The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-01-20
VOL. XNI--NO. 30;
From the Fills.

the leading items Of the Budget, which had beel
brought before the House:
Estimated- revenue for tie financial year .endins
Goth June. 1872 Excise GG37 territorial e6Z
400; ports and harbors, E742; postage Gl33I
fees e2535; fines and forieitures, ESQ: miscella
neOus, GT95. The estimated expenditure for th,
same term Is, in round numbers. as follows Civ
list, salaries E3.l5U: Legislative Assembly. sala
ries. e7S7: contingencies. E374. Lands and Works
salaries, ST33 Contingencies. fi OBJ. Chief Sec
retary, salaries, G3 42O; contingencies, 81 S97
Treasurer, salary, E5sl contingencies, ESQ
Trade and Commerce. salaries, G1Ul; cOntingen
cies. G7S2. Native affairs. salaries. Gj $50; con
tngencies, 1888. Some more general particulars
OF the expenditure are as follows The King :
privy purse. Gl5OO; Private Secretary. goo
Speaker Of the House, $500 Ministers, e. 500
Chief Secretary-POstal, sisO; Chief Secretary
Judicial E3.430; Native aifairs-POlice, e 232
The total estimated revenhe is about E23 593 and
the estimated expenditure &20.23l. showing sur
plus in tie TIeasureTs favor OF nearly G34OO
The official roll of electors (white sett!ers) in
the Kingdom of FIJI shows total Of 799. The
districts are: Levuka. 246; Ovalau. 10; Tai
Levu, Gs; Korotubu and Nananu, 40 ; Nadi. Il
Navua and Suya. "a /; Nadroga, 42 /; Lower Rewa,
%; Upper Rewa. so; Central districts 81 4; Bua,
25 Macuata and Dreketi, 4S; Yasawas, 20 East
ern group, 68; Kadavu, 10; Ba and Tavua. 25.
The Parliament Of the country appears to be- doing
good work. and several useful measures have been
passed The Upper House consists exclusively of
FUian chiefs. nominated by the King. They bave
the power OF maklng suggestions on bills passed
By the Lower House. all of which bills have 10 be
submitted To the Peers before being sanctioned by
the King; but il the suggestions after reconsider
alton by the Lower House be not adopted. the
bills become law aud receive the sanction of the
King in their original form. The functions of the
Peers are therefore more snowy than real. Their
sittings are opened with prayer. and We observe
that severe reprimand was. by order of the
House. publicly given 10 Tui Drrketi, one Of the
most powerful chiefs in the country. for appearing
in a state Of intOXicatIOn at a previous sitting
The President is Maafu, chief whose position and
IUf 4raa md Nv N tho Hai iG hxT
birth TOngan. dresses in European clothing, and
is not only of high character but able. we'll
Informed man. much respected by all about him.
The Fiji Gazette. of the 10Th of November, states
that Information reached Levuka the previous
evening OF the capture of the murderers of Messrs.
WarbuTtOn KiugtOE, Robson and Whitaker. and
the fate of the HerrG Mr.. Rees, who arrived from
Nadi. states that Mr. Duncan Murray leaving
his home on one of the Gassawas Islands in Il
small vessel when he saw schooner sailing
strangely, which attracted his attention. He APP
preached her, and she altered her course steering
towards the nearest shore the Island of Beva. on
which they ran her and landed Mr.. hurry there
upon went TO her assistance, when he found them
to be Solomon Islanders. They inquired if the
Island Tanna, and subsequently, asked tor
food. and assistance TO get the vessel oil. They
also said they had been at work in FIJI had bought
the schooner fer eighty pigs, and were on their
return home subsequently, they confessed they
were Tunaways of the MerUd. and murderers of the
above named gentlemen. whom they said they had
killed and eaten. 1t also appears they have killed
and eaten three OF their own companions. They
were secured by the Fiji men OF Beva, and are
now in custody.
The island slave trade. in spite of the difficulties
and dangers with which it is attended, still
carried on vigorously. The following Is extract
from letter received short time back from one
of the Marshall Group Islands - There n good
many French and English slavers among these is
lands on the look out for labourers. They are
neither more nor less than slavers, and many Of
them cold bIooded murderers- A great number of
hnv hpRn kid ned md tn Tahiti
and the FiJis and. in some islands where formerly
one could trade with safety. it is quite dan
gerOus to land. We never see or hear of men-oi-
war IN this quarter OF tue world An American
frigate the jamestown. called about year ago at
one isiand-but for all the good she did she might
have stayed ar home. have written to the Consul
General at Honolulu. and probably there may be
some notice taken OF this traffic 1t is sickenhg to
read in the papers how every is taken tO ship
none but those WHO willing to- go when see
and know every means taken to kdnap the un-
willing and shoot down any who offer the least
sistance To their capture.
In the Fijian House of Representatives. Colonel
Hamilton asked the Hon. the CHIEF Secretary. " 1t
any steps To be taken by the Government to
bring Justice certain parties, who ii appears
from the inquest recently held. run down canoe
and brought here, and afterwards held slaves
bOnnd down on board the CImbrid, two MalicOlO
men. who were afterwards charged with the mur
der of Messrs. PulfOTd and THORPE" From the
report of the inquest which had appeared in the
FIJI Times. 1t would appear that the two MalicOlo
men had been Kidnapped and brought here. and /
treated in most barbarOus manner. all /
which bad resulted in the murder of two uniortu-
nate Young men. Mr.. Burt agreed with the hon. /
members remarks The Government of which be
was a member had communicated with the New /
South Wales Government, with a view TO the pun ,
shment of meu who might at present be in the .
colonies. but who bad been guilty of nisdempanour
in the labOur traffic of the South Seas. The partic
nlar offence on which the question bore. had oc-
curred in a British vessel outside this kingdom. and
therefore the Government COIld do aDgfhi0u in
the matter. The FIJI Gazette quotes Sir Alfred .
Stephen. c. J.. in proof of the act OF the Malicoo
men being jnstdable homicide has been proved .
hat the MallcOlO men were kidnapped, and British .
aw says that a kidnapped man may try to regain '
MS liberty by any means, even by taking the life
of those holding him
On the 9th OF December the British ConsuI had [
collision with official of the Fiji Government.
which may result in getting up q grievance, after
he fashion in Hawaii nti. some thirty or forty
7ears ago. public meeting of British subjects
vas held at Livuka on the Sth. at which it was
stated by the Chairman that &" the Consul on at
empting TO board vessel lying in the bay. the
Peri. had pistol presented at him, and his lite
threatened by an employee of the so-called Gov .
-essel, as bill of sale had been registered which
would vtiate ber register. The British flag had
,een insuted, and it was for the meeting to decide
{ they would suffer it The following resolutions
we're passed - That in the opinion OF this meet
ng the British flag has been grossly insulted
hrongh Her Majestys Consul, and strongly
condemn TIE action OF ble SO-CallSu Government
mplOyee on board that vessel. and the authority
lnder which he acted.-That this meeting has
ived at the conclusion. from information laid
,etore it, and the admissions OF Mr.. Cough. that H.
;. Ms representative and the British Rag have
,een grossly and unwarantably insulted on board
f the ship Peri, and that the who did so has
'een clearly proved to be under the instructions OF
he sO-caIled Fijan Government. That this meet
ng also convey to Mr.. March their thorough
pproval of his conduct under the circumstances,
nd their willingness. il he should call upon them.
o ample satisfaction given him in this matter"
In accordance with the resolutions. deputation
waited the Consul. who, after thanking them,
aid that the insult had been offered 10 the British
lag. aud he considered it the duty of British sub
ects to support him in this juncture. British
ubjects. he said, composed 90 per cent of the
White population OF the Islands. He would not
ounsel any violent measures to gain redress. as
is position such that he could afford TO await
he arrival nj q when