The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-20

Accounts should be the working. responsible man
the office, with possibly a small increase in his salar,
others merely contend for n change of persons wit
possibly n small reduction in the salary. | COME.
that, as economy and the most rigorous saving shoul
be the policy of the Legislature, and not the crafty
ing OF party sentiments or the promotion Of party IT
ieFss;s, 7 IN inclined to adop, the first proposition
which would make a saving Of, say, $500 instea
Of possibly 81 900 per year.
Continuing the appropriation Of S3,OO0 n year
the CollectOr-General II is well-kuown, however
that, taking the year round, there is not bushes
enough in the Custom House to keep one man occu
pied during business hours, let alone three. Tn
Clerk has been discontinued, but I think that III
Defuiy Collector could be spared, and should, at an
one time, business crowd in upon the Collector.
small sum held at his disposition 10 hire an amanuen
sis for the time being would be all sufficient. Tn
salaries Of Deputy and Clerk make So. 700 O year
: LOU n year for Assistants and Guards, when need
ed. | think would suffice, unless commerce took
most sudden and extraordinary development Th,
Collector and Harbor Masters salary at Lahain,
might be retained; but | see no reason, through pres
Of business or otherwise, why he could not be- his Owl
surveyor, and be allowed u nominal appropriation o
S2OO or $500 a year for an assistant whenever
struggling merchantman might visit that port.
The stationery and incidentals for the Custom
House need no longer exceed $500 per aunum, moi
the same items for Tax Collectors and Assessors and
lncidentals Of Department the sum Of 500 pei
annum.
We will thus have n saving in this Department in
the ordinary expenses of at least 50, 100.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR.-Deducting the exceptional
amount of S4,52S 10, the yearly appropriation is
S2l, 900.
| cUnfess that | am not much versed in military
matters. but, without going into details, there can
be no doubt that. without materially interfering
with any views for the better and more efficient or
ganizition OF the military, its expenses may be re-
duced say SC. 900.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC Observation-Disclosures
5000 exceptional expenses, the appropriation is
SIC, 200 FER year, in addition 10 the school tax, which
averages over $4,000 yearly, but is not paid into
the Treasury.
Should no radical changes be effected in this De-
partment, as you aud others have advocated. | do
not see that, on the base that these things now are,
any marked reduction should be made, unless reduc-
Dictated upon his being the editor of the Haze Haraii.
| would most strenuously insist, however, that the
school tax be paid into the II easury, and the school
masters salaries be paid quarterly by drafts ffOm
that office, instead of that amount being locked up
in the hands of other parties for the greater portion
of the year.
DEPARTMENT OF LAw.-Ycarly appropriation S44,-
2l2 so.
In running over the various items OF that Depart
men, L would deduct 700 from the Second Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, AMI tax the salary of
the Chief Justice 20 per cent. The Circuit Judges,
on Oahu salaries might be Withdrawn say 81 600.
Also that Of Interpreter and Clerk of the Police
Court OF Honolulu say $500. | hardly think that
the time has come to pay the District Justices by
fees, etc, though the experiment should be free
and wherever the Supreme Court might
deem III pruient ana likely TO he attended with n
good result. The District Judge Of Honolulu. how
ever, IS no longer needed, and his salary of $500
be drawn in. The District Attorneys draw n
Joint salary of $4,000 a year. | would dismiss them
and appoint an Attorney General, with head
at Honolulu. and a salary of SO 900 a year.
whose duty should be to conduct all more serious
suits, On any of the islands, and assist or advise the
Sheritfs in the prosecution Of suits of less Importance.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS Out of IN
averaging S55, 10 10 yearly, | only
lOtlce SZU,UUU n wear as permanent EXPENSES. and if
no further dredging or enlargement of the Esplanade
$ to be undertaken for the next two years, some
5000 or $4,000 of that even may be spared. Re-
mains the usual petty appropriations for roads and
'ridees, etc, all over the country, amounting to
nearly S3O,0OO a year. l believe that SO, 600 a
can be made TO meet all most necessary expenses
within this Bureau-at least until better times shall
n greater GU -lay, and thus the expenditure
f about 100000 n year may be avoided.
MISCELLANEOUS ExPESDITuRE.-For this chapter n
average sum of S74,227 was Appropriated.
5ut the appropriation includes $4,000 a year for the
water fund.-" which is supposed to take care of
tself without additional help from the general Gov
and as it also includes S35 900 a year for
outstanding Exchequer Bills which however may
r should be renewed, provision only being made for
he interest, and as furthermore the expenses of the
should not in conscience exceed Sc 900
his year, there would be only S56 ,05S miscellane-
us expenditures TO be provided for, for the two
ext years, or n saving from the nominal amount of
he last appropriation bill of Sy2, 400. | am well
ware that several items in that chapter of the bill
ouid not have TO be paid again during the next
NO years, but as other demands would probably
| have retained the aggregate Of the other
ems unaltered.
Let Us now recapitulate, and il will be seen that
re actual expenses to be paid from the legitimate
,ceipts Of the Treasury may be reduced from the
OmInal amount of the last appropriation by some
or make the annual sum to be provided
II, rs n matter OF necessity, average about $40. 81.
We get then the following reductions in the