The Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu (Oahu), Hawaii) 1840-1841, 1841-03-06

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to commence labor at I o'clock, he shall
pay an eighth Of a dollar. If the failure
is on the kings day the fine shall be paid
to the king-if on the landlords day, il
shall be paid to the landlord. Tenants
and sub-tenants, and cultivao,s of small
portions of land shall pay to the landlords
of their particular farms or plantations.
So also head men of states, counties.
towns and districts, shall receive from
their particular tenants, sub-tenants, anC
cultivators of their land.
But tenants of those lands which have
not been subject to private taxation, shall
pay to the king only in case of absence
from public labor.
When public labor is to be done of such
nature as to be a common benefit to
king and people, and therefore IL days
i'm the month are devoted to labor, then
all persons, whether cultiyato:s of land or
not, and also all servants shall 90 to the
work or pay fine of half a dollar.
Those also shall 60 who have been
freed by the payment of nine dollars
year, and all who have been freed by their
masters having paid rial day. They
shall not 90 however on the kings day
nor on the landlords day, but merely Or
those days which belong to themselves.
At the period when the taxes are col
lectcd, according to notice given by the
tax officer, during those days there shall
lie no field labor required, neither by the
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tax officer shall give notice of the same.
The labor of the people during those days
will be to carry their taxes to the place
directed by the tax officers.
But all persons who are sick, and those
in attendance on the sick, shall on the cX-
animation of the tax officers be freed from
fine for non-attendance on the labor days.
He that absents himself without giving
previous notice shall be fined half a dollar.
He that gives previous notice shall pay
only quarter of a dollar.
If any man wish to be freed from pub
lie labor, he may 90 to his landlord and
pay nine dollars, four and a half dollars
for the king, and four and half for the
landlord, and then the man shall be en-
tireIy free and shall not be required to 60
to the labor of the king nor to that of the
landlord.
Those feeble old men who are freed
from the yearly tax shall also be freed
from the public labor of the landlords, the
king, and from all other public labor.
Let all those who are called landlords
and governors, and tax officers consider
well what kinds of produce are suited to
each particular land, and to all the lands
from one end of the island to the other.
And they shall give special charge on this
sub ect to the tenants on their lands, so
that they may cultivate extensively all such
articles as shall be profitable.
The landlords shall derive their profit
and loss from their own days only, and so
also the king shall derive his profit and
loss from his own days only. And the
people will derive their profit and loss from
their days. But the landlords shall strive
to stimulate the people to such kinds of
labor as shall be profitable to the country.
1t is furthermore specified that on all
days of labor there shall be two seasons of
rest for the labOrers, one at breakfast time,
and the other at dinner.
If one should remain idle while the rest