The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-08-01

SEvENTY-sECOND DAY, July %.
: Hon. Mr.. Mikalemi offered a resolution to the
effect that the Minister of the Interior be requested
to report to the House the receipts and expenditures
of the steamer Riiauea during the last biennial
period. Adopted.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The House resumed consideration of the Loan Bill,
in Committee of the Whole. Hon. W. I. Martin in
the Chair. Section 9th of the Bill was taken up for
consideration.
A motion was made to insert the words IS in the
Privy Council, - so that the sentence will read ga
COMMITTEES of three persons from the Privy Council
of State, appointed by His Majesty the King in The
PriUy Council" Accepted.
Several other amendments were proposed by the
Committee, and were discussed for a length of time,
among those amendments accepted were, the strik-
ing out of the word " FULL before power - and
the adding of these amendments, for paying off
the national debt whenever 1t becomes due;' and at
the end of the Section, " the Minister of Finance
shall report to the Legislative Assembly the amount
of receipts and expenditures"
Hon. Mr.. Bishop said that he opposed the Bill
from the beginning of the discussion, and now the
first and seventh Sections were passed, but he was
still in favor Of striking out entirely the sixth Section.
On motion of His Elk. the Minister of the Interior,
the words or machinery, whether made in this
country or other countries - we're inserted.
After a spicy debate on several unimportant amend
ments, Section sixth was passed with the amend
ments as above.
The Committee rose and reported recommendation
of the same; which we're adopted.
On suspension Of the rules His Elk. the Attorney
General read first time an Act to amend Sections 2
and 8 of the law relating to elections, which was
passed to its second reading under the rules, and
ordered printed. House adjourned.
SEvESTY-THIRD DAY, Monday, July q.
His Elk. the Minister of the Interior read the
following report relating TO the receipts and expendi-
lures of the steamer RiLauen:
Total receipts from Oct. 10, 1870, to July p, 1874. s1sO,733 81
Expenses from October 10, s70-...-.-..-... Ise,328 IA
10 >; s,sai 20
51,l4o 81
From April /. 1872, to March 81, 1874:
Expenses si69,S36 81
Fr0m April /, 1874, to May, 49,: 80 -
Expenses Gncluding repairing. 90
Receipts 1910 W
1855 20
Hon. Mr.. Nahum read a resolution to the effect,
that the House appoint q Committe to wait upon
His Majesty the King and inform him that the As
sembly will be ready to be p%rorogued at II O'Clock
NJ, on Saturday next.
Hon. Mr.. Kuihelani moved to amend. Saturday
Of the week after next
Hon. Mr.. Mikalemi moved to indefinitely postpone.
After a short debate the motion to indefinitely
postpone was put and carried.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
This was the Loan Bill in the Committee. of the
Whole. Hon. W. 7. Martin in the Chair.
On motion Section % Of the Bill was taken up for
consideration.
His Ex. the Attorney General moved that Section
ID do pass as recommended by the Special Committee.
His Ex. the Minister of the Interior moved to
strike entirely from this Section the sentence-'FAnd
the Minister of Finance may likewise issue, as a part
Of this loan, IN exchange for coin or salaries, or