The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-06-15

ItnC Vi hololOIod Tounu, 1910 AIT 3d." """""."- " $1,000
Balance . . per c..n-Dooa. May sl Ss3S ] j
Over cash .~.~~. ~.~.s 26S
The Commission were given to understand that an appropriation
1t was found that a balance of from $4,l84.6O to S5,977.59 had
period H since = 1865. these Phesl' sums s WERE ra'b beid for snpdr Ty1 Unsettled tfI@
accounts. The Commission advise that the balance Of s5,977.59
u m " as a radiation liza orS' u '' last pe''oo Oe INTO the fea
OF the Journal and Ledger, the Commission say. that the entries
to close the ledger accounts for the period ending March, 1870,
were made in pencil mark and not ruled off: For 1872, the entries
to close the appropriation accounts were journalized but not
posted.
The same entries for 1874 were neither journalized nor posted,
The Commission We're advised that it was not the custom to
such a balance could be found since March 81, 1870 t' 'N0'"'' u
The system of keeping the books of this department is one that
grave objections. 1t is only fair to other incumbents of the office
periods pc S%s and sd' regularly egDE E0e o1ossd d ? The Commission %pDdsie u" Did to not 5e d eem G h
necessary to suggest changes in the system, for the reason that a
An amount Of $500 was drawn from em1 the ir Treasury at the close
Of the last period to dis6urse for the completion of the new steam
pended, leaving a balance in the department of S l449:7o
partment it will be apparent to a person vemed in accounts that it
would be impossible for the Commission to make a more extended
to bring the books into the condition required for a final rep mu""'
- Touching Enf ns the iD'a affairs airs of f. the h. LAND office ed"t the Commission Coz n m d@i n't decided,
after an examination of the various books and memoranda, to
forbear making an examination to verify the reported number, 3o4,
of Royal Patents issued and paid for; but concluded to examine
t the clerks 0f the th dspRRT 5r m u uRon d tMf point R"a nnd q SbSinm matters tan
made, Associate Justice McCullly attended the Commission and adj
mustered all OaCu 10 U1eSSTS. SndrIeS L. OuIck, L one anu -
WeyntOn. The result OF the examination was as follows:
c. Gulck said: I received s2yo98 from the Laud Office dur:
ing the last fhit fiscal ca Period Period p for 1d Royal sd pate1t Cleo, eGPi @f t dmd b searches: l
1 did not receipt for this sum-. [ cannot verify the statement that
issued by Others. have no reason to doubt the correctness of the
returns made to me. 1 made the draft of letter marked G.
p Jones said: I am Second Clerk of the Interior Gr Department mt
Land Office since that time, and have paid over the receipts OF that
received for the fiscal period was s2,O58. Have made a recent ex-
animation of the records of the Land Office; can verify the state
,oI+ tIo+ n IotnnfS Uaro iSSnpl 6urinO thp nnIO0 NjtppS
produced a book in which were entered receipts for copies and
Searches up to and including the month of June, 1871 This book
no record for receipts for Royal Patents except the Royal Patent
books, and the books in charge of the Chief CLERK. have a
memorandum book in which are entered the receipts of the Land
by 5, Weynton; 1 consider It the property Of this office. Memo,
randa marked F see appendix was made up by me with the Chief
how much Of this amount was received by J. E Bush Or myself
Item , is the number of Royal Patents issued, Item is the mum
Der Of Royal Patents paid for d., I do yer{f$ this his. statement fto, after an m
amount received for copies and searches in the Land Office. This
tween this sum and 52,69s is for extra fees for advertising: 1
assisted the Chief Clerk in obtaining the memoranda from which
Der aaI in the letter and the report of number paid for, a4, is ex-
of March, mo-. ha1u- been called for. 1 did not receipt for money
pal me by Mr. " nton.
s ~yeyuton said: I am copyist of records of the Land Commits
siop. have done work connected with the Land Office; such as
I n'i have re- rooe..'I the hs'f fees i%r Royal fsG5ai ? ss"s and NJ for some
Or to p. Jones, Second Clerk, who has verified them from
t@s Che ' sn5 sa.. t 91v over not I b bats" con nsfdRts t iho@ m Mn 1GuSs
books Of cash rec ipts as my private property until recently, when
they were taken rom me, being the only record. One of the books
contains private memoranda of Mr.. Weyntons] | have paid to
the Second Clerk, Z. Jones, $1,000 10; | have no proof of payments
made to Dir J. les; the books have been taken from time to time
by Mr. Jones verfed, and returned to me; the books were kept by
me for nv own satisfaction. Mr.. Jones requested me to keep the
memorandum ")Oks; he first suggested the idea to me. MT. Jones
has never told ne of any errors II discrepancies between the books
and nv 1ay~rnts to him. I find two leaves of one of my books
rsteI toaeta..; the memoranda on the leaf was, as near as L can
TeooUect BE- b. cash and vouchers paid p. Jones this day" L did
not paste ta Sc leaves together. [On separating the leaves the
ConmissI5u ,und the entry as stated, the sum being 1886 CO. OF
the sum paid Mr.. Jones, 81 $50 10, grants amount to S75 commu-
talons 80: total for these two items, S5O7. The difference
between this last SUI and 81 $50 Il is what | received for Royal
Patents and copies. | have no reason to think that there was any
discrepancy between the amounts paid to Mr.. Jones and my books.
The ITEM o. March % now stands So, having been altered it should
be $40, for [ received SO for the copy of award number 6,24!, and
so entered t. TThe footing of the page proved that the Original
entry Was Sol Three items of SIS, So and S3 so, making In Ill
$50 81. re paid to Mr.. Jones and did not pass through my books.
I paid Oh amounts to Mr. Jones in order a follows: August 9,
s26 50. August 81. 1928: September 30, sos October 81, Sl52;
January j, 1925; January IL, SIC so; January l9, $40; April 5,
S24tIO Total, 1880 10.
P Jones, recalled, said: The books shown me are the books u
he Ind Office kept by Mr. Weynton- L cannot say that the
amount of $40 SO of August 9, 1877, entered as paid to me, was
lived by me; the item of $40 so paid Nh. Wenner w tor
me elieve that the items entered, " Lent Department per +:
5of IF $50 and S43, were borrowed to pay Messengers and
aa The erasure substituting So for SO was not made by me.
Iht sc the sum entered 1886 60 was handed to me in April last.