Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-03

countries TO which VIC owe uut present pros.
I perity would have been checked Nv numhetlcss
diiheulic,. In ONO warl We see through al
out relations tho effect u those Aspirations and
principle, inoitaic,l hy this Saeted volume
should I've wanting to myself dill | no, CIV.
/ pies, tho cutihcatiou teel in seeing here Pre-
sent some " those who were the hfst TO labor
ia this vineyard. Although they look for
4 ,hc.J UvA3 elsewhere. they will ne, tcjclt
my passing tribute Of respect Their labor
has bcrn long and their anxiety great, but
their consistency and patience have equalled the
emergency The result of their hie's work
may even Disappointed mote >snguac years
Vet. in their decline ct life. they sec some Ut
the fruits they prayed for, and they will not
complain, when they remember that the meas
ure 81 their success Is from above
"Allow mo TO thank YOU tot yout personal
share in the presentation. and through YOU to
express my kinie>, Acknowledgements to the
American BihIe society"
Theliouolulu Fire Department was orsanised
June 9TH. 1857. with the following mrmbers'
Chiei. engineer. \. J. Cartwright; Is, assistant,
Bcni. +. Snowi 81 assistant, VIM. F. Allen;
foreman tst W. +, Cutrell; do. no. :. X. Gill
and' Delegate, no 1. \. !, Me. Dufiic /;
delegate, no. :. J. $ Sm,hics hre wariens.
VIM Word, J. l. Dowse,t. Geo. Clark. Alex.
Nc. Duicc.
1t was carly IN June Of this year tina, the
first marine telegraph was established in Ho.
nolulu--ihe one which is still in operation on
the tower Of !. w. Robinson and Cos building
Mt Jackson, the Postmaster General. was
mainly instrumental in procuring subscriptions
and getting the enterprise into working order.
Previously to this date, we never know when
ship was approaching until she came in
| sight around Diamand Head.
One Of the hobbies Of Mr. wylhe,-who
Tor 50 many years labored earnestly and faith.
fully as Hawaiian Minister OF Foreign Relh-
tons, was that this Kingdom, by virtue Of its
natural position and by the progress made by
its people in civilization and good government
ought property and by moral right 10 be the
leader and its King the snferain Of all the
different tribes and groups in the Pacihc-a
sort Of Primary OF the Pacific, Of which we
have heard something recently. In furtheranee
Of this view, we had during Mr.. Wylle's ad.
ministration, Hawaiian representatives at Sa.
moa, the fijis, and other groups, with whom
voiuminous correspondence was kept up by
the Foreign Otiee. And As a preliminary
perhaps to more extended anneSations of terri.
tory, an expedition was fitted out by the gov.
ernmen; in the early part OF 1857, to visit and
take possession Of sundry uninhabited islands
to the north west Of this group, and to look
for others which were laid down on some
charts but the existence Of which was oonsiderd
doubtful. The one practical idea connected
with this expedition was the possibility that
valuable deposits Of guano might be found on
some OF the Islands. The late Captain John
Patty was the commander, and the little schoon.
CT .hasnokaiEI the exploring vessel. She
Was absent abor, two months, during which
Capt Patty visited and examined Nihoa OF
Bird Island, Necker Island. Gudner's Island.
Laysan's Island, LiScansl>y's Island, and Pearl
and Kerm's Reef OF group The schooner
Blunts Charts Of Pollard's Island, Neva
Island, Beunker's Island, Massachusetts Island,
and passed near the supposed position OF Phila-
delPhia Island, without seeing any appearance
OF land. Capt Patty declared in his rePor, that
none Of these Islands exist, notwithstanding
their location on the charts. Neither was there
found on any of the Islands visited deposits Of
guAno OF sufheien; quantity to pay for the
shipping. 1t was understood at the time,
Though We never could get anything definite
from Capt. Patty on the subjeot) that the five
islands first named above were taken posses.
sion Of in the name Of Kamehameha Nv. The,
are merely small Islands Of rocks and sand, o
no possible utility, eSceP; for the catching OF
birds, turtle, seal and fish, which abound.
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