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

28rd september 1882. the balance il for *.
press hire " the Commissioners and His
Exceilcncv the President u the Board u
immigration u that period.
The accounts presented bv aud paid to the
Protector 81 the south Sea Islander. are In
marked contrast to those presented by other
parties drawing upon the funds ~ the Board
" immigration being detailed with great
caro- and evident couScieutiOnsucsa.
III, item " expenses " Portuguese fmmi-
grafton. sili07.bl, is peculiar one. show
ing willful disregard Of the terms Of The
Auditors Act and Of the Apprupria ton Act.
In the first instance thi. money should have
covered into the Treasury aud not made
available for disbursement. In the next
place IN. Appropriation Act contained an
uuexpsnded balance sufficient to meet the
draft This item was Tor drafts drawn upon
ne Board by Mr.. Hof'nunR for $1,000 TO
$50 600. ~ which were added charges ior
commissions and expenses Of collections,
amounting to s72i 20 making n total Of
$50 .72i.2O. Aswill be seen by reference to
tue frat page Of my report the appropria
ton Tor Encouragement Of Immigration had
At the close vi the fiscal period balance oi
s26 $40. ~ to which this item " $50 72I 20
was rightly chargcabl" but for some nm.
explained reason or purpose the item was
settled 10y an illegal payment of sll,lOi1l
uut ~ the funds in the hands Of the Secre-
balance II 90 was properly charged mp
to the Appropriation Account
The item for travelling expenses ~ the In
spoctor- General Of Immigrants. ssS7 il
mcagfely explained by youchers one he.
ing for expenses Of Inspector General and
one servant, $500 and another f'r expenses
~ the Inspector and two servants, s2l2.bO.
The item for Commissioner Of Portuguese
Immigration. 1000 was paid to the Com
missioner AZ shown by his voucher. but for
what purpose and why not included In the
charge before alluded to and charged to the
regular appropriation account IA not ct
planned
The balance which should have been IN
/ tn. hands of the Secretary at this time IL
I the difference between
BaIance given In Table a ,2BJ II
And payments as per Table C......,..... 3s,sJ7 u
or balance Of ... ....................s 5,ia' %
When the Secretary of the Board Of Immi
grafton was again asked for the balance o
/ cash in his hands, he passed owe
% receipt from Mcssrs. Irwin 4 Co. fo
s9,3sS.0s for cash received by them for ac
count Of advances on account Of Portngucs
Immigration made by j. ID. Sprockols
Bros. in San Francisco, which Messrs
Irwin 4 Co. duly account for in their &C
count current.
The Secretary explained that is was tia
balance OI CASH REMAINING III MS manu-
which he was instructed TO pay over Il
Messrs. Irwin n Co.. and which lessened b
40 much the draft properly made upon tn
regular appropriation account for " En-
couragement Of immigration" in settle
ment with Messrs. Irwin x Co. Your atten
tion is asked to the balance cash in the sec
retary's hands, 50 3Ss.Os, and the balanc
which his account shows, S3,425.9O or n
excess Of cash So 962.ls, for which excess Tia
Secretary frankly said he could give no 81
PLANTATION, and which he was not aware e,
isted until after the payment to Messri
Irwin & Co., when he made up his account
He also said that he had checked back Ia
accounts but could not find the error
From the statement made to the Assem-
). bly, il would appear that the total cost f.
, encouragement of Immigration Wi
n Sl73,O5O %; but to this sum should l
r. added the sum of collections accounte
q for bv the Secretary of the Board of In
migration and the sum of cash in exces
say:
: Regular Appropriation Account...........si73,o5
: Collections, Secretary of Board. see
Cash In excess 1882
: Total Expenditure ........ ...... ... sess ,2ss
As the limit which could be lawfully e
Z pended under the Approx ration Act W
- but S500,00O, it follows that there Ia
VS. been IN Illegal expenditure of 1Ss
29S 80, for which indemnity should
sought by the Ministry.
The facts herein shown, that the srl
of s2l524S 30 has been collected al
disbursed by the Board OF Imniigrntio
and this without books of accounts, III
that no has vouchers for So, 962 IS oy
and above any record OF collection
would seem to justify the placing Of t
mass OF loose papers, representing t
transactions Of the Board for the fist
period Just closed, ia the hands OF
special commission for examination a
I'd veriticatiOn. Any person conversant wi
al accounts will at once recognize the II
Y. probability that the excess OF 1862
lie covers the only error i'll handling su
OF large sums Of money over II period Of T.
ut years.
d. Respectfully Submitted,
IT. j. O. CARTER,
to Accountant
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