The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-08-14
Report OF ihe Finance Committee.

Mr. SP-AEER Your Committee having examined
the SEwLY REPORTED accounts OF the Minister Of III
name, ani considered the communication Of the
Minister referred 70 them, in connection with the ac-
counts beg 70 report That they duI the government
expenditures now reported At ~61S,cJ6 81 instead o.!
6SI ,S2l IS. showing 4 difference III favor If the gov
eminent OF %2,SGi %, 80 that 1t Is necessary 10 charge
III the new tables rs OyeTpaI1 by the Treasurer, the
sum ~ So s., instead % JD1 - - before. (sec page
I=t Of T=port) Iour CImmitte express themselves
unable 60 comprehend how there was more ptiI out
than was received. 1t would be thought that "a the
sum expended IS 20 much less than At first reported,
there would be = surplus in the treasury which
would be the fact, were It not that the receipts, in
steal OF amounting 10 SGSl ,3I4 0S. / e., Gs1 SCI IS
less 5D5 80 as trst reported, actually only amounts TO
S67o.sl3 6o-sho":ns a receipt OF 800 IL less than
~ hrst reported.
The hrst items OF difference in expenditure. are in
the Civil List q, viz. SlG7OJ due II. Il. IT, the
rotary, being in ak @2o442. These items were re-
p0Ttsd as phi in the arst Report, bat as they were
IN point Of fact not paid. new appropriations will be
necessary tOr the amounts.
The department u the Interior i now reDor;ei as
having expended SIG. &c instead Of, a. in the
former report, Sll5 1925, and this difference Of
Si25.OO will be found sufficiently accounted for in
the item Of tle Governor Of VI Iui's sa!lry. There
seems TO he but one ether error, under this head, IN
the purchase OF vaccine matter, reported At first 1859
and now l,Ojl, which i evidently a misprint, rs
the column sums correctly, by substituting tie = Tor
the 4.
The Department Of Foreign Affairs i reported now
as having expended Sl4, 1913 IL instead OF l5.463 -
showing a difference from former report in favor OF
Government Of $50 S6-the first error being in stat
ing that the Kings Charge ~ London has been
paid -l6rO, while the second report shows only
$500. a. paid that functouary. The second error
- ID stating that $3.50 - has been paid rT Oai;e
exposes Of foreign agents, postage and stationery,
whereas. it appears by the second report tina, ST.
1i3 II were paid. for these Objects-tLus we see that
there was reported A. being paid more than was act
ulIiy paid 10 the Charge, $500 and as being paid
less than was paid. 25J Ui-for Postage, etc.-sub
;-act one from the other, 1896.
The expenditure q the Finance Department was
reported, (See page lSth) ~ 1O,Oi6 c3. but # one
will trouble himself 70 AID the column, lie will find
that the total IS reported should te STf, Gf6 CO.
The second report i IL, Ill Is thus showing a DIFF
ference Of -l,l2i 81, If We looS TO the sum If the
Columns - set down The first error here j. tie
CoilectCr-General Clerk, put down ut 5000, in the
rOr i in the Deputy Collectors salary which by lst
report = placed a. having an appropriation Cf So
900, and m expenditure Of $1,000 which the new
report corTec;s by placing both appTOpTiatiyn and
expenditure NJ 1888 Sc, thus correcting the expcnii-
ture III flyCr Of Government, SOS G7. The next
error we observe i the Custom House Guard. which
was reported a. nothing pail, whereas by the second
Report We find that the whole appropriation Of -652
y Jrvs srpeHGei. The next item i In the paw q
assessors, formerly reported at SIJ,02l - now cor
rectsd SlJ,l3S is, making a difference against GO
verumeut Of -fIG II. The next item Is stationery,
reported ct first SIP %. corrected to sal 10 diff
ference against the government. so 80. The cor
rectious against government are three, amounting 10
1.9l AZ. AMI IN favor Of government, two, amount
ing to : 200 81, showing 4 difference IN favor Of
government of Si5j IS II amount Of expenditure.
The errcr in summing the column Of expenditures
which j. $1,000, with the corrections first enumeTa-
ed, account for al! the errors under this head,
In the department Of Public Instru ton there are
Juc two errcrs. The Presidents salary vas reported
- drawn. UP to 81. goI 6G. which left a balance II
ne appropriation Of SO 81, Will t according 10 the
DIRECTED report the President had Drawn SU,JiO -
80, EvTryra = lint 80 III
The other item IS unier the head Of English schools
according 10 the old Report, S3,6p7 were expended;
,~cc7rIiug 70 the corrected report $500 were exPen-
81 Ascordrmg to the Oh report there was q nal
nee left Of 81 500, but according TO the new Il
/ ,343.
The expenditure Of the Law Department tooi- up
y the first report sS4,923 81 by the second report
ems Of difference are