The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-05-06
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Nix EprrvR HIS Il. the Minister Of
Finance, IN his report says that the Govern
ment looks with favor upon making an
appropriation to aid the steamships running
from HouclElz TO san Francisco. He does
not pronounce decidedly IN favor Of the
measure o. speak as If the Government were
fully satisfied OF irS policy. 1t Is a question
how far the Inauguration Of this line, has
contributed % the convenience, or increased
the prosperity Of these islands Thus far
we are not as well served az We were before
the failure OF Brooks & Co., and only about
the sane, Is after III. failure and before the
steamer was put o. Formerly our eoumz-
uica-i7n was with great regularity By sailing
vessels about every ten or 1ftesl days, the
average passags down being Il TO Is lays
nd about Is up Now our Communication
L regularly BY steamer every SIX weeks, and
quite irregular By sailing vessels iutermedi-
atgiy Il Is often said that We are not uow
Is well accommodated Is we we're before
the Eia.io vas put o. The facilities granted
By our Government are al that Il Is abe to
On, and IN the opinion Of many Al that Il
oiIghr 60 do Il the Reciprocity Treaty
zh1uIf pass the C. : Congress, and another
sreaue- be put upon the route 50 that cue
could leave each port once in twenty days,
and the pledge BE given that freight should
not be over SIX dollars per ton, and n1iAsses
not over four cents ger gallon, and passages
be kept At a reasonable rate, AZ now then
the additional stimulus u BUSINESS might
Justify additional t1z1tiou, and assistance to
the Inc
The subsidy from the @ : Government Of
5000 IN currency iz equal to 2 uills and
51-IaO for every man, WOMAN and child IN
the United States, or Iess than 0ue-4uarter
Of cue cent 20 each Of the Il coo, coo inhahi-
raa1z-or Z paid N guild at Is per cent
Er.ai1m, il wocId be mil and q 100 Of
nil "a each inhahi1aat sz5,G0G IN gald
would be u each af the 5000 Inhabitants
Of these Islands about ~ cents eaeh- 50
the subsidy Of sa5,G0G Ia gold here would be
about three hundred times greater than the
subsidy paid BY the United States
The facilities nov ..ranted the steamer
line here, are equal ro sIsls IN gold, which
Il 16 rs times as much to every fnhahirant
Of the izIands as the present subsidy from
the Unitsd States would be If apportiouei
Imongzt al 0f rs eitizeua. and more than
. times IL mIch- f Assessed on property
A suhsidF Of so 90 fruu the Haxaiian Gov
srlmeut IN gold would be equal To the
present subsidy grained BY the Uaited States
rated gu the population, and a subsidy az
ahoHE SIS, by the EaEIiian Government,
would be equal to tl,. present grant from
the Uuired States, II rated ca property
Win 10 treaty, and the Agricultural Inrergsfz
az the enGnrrE struggling f1r he, property
N consequences dePreeiaring and the poPu-
Iatinu diminishing, a subsidy or any further
adj than that nov granEsd, should not N r7y
1piniuu be thought al, ami aape Ministsrs
and Le.csIat1rs VII Esigh the zahiees vel
1efiIre an s1rh meazar= Ia adopted The
people must pay II, and they are ust and wiz
not be- Ihis-
I add, that 1 wish to be understood as
iIr1rinss 4 subsidy 4 ne treaty pa1sses, and
tlat me LezrisiatlIrg should make this a Gnu
dI1iou- The personal taxes ausshk not 70 be
increased and VII mt be- Most likely they
may be diminished, and TIE payment VIII
ultimately nj upon the property chiefly of
planters and merchants, and caH see 10
reasonable prospect Of such 4 stimuIus 70
business az VIII warrant the subsidy wirhost
the treaty An imperative condition should