Customs Revenue.

The receipts from all sources during the year amounted to $502,337. This, however, includes the sum of $12,577 realized upon contraband goods, principally opium. Of the total customs revenue collected the duties on spirits amounted to $247,991, or 49.37 per cent.; and upon merchandise, $156,800, 31.21 per cent. The receipts from all other sources amounted to $97,546, or 19.42 per cent. of the total revenue collected.

A comparison with the year 1884 shows a decrease of $22, 804 on the duties levied on spirits, and $35,905 on merchandise.

The total decrease on customs revenue for the year 1885 amounted to $49,399.

A series of tables are herewith submitted giving detailed statements of the exportation and importation of merchandise, and other facts pertaining to the foreign trade and maritime interests of the Kingdom during the year under review.

It will be seen that in the construction of these tables, comparative statements, and other details of value for statistical work, have been added to the tabulated statements that heretofore accompanied the annual report of the Customs Bureau. The growing importance of the foreign and domestic trade of this Kingdom, and the consequent demand for accurate information at home and abroad, suggested this innovation upon the established method.

The following are the tables in the order named:

1—	Statement showing the quantities and values of principal articles of export, 1885.page 5
2—	Comparative table by quarters, showing the values of domestic export, 1884 and 1885.
3—	Exports of domestic products, showing countries to which exported.
4—	Statement showing values of foreign and domestic exports, 10 years, 1876 to 1885.
5—	Statement exhibiting the values of imports of merchandise into the Hawaiian Islands for the year 1885.
6—	Total values of imports of merchandise, 1885, showing countries from which imported.
7—	Imports and exports of gold and silver by months, during the year 1885.
8—	Statement of the value of exports and imports, 1876 to 1885, showing annual excess of exports over imports.
9—	Exports and imports of merchandise from and into the Hawaiian Islands, by countries, for the year 1885.
10—	Statement showing the total value of exports and imports carried by vessels of each nationality during 1885.
11—	Value of domestic products carried by vessels of each nationality, 1885.
12—	Statement showing quantity of spirits, wines and other liquors withdrawn for consumption during 1885.
13—	Tables showing the number, tonnage and nationality of all vessels entered and cleared at ports of the Hawaiian Islands for the year 1885.
14—	Statement of the number, tonnage and nationality of vessels entered at ports of the Hawaiian Islands during the years 1876 to 1885, inclusive.
15—	List of Hawaiian registered vessels, showing number, class and tonnage.
16—	Statements showing the number and nationality of immigrants that have arrived and departed, and passenger movements for 1885.
17—	Statement showing quantities and values of imported page 6 merchandise and spirits remaining in warehouse December 31st., 1885.
18—	Comparative table of customs receipts, 1884 and 1885.
19—	Statistics of imports, showing in detail the quantities and values of merchandise subject to duty, free by treaty, bonded, and free by Law.