The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-15
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The LEGIsLATURE.-Although two weeks Of the
session have passed, little has as yet been done. This,
however, is less the fault of that body than of the
Ministers, in not earlier furnishing their reports to
the houses in a printed form, the only form adapted
to their use. A single copy of some of the reports
have been laid before the Representatives. but the
only printed report served to them up to yesterday, is
that of the Minister of Finance. whereas all the reports
ought to have been laid before both houses, printed
in English and Hawaiian, before the close of the first
weeks session. The cause of this delay is probably
because the printers, who have ~bargained to do the
work, and have, moreover, a monopoly of every dol
lars worth of the government printing, prefer to take
things easy, or are incapable of performing their con-
tract Either one of the Reports might be printed
in three or four days time, and all of them ought to
have been done in two weeks, instead of taking two
weeks or more to print the first one. There is moth
ing like competition to hurry up public printers.
The Legislature is costing the country about 500 a
day, and a good share of the first two weeks delay
and cost. may be properly charged to the Monopoly
Printing Press.
On Monday. the case of the election of Kahale-
wal, the member returned from Koolauloa, was taken
up. 1t appears that the inspectors, about 8 o'clock
of election day, anxious to learn the result so far,
allowed the box to be opened and the votes counted,
and finding the government candidate behind, some
twenty or thirty votes of his opponent, which had the
names of the voters on the back, were ruled out.
The House had no alternative but to dismiss the
member and order n new election. We could not
help a~dmiring the position of Kaauwai, the eloquent
member from Wailuku, Maui, who said that, though
the member, whose right to a seat was under discus
sion, was his bosom friend, his duty to his country,
and his duty as a Representative in view Of the oath
which he had taken, compelled him to vote against
him. That is true professionalism the obligations
of loyalty outweigh personal friendships, and Il man
fulflls his duty to his God, his King and his Country,
rather than yield to the solicitations of friends.
ALL ABOUT RICE-Mr. John Montgomery, styling
himself "Pres. r. H. Ag. Soc'y," but by what au-
theriiy does not appear clear, as there has been no
election of officers Of that society the past year,
pitches into US for publishing the experience of a ma
tive in rice growing, and his opinion that he can
make more by raising tarc. Granting Mr.. NJ low
of 1900 lbs. of rice to the acre as the yield
in the case referred to, we are ready to assert. from
all the information We can gather, that that is a fair
average of the yield of rice-land cultivated by a ma
for a Winter crop, as the above was. For a
summer crop, it may be small. The experience of
Mr.. Holstein in rice growing is no criterion of what
can produce in the same business. Nr. H.,
as we all know. is a fancy rice grower, has a fancy
piece of land, which he planted with flncy Carolina
seed. and produced a fancy crop. The other exam
Pile referred to amounts to nothing, as DR.. Judd has
yet TO harvest his first acre, but his being n summer
crop, it will undoubtedly yield we'll. We desire to
rice culture prosper, and believe that with good
foreigners can make it pay much better
han natives, inasmuch as the former can produce it
IN q much larger scale. "12OO pounds to the acre"
siI probably be found n good average winter crop,
IND $500 an average summer crop. This yield is far
,etter than that of wheat on East Maui, where TWEEN
' bushels to the acre, or say 1900 bs, sold at u cents
yer pound, are all that the farmer receives for his
labor. -
WAR NEws-A food OF American and European
arrived by the Expresses brought by the
teamer. The EDITORIALS are filed with illustrations
f the war, which picture the most important battles,
o wildly. that readers here at the islands know
bout as much of the fights as those engaged in
hem. Sometimes the telegraph lets US know q little
lore than has transpired. The EDITORIALS will set
right. -
p The bark Ia tee sailed from San Francisco
n the same day with the steamer John T. Uright,
.pril 80, and has the American mails. She will
ring no later San Francisco or Eastern news. The
Upper ship Lotus, Leckie, was to sail for Honolulu,
lay 10 to II. and will bring our next news. She
ugbt to arrive here about May 20.
u The Concert of the Amateur Musical Society
ill be held this thursday evening, at the Ameri-
an House, Beretania street.
OUTsIDE-The Report of the Minister of Finance
ill be found on the fourth page, and on the frst
age a Sermon on Loyalty by Rev. E. COrwin.
y The Steamer John 7. Wright will sail to-day
t IL O'Clock for Japan and China.
n The barks Comet aud Kathleen will both sail