the lanai, a semi-outdoor See also:drawing-See also:room with conservatories adjoining, is a notable feature. Throughout the city there is a marked See also:absence of poverty and squalor. There are See also:good hotels in the city and its suburbs. The government buildings are extensive and have a pleasing See also:appearance; that of the executive, in a beautiful See also:park, was formerly the royal See also:palace and still contains many See also:relics of See also:royalty. Facing the judiciary See also:building is an heroic statue in See also:bronze of Kamehameha the See also:Great. About 2 M. W. of the business centre of the city is the Bernice Pauahi See also:Bishop Museum, a See also:fine stone building on a commanding site, and containing a large collection of Hawaiian and Polynesian relics and curios, especially Hawaiian See also:feather-See also:work, and notable collections of See also:fish and of Hawaiian See also:land shells and birds. Four miles S.E. of the business centre, at the See also:foot of Diamond Head, is Waikiki sea-See also:beach, noted for its surf-See also:riding, boating and bathing, and Kapiolani Park, a See also:pleasure resort, near which is a famous See also:aquarium of tropical fishes. Honolulu has other parks, a fine Botanical See also:Garden, created by the See also:Bureau of See also:Agriculture, several public squares, several hospitals, a maternity See also:home; the Lunalilo Home for aged Hawaiians, an See also:asylum for the insane, several See also:schools of high See also:rank 'both public and private—notably Oahu See also:College on the E. edge of the city, first founded as a school for the See also:children of missionaries in 1841; the Honolulu High School, founded in 1833 as the Oahu Charity School, to See also:teach See also:English to the See also:half whites; the Royal School, which was founded in 184o for the sons of chiefs; and the Normal School, housed in what was in 1906 the most expensive building on the island of Oahu—a library containing about 14,000 volumes and the collections of the Hawaiian See also:Historical Society, a number of benevolent, See also:literary, social and See also:political See also:societies, and an See also:art See also:league, and is the see of both an See also:Anglican and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishop. In 1907 the Pacific Scientific Institution for the See also:advancement of scientific knowledge of the _Pacific, its islands and their See also:people, was established here. Among the clubs of the city are the Pacific See also:Club, founded in 1853 as the See also:British Club; the Scottish See also:Thistle Club (1891), of which See also:Robert See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Stevenson was a member; the Hawaii Yacht Club, and the See also:Polo, See also:Country and University Clubs. There are various See also:journals and See also:periodicals, five See also:languages being represented. The See also:chief See also:industries are the manufacture of machinery (especially machinery for See also:sugar-refineries) and carriages, See also:rice-milling and See also:ship-building. Honolulu's See also:total exports for the fiscal See also:year 1908 were valued at $42,238,455, and its imports at $19,985,724. There is a privately owned electric See also:street See also:car service in the city. The See also:water-See also:works and electric-See also:lighting plant are owned and operated by the Territorial government, and to the plentiful water-See also:supply is partly due the luxuriant vegetation of the city. Honolulu's safe harbour, discovered in 1794, made it a See also:place of resort for vessels (especially whalers) and traders from the beginning of the 19th See also:century. Kamehameha I. (the Great) lived here from 1803 until 1811. In 1816 was built a fort which stood until 1857. In 1820 the city became the principal residence of the See also:sovereign and soon afterwards of See also:foreign consuls, and thus practically the seat of government. In 1907 an See also:act was passed by which the former county of Oahu, including the island of Oahu and the small islands adjacent, was made a municipal See also:corporation under the name of the " city and county of Honolulu "; this act came into effect on the 1st of See also:January 1909.
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