The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-04-19
Lsborrrs Quarters.

rHE COMMISSIONERS al1EE rEE roCE or oAHU,
Msss-s- woSieEocse ard Clsgborn left tpwn LAST
Tuesday sygziay, returning ca saturday. altar
having uiaas thorough inspection Of all the
plantations or the stand Their Investigations
o. this tzip. were E1t confined 20 the dwellings
Of Llbors-s e1Essed On sugar plantations, bat also
to these Of men oa the ree plantations which are
entirely II tie E.Zds Of Cai1unsa-
The general condition Of the h11Sss on this IL
Land i better than shose on kzuEi- There Is Of
eourss difference In the manner IN which owners
house ard Iooz afss- stsir men. bat As ~hols 0n
OlEE the men are vgll b0GSld. ~i;h Ous exception,
whs-sds o. Kauai there were several exceptions.
The quarters of Jhe Chinese. employed by the
Chinese planters % War--Lrll6 were specially
Inspected Is EaS found thai they II a sLtls-
factory condition. The Chinese seem 10 have
prstgryEcs Tor slsrpInE N hunks. arranged IN Two
tiers E-UC-t tie room; this. 70 the European eye.
Is a. Ersr obiscriJuIbls bC- the pisces were clean.
airy, ard there vas al the nom required By law.
Outside the -IrbJge vas ClsIrgd away, and every
thing lsoksd ship shape. In cue OF twO places
further along the coast, Chinese plantations were
visited where the men did not have quite such
comfortable quarters and one plAcs especially
which Wis actually dirty. A sugar. plantation also
srCs IL tins particular. Whenever the men Egvs
been vel cared for there appears 70 b no srU1bls
about getting Lburgrs Where no such care has
q men
An interesting porti1u Of the trip vas the exam
nation q the Mormon settlement at Llis- Hers
there = 10 contract labor employed but there are
sU1,s 5e people On the land q these 100 are chill
GrEc- The cuu-urssioCers were told tEat the
births we're II excess q the deaths. Forty acres
q the rIcs LE1d has been leased 10 Cinnamon
There : n SPECIAL clL7-se these leases which l.
vel vurtE the attention Of landowners through
OCT the group II the Chinese lsasehOldsrs are de-
tsctsd Of selling opium or liquor OF having any
Improper connection With the women Of the settle
EeEr. the lease 4 SO once broken ms clause has
worked admirably Up 20 the present The Nor
mons deserve the highest clurusudItiou for look
lrE after their people II this Eay- A flowing vell
IrIzir5s poEr11E o. TIE L2r1 art another Is TsFy
nearly cuupletst= these have been sunk az the
srpsnSs Of one Of the Chinese lslseh0l3srs. There
L : general ar Of 4JlstCts, haUpiEess and pr0s-
rsrI-y lbo1t the settlement
The C0EI-ISsluuers give the highest praise to
the plantation az NLllC-z- The c1ltFRu OF
L1borers here = thoroughly satisfactory This i
the urly rIcs- they hive a vet visited Ehzrs the
~--EE SgI ISLANDERS seem perfectly happy The
iEbCrgrs on this III Ir-Et1l are from tErse uatluu
lE-izs SJc-h Sea IslIutsrs. = usl- Is Euus1
EszaiiE-s. - men and 6 vo1el ChInEusu- %
r-zn and 1ue women Eaeh class II labOrsrs has
It's quarters vel separated The lot given 10 the
S5Ezh Ssl islanders. Is fenced pI. and there i
enough Splce t1- then - k5ep cElckE1s and
ducks, beS1css C-JlrE ny fucc- there x good sup
ply q cocoa E--=- pumpkin and treS1 nSn- lie
quarters are clean and lisy ard there arg Otlcss
rrar1f1ctzre EsLIlE nets ard hats for sale he
Cbf-sss quarters are also good. clean and have
plenty Of rDC-- he natives i've II pdrate cot
raEss there ars double cottages and these aye
1Il1tted % rgLI-ITas 1r personal friends
The great want on OAHU as on kl1ai Is s1fi-
Gent medical attEl1LEce- Doctors are required
Easl VII actllI7 vist the plantations The cou,-
riissi1cers feel assured thar were doctors sent
aruC1d- lives =Ullt Be s-vzd- lie mortality
z--1nz SJE-h Sea Isllliers AZ one place had been
very large. cut Of twelve Eh0 had contracted i've
were dead, four were sicE- ard only three we're n
f1- EUrk- At the sane plantation. OCT Of about ~
HLzzIia- Izborzrs. The cath rate had been about
ore month There are plenty Of ailments WHICH
need attention but EE1-1 men do not cars to g
twenty OF thirty niles 70 have attended he
managers q plantations Ezep stock Of simple
r-s6icI-Es on EEEd- and d good EuTk. not only
EE11E their 1zu men, b-r among The natives
around People cone frUE considerable distances
10 get medicine from Mr. Julius Richardson
L Z I-tErzstl-- CD LJcs that az Walz-as the
S5c-E Sea Island lhorurs are liked Ehiis at VA
aka they are e0ussisrgd very PuoE AID Unfit fox
-urE-
The Commissioners nose that IL distributing the
-1uth sen IslI1dsrs- It u1uid have been uEch
better 70 have kept th1ss taken frJ1 the sane
isLz-d tCCsthsr-
The reports u tie commissioners are looked fJr
=ith interest b. al clls=ss q readers; they are
collecting very vlIzlLlz allo-lt Of i-f0-uati1li-