The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THERSDAY U-NE oI

: LIST two years. and tine estimates for the next two
a1t haTinGaid,i some comments and remarks OF
q few other items. ne viii leave il 70 tie peorl.
a1d their representatives.. whether We e. can con.
= z ~lrU..-- the e.ru-ry on the improved condition
o. "ur financial Tlir- a.. shown lv the statistic.
Of -ia Minister .i Finance"
W. --e thar There were received from the Blu
b ? -4u Of Fines and Penalties. during the TWO wears
past the large sum Of SjO.554 81 Vet the Min
liter. casting his prophetic eve over the two com
i1E years. tells u that be anticipates from the
same source 500. 900! Whence. We ak. are we
: expect this increase Of Sl4.435 Sc. levied on
the crimes and |iniquitv committed in our midst ?
l. there any one who can or ought 10 prophecy
this profitable increase Of wickedness among u?
Or are We 70 understand that an order has gone
firth that the several Police Courts are 10 ba.
must II. more profitable. fnot %. in addition
T. the fact that we have already shown that the
impo>ts will not yield - much during the
next two a during the last two year~-a fact
which the Minister admits as uaSsIhle-be-
hold the sum Of SI4.435 66 struck out Of the
credit side Of our Ledger. and the deficit for
the next TWO years larger by that sum. for il
would be more reasonable To believe. that mas
much a. we can reasonably look for no material
increase Of population, W should not expect any
increase Of crime or misdemeanor. unless. indeed.
the Ministry expect 20 propose again their meas
ures for opening the liquor trade TO the native
population. and carry them through the Lerisla-
ture a. a revenue >cheme-the prorrietv and ex-
p~eliency of which measures the PoIyncsioa has
been employed solely u demonstrate to the ueo-
pie. during these last two wears. NJ a large ex-
peuse. and as we hope and believe with so little
success that not one man in d hundred desires the
change % be made. If they expect this increase
of revenue from this source, then they themselves
supply the advocates Of the present policy with
the best counter arCument. But fnot from tbs
source, whence the new and increased wickedness
of the people? Or i this merely a d. kite" Of
His Ezcellency's, to swell the credit side of his
anticipated receipts.
We stated in our last issue that DETAILED
ACCOUNTS would benefit the Public Treasury
orerythiHg should be paid in, and all salaries
drawn AT the Treasury. There Is a very accu-
rltelv detailed account OF the receipts and cxren-
ditures of the ROYAL Agricultural Society. This
is well. But would not the public be somewhat
I, see "a like account Of the receipts
ana expenditures of the H~oNoLULU MARKET? Is /,
the clerkship Of that Institution a sinccure? if so.
ct the talents Of the clerk be employed in some
hing that will be productive 10 the community. ',
Free him from his attendance u the nominal a.,
lutieS Of an Office entirely uncalled for. which >
furnishes no receipts that we can see by the =,
report of the Minister Of Interior. and save :
1000 per year L, the Public Treasury. Where r
the market? what does the government receive
rom it? what are the duties Of the Clerk i'm the =,
natter? l. it to count the number of FISH daily q,
Iught and brought into town for sale ? or to i
- the quality Of the poi exposed on King street? r
10 the receipts exceed the clerks salary? and if p.
B.. where do they 90 To? Finally. would not the s
occupied for a f>ii-market. if leased TO r.
men for other purposes, bring a con- al
ierable revenue &, the government ~
And whilst W write upon this last subject. =,
IT eve falls upon the salaries in the Post Office. Il,
he well-earned salary of our worthy Postmaster !
one enyies. for biz office Is by no means a sine Il.
r.. and we ever pray that his shadov. may no
Yer be les. But the salary of his clerk. who nm
Joys the AMPLE sum of $500. appears 50 dispro- -,
when compared with those Of the ont
yernment house and other officers who peri rm y,
Ike service, that the Legislature cannot surely -,
.rlook it. -
the President Of the Board Of Education. 49,.
salary 1t l. proposed to advance from IL -,
sent rate of $500 Ter year To $1,000. We can W.
y say that we have inquired diligently among rio,
sons acquainted with the salaries Of c~lergvmen . b
country. and cannot find any whose paw :
ches even $4,000 Per year, while the average of rod
aries Of c~lergymer in the kingdom does not w,,
ed $1,000 Per annum. The salary of n like Pee
.ar in different states where the young of a nev
,Ie county exceeds the entire population Of this +, 81
ig1om. l. about half that sum. Whilst at the W.
e time the appropriation of $1,000 to the lilo
ing Of a full and complete census Is 50 absurdlv Y
II rs TO give Us the impression that it Is in cha,
led - employ irresponsible school-bovs for .,
purpose. or 70 waste that sum. since it seems INN
= impossible 10 suppose that any men can Yer
ri u take "a proper and accurate census on Nsy
four larger islands. saying nothing Of the or o
e smaller ones. for $3.50 for each island. The non,
available way 10 take a census i to divide nIy,
country into sections. 50 small that faithful va 4
may be sure that they visit every hut and wi
ling. and leaving in each house a paper pro- $50,
: headed. on which they should be compelled ~
arDrt the numb of persons that slept in b;rtt
house on a certain njghf-oF which sex they or III
,. whether adult or childrcn-which paper T.. g,
I'll be called FIR on the day next succeeding d.
designated. ANY other way Of taking chm
i a mere waste Of money, and this we r.,.
it cannot be done for $1,000. Here i one will
nee in which q more E. liberal expenditure R-
i be wise economy" nj
have thus called public attention 20 some Of ir,,
tens in the Budget IN which reforms NAV st,
lde. We have by no means ius,auced all f,r,b
a saving can be effected. Buc what We or ra
instanced viii effect 50 large a saving - NJ 1,.i.,
O. check the increase in the public debt. b,lr
legislators must bear this debt i'm mind. that sir,iIr
ST. as a taet-that it is On a rapid increase- drc-i
it must be- eventually paid by the IL IT,.