Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-21

~ the disabled steamer NuSI, = H'u ~. /.
Interest Oh Speriul iulif' ruu-tsts Oh
two payments nne made December -
1893. to- g. I. Gulirk 81 $3.50 ~. beiue
interest vt the ttte ~ u pes cent. o.
annnm Nm SIS 20 80. money which hud
been procured ny HIN Ia idr the Gov
eminent over their financial lirulties.
The other payment NJ 500 ~ saa mrdr
ou thr 3t- VI March. 1884 h. Mena-
W. q. Irwin \ Ga, Who charged per
cent fot simiitr accommodation.
Indemnity to Judd aud khprna appears .
to have been for advances made 10 ihes,
1en,irnien by Nasr.. W. .. IRWIN 4 Co.,
bat fnt what purpose we hro nuhui1 h.
state
The sum II -7iOs 10 has been paid 10 /
q. O, Berger iur ,uudry souuding- iHai" F.
w the channels by the steamer w IL .
Reed THIS payment u covered by
Cabinet Resolution u February 10Th,
1884 but We u'u see 40 legal authority
fof this disposition 81 funds.
4 Resolution NJ the Cabinet Council ~
February 10, 1885,, authorizes drdt NJ
ou the Lp'n Fnud
Ppr cow Eulidinfs ard tipsisslr. .n1p ~
fof Telephone sud f-t' gram. ip}Ot ~
A proceeding vithnni wnrtaui of the hp.
Precipitation Act, aud nn assumption VI
power resting only with tide Legislature,
~ In en-r II emergency ~ set forth ~
Article 10 IT the Constitution, With the
Privy Council. Under this unshrtanta-
bile appropriation the Ministry caused to
b. drawn from the Treasury during the
Lost days nj the period
Fpr Oov't EtAhng- and Hospitals .5i is7 81
For Ieieph, aud roeRraphs ...........s. ,w 90
Aud straug. to tny We iud That the Audi.
tor. General passed upon these accounts
although in the terms 81 section II
Chapter -, Session Laws of 1852, h.
WIS bound 10 ascertain that the sum iuen.
TONED IN the warrant OF tho Munster %
Finance were then legally available for
aud applicable 10 the services mentioned
IN the aHrrnnt. Moreover. the Auditor j.
commanded, that III case he rbail lind
that the sums ia the warrant mentioned
or any oi them are not then legally avail
able " applicable to the services pr pur.
poses III the warrant set forth, he sAall
return TIA, said warrant n the Minister
! of finance inr correction
A. the Loan Fund ,I.i been exhausted
aud the general funds Of the Treasury al
roady drawn upon for some S3iD,OOj.
yonr Committee cannot come To- any
other coneiu-iou than that the Ministry
aud A IditOt-Bvuer,l we're acting ~ col
lu.ion Tor the expenditure Of public mon.
| 4ys IN violation of the Constitution aud
I laws of THIS Kingdom.
Your Committee farther find that ont
Of moneys thus III gally drawn from Tia,
I Treasury, there was deposited with the
Registrar pf rubiic Accounts,
, ON the as, Of March. ~. the snm o. ,Ji.2s
Aud thc unrx pended bai,ncr 81 the appro-
ha1,H , tr n",, u'p ',,, n"',''E' "'" sooo
-
-',sia
! rsis money /, beiug used by the Minister
OF Interior for current expeu-r. aud the
following payments had been made from
I il MP to Tia. date OF eur examination:
10 ti.o Lucas on scconut Of contn,rt. =. lG- o.
10 HAWAIIAN Carriage Gu. ..-....-..-.- LOO o,
n~,i'y q :" to' ''he'i"''"' "' ''''' -' 200 oo
q, ~. Iacfssian. & Co. .b,rf.qe on ,s.i
ter ....-..-.........-.- ....-...... s'i 90
{" Ma,ar 80 ~, ialofr,t ~. 81 n
49,
hh NNn''N ''''N""'
BY the Act at TINS Assembly approved
by the KING, August lItht 1850, The Min-
i-tcr OF Finance was "anthotiHrd 10 pur-
chase gold and silver oni'oh WIN any
moneys which may rom t'nr 10 time We
IN the Treasury, aud to cause to be coined
ther-irom gold and silver COINS oil the
vain. foII,yiug that 1. to .!,y gold coin,
-, ,he win, -, sDO sin 81 aud - 30.
and SILVER coins oi the value "i si.Vo' ~
! An1 ,is, t,,,i ,,,II such coins shall he
a, ,nuL v.igbt and tiusn.ss with L. :.
gold aud silver coins OF the same value.
The Currency Act OF 1876 made ''ihe
gold coin of the u. =. oi America the
standard and legal tender in all pay
m.ut Of debts at their nominal value: and
silver coins oil the Z. $. legal t-u,or IN
payments not exceeding $50 That Act
also imposed duty oi ten per cent nd
puiOr,ht ON all silver coins imported int
THIS Kingdom, from any country with
which His Majesty has not any treaty to tn
, contrary upon proclamation TO that
effect made by the King IN FrIvy Conn
al, such prociainatlon was made on the
, 2nd Of June, 1850, from the fact tha, A.
silver was not equal Ia value tn gold dol
lao. "A T.tis al tT,.lI