Ka Elele, Volume 2, Number 17, 12 December 1846 — KA PUAA MA AMERIKA HUIPUIA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KA PUAA MA AMERIKA HUIPUIA.

I ka makahiki 1839, he iwakaluakumamaono miliona, eha tausani me kumamakahi, elua haneri me kanawalu kumamakolu na puaa ma kela aina; ma ka helu, eia 26,401,283. I keia wa ua pii a hiki i 30,000,000 puaa ma Am. huipuia. Eia ka nui o ke kulina i pau i na puaa o kela aina i ka makahi hookahi, 200,000,000 busela! He 30,000,000 puaa, a ina he 280 pauna iloko o ka puaa hookahi, ehia pauna oia? Eia na pauna 8,400,000,000. Ina i kuaiia keia puaa 3 1/2 keneta no ka pauna hookahi, ehia dala oia? Eia na dala $180,000,000! Akahi no ka aina puaa! Ua emi na puaa ma na aina a pau i keia; ma na aupuni a pau o Enropa, ke huipuia na puaa, eia ka nui, 46,268,160.