The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-05

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ossvsd they win be enclosed to the Legislature for in
formation.
SCHOOL LArps-Tbere remain unsold the school
lands Kahuku, in Kau; Nanawale,i in Punh, Hawaii
Hamakuapoko, on Maui; Onouliwai and partof kipu
and Manowsinni, on Molokai; q small psrt OF wahi-
ava. ON Oahu; Moloas, Papa and Aiiionsnn. on
Kauai.
The ScHooLF uNp-The amount Of the school fund
realized from the sale of lands was $82,611 o. on the
s1st of March last; S10,150 Of this amount WAS in
the Treasury at that date, and tho interest ON 1t Is
paid semi-annually. 1t will all be placed there as
soon as it car be collected.
The fund consists OF bills receivable. most of which
are regarded rs good. But a portion OF them are
held against persons who have purchased lands and
are secured by mortgages on the properly sold, and
it is doubtful whether some Of them will be able to
pay their notes when due. 1t may be necessary to
resell the land in some cases.
INTEREST AND RENr.-Thc account of interest and
rent is herewith enclosed marked O P. The gross
amount received on this account, from Jan. /, 1906,
to March 3lst, 1853, including the balance on hand
at the former date, was S., 332 10. There was ex-
pended of the same during the same period, as per
the account, S4,496 "a. For what objects the ac-
count will explain.
MEDICINES FOR GRArUrrous DIsrRIBUTIoN.-Of the
appropriation of $500 for the two years 1856 and
1857 only Sl53 80 have been drawn. The call for
medicines has been very limited, and mostly from the
remote districts. The Board Of Education has made
a very convenient and economical arrangement with
DR.. Smith to supply the Island of Kauai with such
medicines rs he thinks proper to distribute on that
island. On Oahu none have been called for except
"a one remote district. On tue remote parts OF M'ui'
Molokai, and Hawaii. where there are no physicians,
small supplies of the more simple medicines have been
sen, u uiuerent tunes during the past TWO years, ahu
u Is only TO such remote places that II seems 'mpor-
'an' = { proper 20 enc 'nem.
AccoUNTs.-A summary of the entire receipts and
disbursements of the Department, under the appro-
priations of 1856, made up to the 31st Of March last,
is herewith enclosed, marked U K.
The school ratyr m IN "a Grcf on ~ n the nroS-
.. CIV III i.e "inoe ~ = uii0' -
Prev " enaoie me 20 inciuue u summary y. 'heai ~
tnis report nov, when II IS necessary 10 close i.'ih
oruer that Il may 60 10 press IN season.
REHABILITATION.
Number of Free National Schools in 1856, se
Number OF Free National schools III 1897, o.
N Suahe os se choia II; in ISL $3.50
Numhe, of schools in which natives learn English in
1856. including the Royal school, the seminary AZ
Lahainalnna, and ar- Mnco.s school, 20
Nnmhsr Of same IN is5i. Is
Number of scholars in same, 61
White scholars in nil the schools, : i5e
-. T. al ~. .choo,s TN 1857 an
Imo,,t expsnted nv Goyernment on Free Schooisin
1855. s25.s27 q
Amount expended ny Gnvernmens N ERE eScnooisin 100 "a
I,o.; ~ a.,r, -, all schools n vbich ps.
lives are laugh, English in 1856, 1853 IS
Expended by Government o n an schools in which ma -
,ives are taagh. Ensnsn IN 1so., co., .a s'o "
,SonaI nurnoses In 1854. 1888 90
Whole amount expended by Government for educa-
CONCLUSION
The education of the Hawaiian people can scarcely
be regarded as having more than passed the period of
its infancy. Forty years ago there was not n book in
the Hawaiian Language; nor a school or a printing
press in the land. This was then a nation of pagans
of the lowest grade; and it would be utterly unren-
sonable to expect anything like that degree of adj
vancement in our public schools here which exists in
older. Weather. and more enlightened CON :aunities,
and even there they are very imperfect. The Gov
ernor of the State Of South Carolina in his report to
the Legislature for 1855 says. e the result Of the free
school system has fallen so far short of its object That
it may be pronounced n failure;'' bat so far from
proposing 10 discontinue ii, he argues that it should
have a iditional support. In other States of the Amer
lean Union, especially in the South. similar COM
plants are made of the insuficiency and imperfection
of their public schools. What then but imperfection
is 70 be expected in the schools of this people. so re-
Gently awakened from the darkness and mental tor
por of ares
There is moreover nm important element Of educa-
ton yet almost entirely wanting in our native popu-
latiou, and that is domestic education. The family
relation is vet rs n general fict in a most imperfect
state. The very houses of the natives stand in the
way of a proper training and care of children. OF
course the constant and careful inculcation of good
principles in the minds Of the ehildren; the ever
watchful eve of parents, especially the mother. to se-
cure n really and cheerful ooedienee; 10 shield them
from the corrupting influence o: bad language and
bad example,: 10 notice and correct the hrst depar-
lures from truths and honesty: TO see that all reason
able wants are supplied and temptations to do wrong
removed. and the numherless and nameiess WAYS in
which intelligent and faithful parents, feeling the