The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-08
A Chinese Interpreter.
On THE WAY TO HONOLULU.

ON Tile WAY ~
When the steamer AMER Head last left
our port, the Minister of the Interior adj
dressed a letter to the Colonial Secretary Of
Hongkong, explaining TO him our need Of
one or more reliable Chinese Interpreters,
asking him to secure and send here at least
one, on trial. From the subjoined account
of a complimentary Inner given TO the
gentleman selected-which we take from
the Hongkong Daily Press of February s.
it would appear that the Colonial Secretary
promptly took in hand the affair thus en-
trusted to him. No official communities
ton has yet reached the Government; the
regular mails from China, which reached
San Francisco just after the City Of New
York left there, not having come forward
either by the Forest Queen or the AMER
Head.
We are glad to be able TO congratulate
the Minister and the community on n
will, we hope, prove the successful be-
ginning of a much-needed reform. Should
Mr.. Ii Acheung prove TO be all there is
reason to expect of him., we hope IL will not
be long before We have to report other en-
gagements of a similar nature -
"a farewell dinner was given to Mr.. Ii
Acheung, the late second Interpreter mt the
Magistracy, by his Chinese friends on the 9th
February, at the Hang-fa-lau Eating House.
When the time arrived for serving the rice, Mr..
Ng Kwai-shang rose and said he had n pleasant,
yet a painful, duty TO perform. Paintings were
tinged with sadness, and this was the more
marked when the separation was likely to be for
a heightened period. On that OCCASION, hoS--
ever, they had the satisfaction Of knowing that
what was their loss would be their friends gain.
Mr.. Ii Acheung had been appointgd TO an i'm
portant post under King KalakSha, and he was
convinced it was the Wish q all present that
success might attend him in his new post. They
had all known Mr.. Ii Acheung for longer or
shorter periods, ID they would agree with the
Speaker IN sayln, that he had ever been found
to be an upright and Industrious gentleman, a
hard worker, and n cheerful and obliging com
panion. His good qualities were too well known
TO require any eulogy from him. In conclusion,
the speaker would only ask his acceptance OF a
farewell address which might perhaps remind
him, should that be necessary (he did not think
it would be- Of the many friends lac left in
Hongkong. He then read the address as fol-
"'Hongkong, 4th February, 1882.
"sSIR,-We desire 30 congratulate you on
having secured an important and responsible
position in Hawaii, the duties Of which we are
sure you will worthily fulfil, and at the same
time we wish TO record our regret at losing ono
from amongst rs who has ever been "A pleasant
and genial companion, and whose presence will
be greatly missed both by those who knew you
in your official capacity, and Ihe friends who
were more intimately acquainted with you.
"'Our hope and trust is that, in your new
position, you will be eminently successful, and
that in Hawaii you will find as many friends as
you have won to yourself in Hongkong. Our
sincere wish is that, in your new path Of life,
you will be blessed with health, wealth, and
prosperity
Ii Acheung thanked Mr.. Nc Kwai-shang
and others present, and said he would never for
get them. He said he would not have willingly
left such cheerful companions, but family cir
cumstances obliged him TO leave them