The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-10-21
Agent for the Hawaiian Bureau of
Immigration, Sandwich Islands

Drammen's NetOs, for the 18th Sept, 1880,
SAYS 1.-The following are extracts Ofletters and
documents, which the agent of this emil
grafton, Mr. Orange, has laid before US
: NJ EOrange brings with him, authori-
cation from the Minister of the Interior of
the country, under whose direct authority
the Board of immigration operates, and
through which the emigrated laborers get
their aoaqes paid. The Iaborers have thus
official guarantee for their wages, which
are paid them monthly, with about 33 kr.
80 5O) per month for men, and more than
is kr. (S4 00) for women over 10 years. The
laborers have, besides, free board and
lodging, and as to this we shall state that
each family may expect free pasture for a
COW and, we dare say, a horse, which many
lnborers keep. For able laborers there Will
getting ground for cultivation on shares.
In this way several of the present planters
have themselves commenced.
The intention is to get 400 men and wo-
men this time, of whom 260 have to be
men, as only $40 women can be brought.
Married people can bring only two child
rem. 1t is, however, the intention TO bring
more laborerS oyer afterwards, anu herein
the present emigrants have III fact the best
Safeguard for good treatment. 1t must
even inspire confidence in the ability of the
planters, if one considers the expenses of
the intended expedition, which may
amount to about 10000 kr. (about $4,000
for which the agent brings letters of credit
What may occasion most Scruple to
many, who would like to emigrate is, that
they must bind themselves for three 81
wears. After having observed that the
planters must have some compensation for
the expenses of the passage, We shall beg
to consider that we have read the articles
| about labor in the Hawaiian civil law and
find that they secure as well the Interest OF
the laborers AS of employers; it is a matter
of consequence that the laborer cannot run
! from his service, no more than the master
| can ill-treat a laborer. Labor on Sundays
and holidays is forbidden.
Well, during three years one is bound,
| and we suppose that somebody may become
dissatisfied with his position, and the labor
to which he or she is perhaps somewhat
unaccustomed; in this case we cannot give
hin q better advice than to save during
these three years, and put in a bank as
much money as possible. When he is free,
he has at all events money enough to get
to San Francisco, in America, to which port
there is a passage of only Z days or he
may engage himself as 4 sailor on a iIa-
waiian or foreign vessel, which daily
arrive, we believe, and also among Others,
every day a steamer from San Francisco; or
he can, if he IS Il mechanic, settle down IN
the capital city, Honolulu which has
about II, ZOO inhabitants, or in the large
factories, which occupy hundreds of work
men. We have read the treaty between
the Sandwich Islands and Norway, accord
ing to which the NOrwegians in the Islands
may gag in business and hold property
equally with the natives, and it seems upon
the whole that there is a place for many
men, that there is much uncultivated land
and that the country is as accommodating
as possible for foreigners.
The Sandwich Islands are a State that is
advancing and among others will enjoy Il
grand of transit, when the
Panama Canal is ready. The importation
of the country has thus increased from Il
value of one million of kr. {crowns) in
1S43, to II millions in 1873; the expectation
at the same period from 100000 kr. to
IA millions the import duty has in
creased from $4,000 kr. to 100000 kr.
g 75-100 kr. (crOwns) - l dollar
The export articles have i'll 1878 been and
made