The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-08-19
Translation of a Handful circulated in
Portugal by Messrs. Hoffnung & Cos.
Agents.-Ofer to Agricultural Laborers
DESTROYS of Settling in the Hawaiian
or Sandwich Islands.
FREE PASSAGE ~

By protocol of 9th May, signed by tn
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extra
ordinary of the king of the Hawaiian Is
lands, and by our Minister of Foreign AT
fairs-the former in the name of his Sever
eign and the latter in that of His Mos
Faithful Majesty. a Treaty of Friendship
Navigation. Commerce and Industry wa:
entered into. with reciprocal immunities ant
protective rights, as conceded to the mos
favored nations. 1t was also agreed tina
full liberty should be given to all such az
were exempt from the CONSUMPTION and no
criminals--to take passage if so DESTROYS, tc
that country, on the terms made by the
Board of immigration. authorized by the
Hawaiian OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to the laws
which regulate the food and accommod :.
tons on board during the voyage.
The emigrant steamers will carry Portu.
guese doctors.
The Portuguese Government has named
Mr.. Antonio de SOus0 CdnaUd7rO, an of.
ficer OF The Royal Navy, Consul for Portu-
gal to that nation. to see that the treaty is
carried out, and to protect Portuguese
subjects.
The Hawaiian Government has named
Mr.. Leon d'Abraham Cohen its Consul for
Portugal.
We have been honored with the COM
mission of official immigration Ageat---
an appointment recognized by the Portu-
guese Government Our engagements with
the public are thus fully guaranteed by the
above convention.
Laborers with or without families are &C
cepted---a family may take as many as four
to the city of Honolulu. Passport expenses
are covered and a loan of So made for costs
of papers; this IS is the only debt to be de
Quoted from their wages
The contracts run for three years, and
s~tipulate for the sum of SO, payable monthly,
reckoning from date of arrival. Women
earn 81 per month. Girls from Ia to Is
earn 81, and after that age So, Boys from
IL to 10 years of age earn $3.50; from Is
to 16, IS Is to Is. Sc and after that age
SO. with bed. board, medical ate 1dance and
medicine gratis. Children under IL are
supported and educated by the Hawaiian
Government, without any charge to the ac-
count of their parents. Sunday is observed
A days work in the field consists of 10
hours, in the sugar mills of IL hours, Upon
the completion of his contract a man is en-
trrely at liberty to leave the country, or to
profit by the high rate of wages en- Dyed by
laborers there, and thus by his activity TO
his family independent.
The country besides being healthy,
in food products, which are com
paratively che'p, as, for instance, beef, 5
ernts to 8 gents per H.. flour Z cents to 4
gents corn, l cent to , cents {; sugar 5
cents to 8 cents per lb, etc.
The Hawaiian Kingdom having now
the Universal Postage Union, the
postage between Porting | and that country
is for lette RS. so ri,ls, for post cards 80 rails.
The undersigned, in his official capacity,
guarantees the faithful acc mplishment of
is promises to the public.
Apply in the country, wherever official
branch agencies have been established /; and
n Lisbon, Prac4 de S. Paulo. No. 10, first
ioor, to
Joaquin DUAKTE DE MATTos.
Official Emigration Agent,