The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-12
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser,

Mr.. EDITOR BY the perusal of your last paper,
l see that S. Kaapuiki has come out like a nan to
defend himself against the charge of wrongfully COL
Letting three dollars from the natives of the district,
and stated that the natives urged him TO take the
money, and TO hire substitutes in their stead, because
the REGULAR COLLECTOR had failed to collect that sum
from them for their road tax. II such had been the
case, | would not have attempted to speak. But no
he has collected this money for this year, and has
given receipts TO that effect. know tor a certainty
that no Tax Collector has been appointed yet for this
district, and therefore | don't think any Collector has
FAILED to collect any taxes whatever And in re-
gard to his Supervisors knowing anything of his
transaction in this matter, | doubt it very much, as
| feel assured that the Supervisor is not the likely
man to assist his deputy in doing things that are not
right nor would he hold himself responsible for any
breach of the law that any of his deputies may make.
1 feel really sorry 70 see Kaapuiki in such a fix, and
more so as he has only recently been appointed to
Office in a department where competency, ability
and loyalty are declared to be the only ecommen-
dations required. But, however, | hope that he will
keep himself for the future in closer proximity with
his instructions. 1 enclose n copy of his receipt
which, though it purports to be for labor, was settled
by the payment of SO cash.
Iremain yours, &C., TEXAS.
Aug. 10, 1858.
"Ua hama o Kaeihue kona mau Ia hama Alanui
no ka makahiki 1858. L. G. HARDING,
Luna Alanui. oahu.
). kAAPUIKI,
s. K.-9 Hope Luna Alapui.'
accompanying the above communication, we have
received the names of eleven persons taxed for 1853
by Ktapuiki, some having paid So, and some So
each.l
We can by no means be held responsible to
apologize for everything that correspondents may say
in our columns. which are always open to any per-
newspaper, unless it be a most bigoted journal. can
never refuse a sensible writer, who complies with the
rules of journalism. The communication in our last
weeks issue. referring to the races, was taken by
almost everybody, as it was probably intended by
the writer, as a jeu d'espr,t on what all considered a
shabby apology for what they were intended to be.
Some few, however, took IA more serious view of our
correspondents filings. and construed his &c rumors''
into matters of fact. We are requested to insert the
following reply to a. Trente-et-un."
To TUE EDITOR OF THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
SIR In your paper of the 9TH August, there ap-
peared an article signed TreRte-ef-un, which. what
ever may be its merits as q sporting article con-
tains at least one gross falseilood. The writer says
81 hear his Majesty refuses to give up the purse
which constitutes his stakes" Now, the fact is, that
the Kings purse was deposited with me some time
prior to the race, and SO soon as the decision of the
judges was made known, was paid over by me to the
declared winner, Captain John Meek.
HENRY MAcFARLAYE.
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