Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-08-23

Yom committee asked ~ q liai " he book.
7Hd documents ~ The pnfchase ~ Rhieh She
sum ~ fo,oyD IA needed, eth The estimated
rpai ~ each; aud ihs president n The bpad
hti prepared iuf them lid NJ - gcncalgai
cal ani biNudeal b.1ks and ~ Eoots II
msi,f aad hefaa detgi0na 9TH The hnmJef
~ words contained In each which amount
altogether lp 40, SIS a"tdt. ~ ihc cDmmH.
nieatiOn accompanying The ld u it pfpppard
~ pay fof these doeumeht. ~ The fais n
S. ~ pes 700 words m total n {5So5 Is
Il is PLAIN from his that hi present bosfd n
geneaiugy IL incompetent ~ undertake q buai.
nc.. involving The outlay n public funds, ~
thcse documents can be copied ~ ea.f n
not moro tbad M renta per Iop words.
Nmcoyrr out ~ the " documents, probably
not more than three ~ iJuf are worth even
The ekpcn,c n COPYING. II i fsif however
10 state that 81 the conference, The bpafd -
pressed pltpgse 30 sgeEd poHlon Il ihe
amount asbcd lof, ~ paying he peuNns VIII
have ihc responsibility ~ guarding he bpne1
n ancient Hawaiian chiefs drpOqited IN safi.
ous cave, 10 the kingdom. Your committee
think Il highly improper 90 make an appfo.
pfiaiion for 'uc,h 4 r1rrosr and coll b &" ~
purchase " books"
The board explained n your committee that
the reason Why The genca.Ogy ~ ~ one under
rpuaidcfiii0n hag been completed Nas ihe dim
~ procuring witnesses ~ substnDistr ihs claims
n applicants, and IN booking oyet The names u
these applicants your committee dy not find .
single one vhpac genraiOgy Is of such impYf
lance as 10 warrant the expenditure II sny pub
lic money In aucslng II. II wa stated that
u had been customary ~ times to call D meet.
ing ol the board for Monday and The de'hed
witne,ses not presenting themselves the meet.
ting was dissolved. and called again fOf the
succeeding Monday, ~iih often a similar re.
suit
Considerable space IN the report is devoted
10 The discussion pf theories In regard ~ an.
cichl PDlyncsian continents sud your commit.
tee we're shoVp several uiap' furnished ~ The
suft"Y department ilustratiYe of these theories.
Your committee think Il perfectly safe 20 leave
the investigation u such subjects to seiendde
men whose knoplege and aiiainments III them
for II; and that dignity of the report Is very
much impaired u crude npccnl9iic1s u that
character.
So also in regardto octhnDlogiealinycs,iga
proposed by the board; the committee Ind, In
the classification and analysis presented In the
report an exceedingly puefile attempt 70 han
die subjects that have occupied the attention of
many learned scholars in other countries, and
believe that any further expenditure for ihs,
purpose will he wanton waste N public funds.
The main facts presented IN the report sub.
mitted to your committee are, tha, the money
appropriated by the Legislature of 1917 has
been spent chiefly for liberal salaries for mem.
bcD of the board Of genealogy and the
only work accomplished by said board is the
collection of lot VI manuscript meisS, and
books Of ancient Hawaiian tradition and
genealogy, which documents however, have
only been borrowed and must now be pur.
chased in order 10 b- available for any
use.
The prices which the board propose TO pay
for purchasing or copying these books is Ger.
tainly eight times as much as is necessary 10
pay for such work.
The members Of the board do no, hesitate
to draw the full amoun, of their salaries even
when the time devoted to their work has
been only one day per week.
Therefore your committee think that II
will be wasteful eStTayagance to place any
further sum of money in the hands of this
board as al present constituted, and recon.
mend that no further appropriation he made
for the board. The sum Of two hundred dol.
lars Is recommended for copies Of the follow.
ing books to be placed in the government Il.
brary
kamokuiki, b. Malo books Kumulipo
(meie j to be expended under the direction of
the minister Of interior.
This sum is sufficient TO pr5.ide for copying
the above four documents in case the present
owners should not wish 10 part with the
originals.
II is also recommended ,ha, the copies Of
books and meie5 which have already been
made at the expense Of the nation be placei
in the government library.