than the largest amount before that; they have increased 125 per cent in the 11 years of territorial government. The imports were $27,512,580, an increase of $2,374,333, and the exports $41,938,583, a decrease of $4,547,829. About 90.5 per cent of the trade was with the mainland of the United States, the imports from which have practically doubled within seven years. The inward tonnage was 1,343,876, an increase of 35,075, and the outward tonnage slightly greater. The tonnage has increased 40 per cent during territorial government. Nearly 95 per cent in value of the freight was carried in American bottoms. The customs receipts were $1,654,761.34, an increase of $79,442.19, and larger than for any preceding year; the total thus paid into the Federal Treasury since the organization of territorial government is $14,913,460.86. The internal-revenue receipts were $218,739.14, an increase of $19,606.63, and larger than for any preceding year; they have aggregated $956,204.32 during the period of territorial government.

The current receipts of the territorial government were $3,482,560.84, a decrease of $158,684.51. The disbursements, including payments to counties and transfers to special funds, were $3,584,517.61, an increase of $320,153.41. The net cash balances in all revenue accounts aggregated $1,101,051.72 at the close of the year, an increase of $287,449.60. The counties collected $267,275.56 for themselves in addition to $1,184,564.11 paid to them by the Territory. Thus the total public revenues, territorial and county, aggregated $3,749,836.40, of which $2,297,996.73 went to the Territory and $1,451,839.67 to the counties.

Bonds bearing 4 per cent interest were paid to the amount of $75,000, leaving at the close of the year a total bonded debt of $4,004,000, or 2.59 per cent of the assessed value of property. Such assessed value was $154,584,032, an increase of $4,315,565. There are no county bonds.

Bank deposits at the close of the year were $15,310,263.51, an increase of $1,985,957.97; 5 new banks were established. The capitalization of domestic corporations was $156,873,028, an increase of $4,837,503; 51 new corporations were created and 7 old ones dissolved.

The population of the Territory is 191,909, an increase of 37,908, or 24.62 per cent since 1900; of Honolulu, 52,183, an increase of 12,877, or 32.76 per cent. The population by races is as follows: Hawaiians, 26,041, a decrease of 3,746; part-Hawaiians, 12,506, an increase of 4,658 (of these 8,772 are Caucasian-Hawaiians and 3,734 AsiaticHawaiians); Portuguese, 22,303, an increase of 6,628; Spanish, 1,990, and Porto Ricans, 4,890 (both new); other Caucasians, 14,867, an increase of 4,290; Chinese, 21,674, a decrease of 4,088; Japanese, 79,674, an increase of 18,559; and all others (including 4,533 Koreans, 158 blacks, 537 mulattoes, and 2,73€ others), 7,964, an increase of 4,727.

NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVATIONS.

The policy of setting aside tracts of land in various sections of the United States as pleasure grounds for the people was inaugurated by Congress by the act of March 1, 1872, in establishing the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and thereafter from time to time other lands in various sections of the country were set aside for such purpose and as a practical means of preserving the wonders of nature therein from desecration. These reservations now aggregate 12 in number, embracing over 4,500,000 acres, to which should be added the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, for the creation of which as a national park recommendations have heretofore been submitted. The areas of these parks, with date of establishment of each, are as follows:

Public interest in these national reservations, not only in this country, but abroad, is constantly increasing, as is indicated by the number of visitors thereto. During the past year the total number of visitors to all these parks aggregated approximately 224,000, as against 198,506 in 1910. There is every reason to believe that travel thereto will be greatly augmented in the future, especially during 1915, when the Panama-Pacific International Exposition will be held in San Francisco, and the various transcontinental roads will doubtless provide a transportation rate calculated to attract visitors to the various reservations as well as to the exposition.

For the purpose of bringing together the superintendents of the various parks, and discussing the many difficult problems presented in the administration of the affairs of each, I presided at a conference held under my direction in the Yellowstone National Park in September, 1911, at which there were in attendance the Assistant Secretary, the chief clerk, and other representatives of this Department, representatives of the Departments of Agriculture and War, the various transcontinental railroads, and of concessionaires in the several reservations. Many phases of park administration were dis

cussed, including hotel accommodations, public transportation, construction of roads, trails, and bridges, fire protection, forestry, protection of game, and the enforcement of the park regulations generally. This conference should result in more effective administration than it has heretofore been practicable to secure. The consensus of opinion, however, at the conference was that development of the national reservations should proceed along more liberal lines than has heretofore obtained, and that the supervision of the activities of the various parks should be centralized in a bureau especially charged with such work.

There are hereto appended tables giving the location, date of establishment, area, private holdings, if any, the number of visitors, and the special characteristics of the various national parks under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior; the appropriations made by Congress for the protection and improvements thereof during 1911 and for five years prior thereto, as well as the revenues derived from leases, privileges, and concessions in said reservations received during the said period.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN

ANTIQUITIES.

By an act approved June 8, 1906, entitled "An act for the preservation of American antiquities," the President of the United States. is authorized, "in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments." Under such authority the President has created the following monuments:

National monuments administered by Interior Department.

4 Based on 15 known ruins with a reserved area of 40 acres surrounding each ruin. Exterior limits of tract specified in proclamation contain 918,310 acres.

Originally set aside by proclamation of April 16, 1908, and contained only 120 acres.

By proclamation of May 24, 1911, a new national monument under the Department has been created, designated as the Colorado National Monument, Colorado. The lands embraced within this reservation are in part identical with those included within the boundaries of the Monument National Park proposed in H. R. 22549, introduced in the Sixty-first Congress, which failed of passage. The monument, however, contains nearly 5,000 acres of land less than the area proposed to be segregated by the national-park bill.

In the case of the Lewis and Clark Cavern Monument, Montana, set aside by proclamation of May 11, 1908, a new proclamation was issued on May 16, 1911, more specifically defining the boundaries thereof.

The Pinnacles National Monument, California, was set aside by a proclamation dated January 16, 1908, at which time it was under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, being within a national forest. By proclamation dated December 12, 1910, the lands on which this monument is located were eliminated from the national forest, and since that date it has been under supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.

The Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona, was originally set aside on December 8, 1906, with an area of 60,776 acres. The definite location of the principal deposits of silicified wood was not known, the intention being to reduce the area after the lands could be examined and the location of the valuable deposits determined. During the year Dr. George P. Merrill, head curator of geology, National Museum, visited the reservation at the instance of this Department, and submitted a report thereon recommending the reduction of the metes and bounds of the reservation and suggesting the segregation of such portions thereof as are desirable for the use of collectors having permits under the act of June 8, 1908, to take specimens of silicified wood from the reservation. This report met with the approval of the Department, and accordingly, on July 31, 1911, a new proclamation was issued reducing the area of the Petrified Forest National Monument to 25,625 acres.

The supervision of these various monuments has, in the absence of any specific appropriation for their protection and improvements, necessarily been intrusted to the field officers of the Department having charge of the territory in which the several monuments are located. This supervision in many instances is necessarily limited, and considerable difficulty has been experienced in protecting the monuments from vandalism, unauthorized exploration, and spoliation. It is recommended that adequate appropriation be made by Congress for the protection and improvement of these reservations. Only such monuments as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior are subject to depredations by vandals and unauthorized collections on the part of the public should be provided with a custodian or superintendent.

The following national monuments are not administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Those that should be continued should be placed under the proposed Bureau of National Parks.

National monuments administered by Department of Agriculture.

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.

On June 30, 1911, there remained in the hospital 2,862 patients, as against 2,916 remaining on June 30, 1910, a decrease of 54 from the previous year. During the year there were admitted 623 patients, a decrease of 27 from the previous year. The number of admissions added to the number remaining on June 30, 1910, makes a total of 3,539 patients under treatment during the last fiscal year, being an increase of 37 over the previous year. The daily average population for the year was 2,884, as against 2,872.91 for the previous year, thus showing an increase of 11.09. Of the total number of patients admitted, 401 were from civil life, 215 from Army and Navy, and 7 from the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.

In prior annual reports attention has been called to the fact that existing laws governing the commitment of the various classes of insane persons to the hospital do not adequately meet the present conditions and need revision, and to the necessity for outlining some definite policy with reference to the future growth of the institution. Under the present laws, in the commitment of the insane from the District it is necessary to try each case in open court and in the presence of a jury. The necessity for such course is of doubtful propriety, as it can only have the effect of humiliating both the patient and the patient's relatives and has a deleterious effect upon the con