Department of Accounting and General Services

CENSUS OF 1866.  Primarily Lahaina district, Maui; a few sheets for Kahoolawe; and one for the Hilo-Paukaa area on Hawaii.  Individual categories are: name; sex; approximate age; marital status; ownership of land (kuleana); country of birth, foreign parentage or half-caste; number of cattle, sheep and goats; and occupation or profession.  The census also contains returns for 28 ships in port.  Also available on microfilm.  MFL 64CENSUS OF 1878.  Lahaina district, Maui; Hamakua district, Hawaii; and Ewa, Waianae and Waialua districts, Oahu.  Individual categories are: name; sex; approximate age; marital status; nationality, occupation, limited to mechanic, agriculturist, plantation laborer or other; and ownership of land (kuleana).  MFL 65, Census of 1878 & 1895

CENSUS OF 1890.  Hamakua, Hilo, North Kohala and to a more limited extent, South Kohala, South Kona and Puna, Hawaii; small areas of Kauai; parts of Hana and Lahaina on Maui; some returns from Molokai and Lanai; and a few returns from Koolaupoko, Waialua and Waianae, Oahu.  Individual categories are: name; actual age; sex; marital status; native, half-caste or Hawaiian born to foreigners; country where born; business or occupation; mother of how many children/how many living; registered voter; whether literate, attending school, name of school and teacher; ownership of land and its assessed value.  MFL 66

CENSUS OF 1896.  Limited to a few streets in the Honolulu area of Oahu.  Individual categories are: name; actual age; sex; marital status; Hawaiian, part Hawaiian or Hawaiian born to foreigners; length of residence; nationality of father; father’s citizenship; business or occupation; mother of how many children/how many living; registered voter; literacy in English, Hawaiian, other languages; whether attend government or private school; religion – Protestant, Catholic, Mormon; ownership of land, house; number of cattle, horses, mules, donkey, oxen, sheep, pigs, goats and milk cows.  MFL 62

CENSUS TABLES AND STATISTICAL REPORTS.  1849-1853; 1860; 1861; 1866; 1872; 1878; 1890.  9 linear inches.  Arranged chronologically.  Statistical summaries and tables including district summaries, tables on foreigners in various areas, summaries of most of the official censuses since 1853, and tables of comparison between censuses.  Also a few letters with statistical reports.  MFL 63

ENUMERATOR RECORDS. n.d., 1890-ca. 1896.  1.4 linear inch,1 volume.  Arranged by type of record:  daily memoranda book followed by enumerators’ notebooks and correction sheets.  Contains a book of daily memoranda relating to the administration of the Census of 1890 by the General Superintendent of the Census, 3 enumerators’ pocket notebooks (ca. 1890-1896), and undated notes relating to the correction of certain census schedule sheets.  The book contains a record of significant events in the administration of the Census of 1890, a ledger relating to the purchase of supplies, and the names of enumerators by location.  The enumerators’ notebooks are for Honolulu ca. 1890-1896. They tally the names of a limited number of persons resident in Honolulu with the sheet number of the census schedule on which their names appeared.  The notebooks also show street names for the residents.  The administrative notes relating to the correction of certain census schedules are from several locations available on  MFL 63

BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE STATISTICS. n.d.; 1849-1855.  0.25 linear inch.  Arranged chronologically.  Primarily statistical.  Reports of numbers of births, deaths and sometimes marriages for various districts, but mostly for Lahaina, Maui.  Includes an 1852 table for all islands compiled from quarterly school reports.  Additional records may be found in the Archives Marriage Records and in the records of the Department of Public Instruction. MFL 63