The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-06-19

Mr.. Keau moved that the repUt be adopted.
Another motion that it be lad on the table
was carried.
The Special Committee to whomwas entrusted
the design of the static TO commemorate Kane
hameha /, reported that the statueHas now on
its way to this country, and they aska for o fur
Their sum Of 81 500 for a pedestal. There was
also $500 due for freight and $50 NJ photo
graphs. Mr.. Gibson moved that the roort be
laid on the table and considered with the Appro-
p~riation Bill. Carried.
RESOLUTIONS.
Notice was given Of intention 20 intrOdue an
Act TO license the sale of jewelry.
Also. an Act to amend Section 2. Chapter 4,
OF Session Laws of 1876, relating to labor cor
tracts. Referred to Committee on Revision.
Bill read for the first time TO amend Section
81 of the Civil Code, relating TO licenses for re-
tail purposes.
Notice was given of intention to introduce an
Act to amend Sections %, % and %, of Session
Laws of 1878, relating to railroads.
Resolved. that the Minister of the Interior lay
before the House a statement of the pay of post
masters and mail carriers throughout the King
dom. Adopted.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Further consideration OF the Appropriation
Bill.
Interior department. salary Of Minister, $40
900. Passed.
The next item wac salary Of clerks. The Min
lister Of the Interior said he asked for pay for
another clerk. as the work had increased. He
enumerated the salaries paid to each clerk. The
new clerk he proposed to engage Is Il Hawaiian.
The pay of the two Hawaiians IS increased, be-
cause he considered the pay they formerly re-
ceiyed was not adequate TO their services. Com
pairing the work with former years, there is
much more work to be done. and il was only by
great efforts and working at nights and on Sun
days that the work was kept up.
Mr.. PhilipO remarked that although the re-
venue had increased in the Customs department
the clerks did not seek for increase of pay. The
first clerk of the Interior department is also
clerk of the Board of immigration, and they did
not know what his other duties might be.
The Minister of the Interior said that when ne
took charge Of the Office there were applications
for royal patents that had been in the Office for
three years and unattended to, and now every ap-
plication was executed within twenty-four hours.
Every dollar in increase of receipts makes in
creased labor. Every island mail brings from 5
to 80 letters, all of which had to be read and re-
piled to. Their hours are 9 to u o'clock. and l
TO 4 O'Clock, and they often stopped later in or
der to keep up the work. He thought the
salaries asked for were only fair for the labor
performed.
Mr.. Gibson said he hoped the committee would
vote the item without discussion. He compared
former sessions with the present. Some COM
planned that the Finance Committee did not find
fault, but how could they do so when there is
none to be found. 1t is not easy to get talent
such as is in the interior department. He ad-
mired it, and said it was a pleasure TO look at,
and for Hawaiians it is an excellent opportunity
to be under excellent instructions.
The item of Sl3, 400. Passed.