The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-06-09
From the San Francisco CALL
James Lick's BenefnctiOns.

The new deed of James Lick, donating his pro-
perty for the public benefit, has been drafted aud
engrossed and the only thing that prevents going
on record is the desire of Mr. Lick and his lawyers
TO have the approval Of the bene6cares at dis
lance to the revised instrument. There is also to
be considered the important point of having a set
Element of the action at law brought by the former
trustees, who wish to be released from their trust
The new deed bears in its terms sufficient evidence
that Mr. Lick never for moment contemplated re+
voking his gifts; he has simply made some modif-
cations and far as possible he is anxious insure
the validity of his beneacons aud their execution
within his life time. By himself and bis lawyers
the deed is considered thoroughly satisfactory
The new deed introduces triaing changes in the
gifts either in direction or amount In the follow
ing instances no alteration has been made s25 900
to the Protestant Orphan Asylum of San Francisco;
SOS 900 to the city of San JOSE for the purpose of
building and supporting an orphan asylum in that
city; SIS 900 to the Ladies' Protection and Relief
Society of this city; $4,000 to the Mechanics Insti
tute, for the purchase of scientific and mechanical
works for the same $4,000 to the Society for tue
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; 100000 to found
an institution in this city to be called the Old Ladies'
Home; and $4,000 for the establishment and
VI lIGC puOlC bdNu5 III Odu HTduClsCO.
For the erection of monuments to Mr. Lick's rea-
tives the appropriations remain the same; 5000
each is decided for granite monuments to Mr.. Licks
father, mother, grandfather aud sister. Only in one
instance is there change in the gifts to relatives.
In the former deed Mr.. Lick's son, John II. Lick,
was donated $1,000 He will now receive $3.50, 900.
The gifts unchanged are: 5000 to his brother,
Henry Lick IS 900 to his half brother Samuel Lick
5000 to his niece Sarah Helper 900 to his niece
Sarah Lick; $1,000 to his nephew, James w. Lick,
of Santa Clara. He also gives, before, 1000 to
Thomas E. Frazer, of San Jose.
The $4,000 which was before put in the hands
of the Trustees for constructing an Observatory at
Lake Tahoe, and procuring for it telescope of
greater power than any yet made" is now bestowed
upon the University of California for precisely the
same purpose That is to say the gift itself is the
same, but it is to be applied by what Mr.. Lick be-
lieves TO be more competent Trustees.
The donation of S25O,OOO for the erection at the
State Capitol of group Of bronze statuary to repre-
sent the history Of California, is abolished and in
its place 100000 is given for the erection of statu-
airy in the new City Hall of San Francisco. This
leaves $4,000 Of the former donation uuapplied
The appropriation of $4,000 for the erection offs
bronze monument in the Park, to the memory of
Francis Scott Key, is reduced to $4,000.
The 10000 taken from the last named donation,
and the $4,000 left unappropriated from the Capt.
toll statuary gin to be added to the $500 900 for
merly appropriated to found and endow the Cali
fomia School of Mechanic Arts" to be located In
this city The sum of $40, 900 will, therefore, now
be applied to the establishment OF this Institution
This with the block of land donated BY the city for
the of the school, will constitute altogether a
magnificent endowment of about $7O0, 900.
By the first deed Mr.. Lick reserved to himself the
sum of SIS 900 year during his lifetime instead Of
that. he now reserves to himself the lump sum Of
$4,000 over and above his debts and the incum-
branees on his property. The interest Of this
amount and as much of the principal as be chooses
to use are at his own disposition What LEFT after
his death Is to go, with the residue Of his property
after all the other donations provided for, equally
TO the Academy Of Sciences and the California Pho