New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-10
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

We are in receipt Of dates from the Sandwich Islands 10
April l6 two weeks later.
The Iegislaur. was opened On the 9th OF April by the
reading Of the Kings speech at the palace hohha tue
adopted OF the King is named a the successor TO tue
throne The mobiles have sanctioned the Kings nomination.
The Minister of the Interior in his report calls Tor az
appropriation Of $4,000 for the deepening OF the channe
of Honolulu hsrbor to twenty four feet lie saes ,hs,
every snd of the group destitute of good prison and
recommends action in the matter Two CITIZENS OF the
United and of Great Britain received CERTIFICATES
of nationality last year while twenty nine aa'ivs OF the
nited STATES fourteen of Great Britain ten of China two
of France and eleven of other countries took the oath OF
allegiance 10 the king in the same time.
The number Of letters that passed through the Honolulu
Post Office during the nine months preceding the 3st OF
December.
From The U States and ~. To all other Foreign qco
From SaG III oi:i Foreign Inter and
To the q States and Total of all letters.
This shows large increase in the correspondence OF
these Islands the nnmber Of letters being greater than in
the last nine months of 1851 by O,o39.
The number of Of land sold by the Government
during the period was % 99 which brought reve-
of s26,5s2. -
1t seems that the King has power to pass acts in Prvy
Council the Minister of the Interior mentioning five that
thus passed subsequent to the adjournment OF the
previous Legislature
following int resting extracts - .
The Imports for hs entire year 1852 sas s.
There remains for consumption s 5 az az s
less than the for 1881.
IL not 10 be supposed that all the imports OF any one
year consumed within that year or that the foreign
goods exported this yesr California from those inn
ported during the year rather than from the surplus OF ina
pOratiOns for the year 1881.
The revenue from duties for the year SIS 02 S. OF
which the spirit duty s520si IS 59 per cent OF the
whole The entire duties received At hanaara 81 696 So
of which the sprtduty is s2O5 80. The number
Of gallons If distilled spirits reported consumed IL Ol6O,
rber cas- in ISL there were consumed only O6t Gallons
But the increase of Shipping visiting ports has been
equally great viz 5s9 ships 1851 and 75s in 1852 1t
ascrbe The increase in consumption Of spirits % the in
crease OF ships the proportions remain very nearly the same
as before, viz SO 90 gallons to ship for 1884, and
- 40 gallons TO ship for s52 Without asserting what
amount ofntoxcatng liquors is consumed by the shipping
1t may be fairly Inferred that nfempern not on the in
crease among the natives and resident foreigners.
The number ct gallons seized for vi0itOn OF the Reve
nue. Laws IS 2G7s, the most of which has been
ported
The exports Of domestic produce only s25725l 90.
FOR short periods and 1t high Of interest
Ii will be important question. therefore, the Rep
Iesentstves Of the people TO consider in what way the
funds necessary for carrying public improvements and
for permanent increase Of the th, be raised.
From the report of the Minister Of Public Instruction.
extract the following summary:
l,493 marriages occurred in the Kingdom during 1852:
l,s50 births, an d = s22 deaths.
The following the forms of public vice represented
as most prevalent and Injurious Drunkenness adultery,
iornicStiop then gambling profanity, Sabbath desecra-
Whole number sf public free taught by native. in the
Hawaiian lsngusse IN 1852 80
Number of scbol-n in the sane n ~,
Number Of scholars The ANA
Estimated total Of education the Hawaiian Islands
The number Of cergymen reported as officiating on the
Islands at present is follows Protestants, Roman
Catholics, 49, MOrmons II.
His Majesty presented beautiful flag recently to the
Hawaiian Guard.
William Jackman. indicted for attempt TO scutle the
American whale ship Cambria the 18th day Of NOvem-
Der las while lying in the outer harb0r Of Honolulu by
boring sugur holes through her bow below low water mark
was found guilty
Warren Goodale, ESQ, has been appointed Collector
Genera. in place Of Z. X Bishop Esq resigned