So the fact that in Hawaii most of them preferred to rent land even though they could often afford to buy it shows that few of them planned to stay for good.
在夏威夷，雖已允許土地私有，移民們也買得起，但購地動機不強，寧願租地耕種，加上農舍構造簡單，顯示他們並不打算永居。