The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-06-28

Waikiki
on Liha 1915 IS
A total ,l725S
Your Committee of opinion that there is sufficient
ground for the complaints made from the outer districts that
their roads and bridges DO not receive fair share of assist
The City of Honolulu being the most populous well
wealthy part of the country should keep its own
streets in repair
Your Committee find upon examination of account of
Encouragement of Agriculture and immigration that but
small part of the appropriation has been used for the
objects contemplated in the grant, while large balance has
been returned unused although the faith Of the Govern
ment Is pledged several contracts, with persons
abroad engaging immigrants here Your Committee
recommend that sufficient money be appropriated enable
the Government keep in good faith, its present engage
As regards the future bringing in OF abores your
Committee deem it to be the duty OF the Government to
place the burden of far possible upon the employers
Of such aboreTs The authority given the Board of mmi
grafton by the statutes large and Is sufficient to enable the
Board to require from the employers of immigrant labor
such contributions will relieve the Treasury any
siderable outlay under this head Your Committee would
say again in reviewing this appropriation that the trans
tes made from 1t for other and quiet alien purposes Is
entirely unprecedented.
Your Committee in examining the accounts of the Clerk
of the Supreme Court found that the paid for costs
the Court during the years past amount to only 81
which is sufficient to pay the clerks The report
of the Judiciary Department, find recommends that the
Courts shall be made contribute towards their
maintenance by derived from parties having suits
before them In view of the above stated receipts your
Committee OF opinion that the statutes of costs should
be revised for the purpose of increasing the receipts of the
Courts and your Committee will confer with the Judiciary
Committee with the view of amending the statutes in this
respect.
Your Committee fully recognize the necessity of steam
communication between the islands, and they further think
that if it be maintained by private enterprise it
should be maintained at the public expense They also
of opinion after giving this subject considerable reflection
and after examining the of the Kaueas intersand
service that by loanng for time, the public credit
private parties this service can be organized in such
to relieve the public purse great measure of
the expense They therefore have concluded to report bill
for the consideration of the Assembly which they believe
Will the best of nterisand service without
any ultimate expenditure for steamer to the Public
Treasury.
In looking the estimates for the present biennial
period Committee find item of IS 900 expenses
Bureau of Water Works. and another of $4,000 for
Water Supply for Honolulu This item appeared for the
first time in the Appropriation Bill of 1874 The vouchers
show that of this $ 000 the of S6TS 80 expended
for water pipes and material amount to be added the
oyer-drawn item for Bureau of Water Works, making
expenditure for that Bureau of S122T2 H. against $4,000
appropriated while the whole balance for water supply,
72l 20, has been transferred TO other objects Your
Committee good for making two appropa
tons for the Water Works of Honolulu, for making
provisions for contingencies that not likely arise
that not be specified
In this connexion your Committee would say that when
money is avshy provided by the Assembly, for repairs and
Improvements these likely to become considered
essary and becomes almost impossible for Ministers to
accept the responsibility of refusing repairs ncied
provemens which be pressed upon their attention This
remark applicable the demand made for repairs of
public buildings which the last biennial period exceeded
the appropriation of 5000 by S2454 q and is placed in
the present Budget $4,000 beside Sc 600 for this building
in which assembled
FOUR Committee would press upon the attention of the
Assembly that with lavish appropriations the Ministers
will be mpeled to make repairs and alterations which
private persons would make upon their property
and opens them solicitation from every quarter by those
seeking profitable employment Jour Committee cannot
see any good for any considerable appropriation for
repairs Improvements this building for the appro
pation of $4,000 for dredging Honolulu Harbor which By
the Ministerial Report Is conessedy unnecessary So also
of the expenditure upon the Wharyes during the
last two wears S1I615 13 appropriation of $4,000 for
sy and The total receipts from wharfage for the
last period S6S5S a. the larger part of which con-
sumed in repairs Your Committee do not desire discuss
the Of the estimates contained in the Budget and
therefore dismiss this branch of their Report by rearn