Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-19

ACCOUNTING 10 TIC minister ~ HnhrCca uw
published statement, ihcte should have been
the treasury On the as, of last March, ba
ancc Vt $50, $50 80. instead " which there va
declared balance ON hand " hut S.S,s,o,i
leaving the sum OF Sal SIS, IS We, unaoeountr,
tot Wer thu figures As given TO the publ
in r:ini, ovcf the signature " the minister a
finance, geographically faulty. ample TIM
has elapsed since thei, Publication lot coucc,
ions TO have been made, As neither correct
ions have been made not any announcement
Thai such arc forthcoming, NC reasonably PIC
sumo that this amount vt public money ha'
been expended IVY the administration in man
net that shuns tho hight How it has disap.
pca'c,i ~ whittier II has gone, can only I've a
matter VI tho darkest conjecture hut, until an
explanation can I've given, and showing be
made that i has been expended in lawful
mannet the govttnmcnt is indebted TO the
taxpayers Of tho country to that amount TN.
der such circumstances, It becomes q legitimate
query how much more " this kind " work
Is to be sllowcdr People who contribute to
the mppou " government have right to
know how the public funds arc disposed VI /,
and, Il an administration can I've allowed to pass
them in an account minus. forty 'onci thousand
and odd dollars withou, the righ, OF question,
then there is no lar to their passing in IN &C.
count short many times that amount in fact.
the people had better at once I've told that It is
No ennecn Of theirs how their money IS spent
the government, being virtually absolute,
may do as |, pleases. We might say that this
Is the FIRST instance in the history Of this gov.
eminent tha, such deficit has been exhibited
in the accounts OF the public treasury without
some cause being assigned fot the mysterious
disappearance A deficit OF about $500 did
once exis, under a former reign hut. in that
case. the administration itself needed no outside
urging to bring the proper parties TO account.
Not only in the matter Of this Slt,SsS, IS dc.
heieney Of the government, funds bu, in various
Other particulars, does the showing OF the
tables attract unenviable attention. A com.
parision O; the receipts ard expenditures under
the proceeding ministry, with those occurring
under the present administration, affords con.
vineing proof Of the eriminally lavish and
utterly ineompcten, character Of the latter.
The receipts of the treasury during the Green
ministry were smaller than they have been
since, Comparing the receipts from April I,
1881. 10 March 81, 1852. under the Green adj.
minisiration. with those from April /, 1852, to
March 81, 1885, under the Gibson ministry. we
hud that the latter are greater by over fifty
thousand dollars, exclusive OF what has been re.
eeived upon the loan. With less receipts then,
and without any loan, the Green ministry, nj the
end OF a full biennial period, were able to show
a balance Of $40, S4I,oS Blu, the present
ineumbenis OF office, after certain of their mum.
Der had rent their garments and torn their hair
during the last legislature, over the ,m;s,,y.
ni'afsNs erfyt'rdgmaS and criminal Gfiin.
9aeseieJ of fleiy f,sieefiJe,g, come now before |
the public, after only one year of office,
and after having borrowed S,oI 900, in |
addition to the SI,6, s4I.oS balance left
admit tina, their balance of cash on hand is
only SlS, 90. u. and this, too, when, according
10 their own figures, it should be nearly double
that amount. Who can trust the statements
Of such men, or what guarantee have we that
any item as set down is correct Who can be-
lieve that no transfers have been made, or, for
instance, that the coronation has cost the
treasury only So,ro3.7si 1t is useless to 60
any further into an analysis Of such accounts
as have been placed before the public for in.
spection by such an administration. But that
candid exponent OF ministerial views, the
Advertiser, with seeming sweet innocence,
asks, in reference TO the documen, we have
been reviewing: "What is there to find fault
sithl' and expresses its willingness to sun
hesitatingly pu, it TO our business men, and to
Ill fair-minded persons, whether supporters CT
opponents of the government. "Wha, sort
II a showing does the account OF the govern.
men, expenditures make?" II is consoling,
to know that the credibility of the
Advertiser and the estimation in which its
statements are held by the community are no,
much in excess Of those contained in and ex-
.ited by the wonderful document ii so favor
IDLY notices.