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

preparation 'or thni purpose he gr'ulod.
toAS ,or Nv 1882.
section 3 n this Act. which provides
that all sums borrowed ahNl he kept
.sptrtte aud not applied either directly
~ indirectly. temporarily ~ "thorwis", tn
INV uraa ~ purpose other than thota
[ specified N the Aot seems to have been
.udiously Ignored, m the mouey realiz~d
7 from the sale oi bonds has been paid d.
rectlv into the general tuud. aud disbursed
] vt the will of Ministers. without any rel
ereucc ~ the provisions ~ tie law Th.
,.sur NJ buhd- hns also been irregular, ~,
Tor instance. W. tud thnt bonds amount
+ ing to $50 900 we're sigurd VI tbs lat ot
I May. 1888 aud sent 10 San Francisco IN
hopes oi hujing a purchaser there, hut
no one being found willing IN buy, they
7 were returned, md tte nov ~ the ir.ns-
ury. A these bonds me- endorsed "ptin-
cipnl mud interest payable ~ san Fran
CISCO your committee recommend that
/ they bc destroy ed, aud that entries ~
/ that effect IL. Made IN III. books Of the de-
I pnriinrnt Another iHsne which also
/ meet, with our disrpproynl was nude 30
/ Inc 1T 81 MAY. lssj, when bond, to the
Amount VI s5j.0OO we're delivered TO tbe
Minister ~ the Interior, who used them
~ collateral sccurily tor snndiy liabilities
incurred 10y that department. These
bonds we're hnnily realized ON IN" 18Th OF
January. 1854. over eight months after
their Issue from tbs Treasury. The tptp,
sale Of bonds under this Act g. the DIST
ni our examination has been $3.50 900:
add 10 this the sam Of si3s,D 30 "a iled
from the Lonn Act of 1876, wiiiuh nnkes
m Increase of the public debt under this
Ministry Of Ssls,00O, and entails yearly
payment Of interest of sJ3, 3Ul.
Yonr Committee note with some sur
prise that commissions paid to Tax Colirr-
tors and Assessors for the lnst year ~
certain districts have raised to ! per cent. I;
3 per oeut. ha. always been considered u
liberal commission Tor u district like
uouclniu, which will strike the House
more fOrcibiy when they know that the
Assessor Tor Honolulu received ~ COM
pensution for his two months work tn.
sun oi si,S -.
Notice OF THE change was not published
as usual but tho several Governors were
notified NJ the act on the 10Th oi janu-
, AIRY, 1881
THE CUSTOM NOUS.
. The examination Of the books NJ thi.
Important Office showed that the accounts
had been well kept.
The revenue from this source has been
large dnring the period, and seems To-
have been faithfully accounted for.
70 Two small items oi expenditure at
tractod the attention o' the C0mmittre.
Z Que was sum vi SO, paid Oct. 3rd,
1882, Tor % cases ol Kerosene oil short
also 81 81 Nov. I4th, 1882. Tor one
, babe OF bags short The Collector Gen
a eral stated that these payments we're
4 made Tor articles delivered by mistake, oi
, lost in some other way. Such mistakes
should not occur.
4 There was also au item Of S3iS % pad
e September lat, 1883, for watching k-ro
stnc oil. II wns explained that the build-
{ ing of the new kerosene warehouse was
y 80 delayed'thai large quantities Of oil had
= to be stored ia open lot near the old
a store honse, aud men employed to watch
Il.
~, The Ccllsctor-Grn-ral notified tn,
q Minister Of Finance. Fab. 8, 1888 Of th'
:" need Tor the new store house.
a The attention of the Collector Genera
was called 10 the complaints that lnrg.
:, quantities oi opium were being s,nnggir,
!. into thr country, and thst Vt was reported
to he cheaper III price than for man,
;, years, and ne was requested By the Coon
IT uniltee To make suggestions ~ "ccurre'
II 10 him In regard to the matter.
II The following is the statement which
Is he submitted upnn the subjec:
~ "rhe only way to guard against opium
=, smuggling IL to incrense the guards am
:, night watchmen. A boat should b
~ manned for "a night hsrbor wstch. Wit
~ this IN view, some $1,000 mure than W.,
o. appropriated by the last Legislature h.,
N been asked for this year.
re al think that the amount of opium II
-. ..1 ,
N largely over iimnted. for these reasons
he during the past two years, =, 99S Chi
'i nese have arrived and 2,00l have de
a. parted, leaving an increase of 1897 10
Is the two years. These $685. Chlnane
u we're yearly ali yonng, healthy men, VII
ne did not use opium, and who have not /
DE- any extent taken to its uso since thei
W arrival, while very large proportion &
the 1000 who lett the Kingdom wer
'" opium u,ers.
rh 9Th. heads 81 the police say there al
~ not as many places in this city tod,
where opium ~ used a. there were ~
W. ysnrs ago, therefor. IA much smaller quui
oil tity would put the price down. and Civ
al the impression that good deal was her
'S' AS to price, Their. are several kino
OF opium, aud while a brand put up
san Frai CISCO might be selling for ts
+, dollars per hali-pound tin, the be
~, Houskong brand would bring twenty
~ twenty tive dollars for the same quantit
The plantation managers report In
wv 1t is used IN all the plantations, aud til
NV they overlook its use, SO long as the III,
~ io not use it In snch quantities ns to un
them for work.
"Now, when the Opium Law went in
90 effect, the managers did not overlook Il
90 using oi opium, but we're on the locke
, ~, la catch those using it. and frequent
90 they had the Chinanien's quartz
30 searched, 80 those asiug opium. did 1t
:, secr-tly that not great deal was fonu
- Now 1t is used more openly, and natr
} 90 ally the Impression is that great lie
mere /, used.
increasing the penalty for sinupglin
the or having opium ia possession, wonld
'nd doubt deter some from attempting
WI smugge.
Itwonld appear there had heeu sol
neglect IN the matter Of guardibgseaii
nj smuggling, for tue Committee has asc,
low iaiutd that fnr some months. no nigl
mr., guards hay. be.u employed to watch I
an steamers of the Oceanic steamship Co
pauy while ia port
ma Thus opportunity has been Afforded
0co slnost unlimited snuggliug. not ouly
100 opium, hut other articles at ,nsll bu
M, There Is no need Tor seeking further
900 the avenues by which opium has bs
800 introduced.
~. ~. The Collector General stated til II
- reason that sucu wliciiin-n were not q
s,s'o Dyed WAS the fact that the appropriate
ont f..r guards WAS not sufficient, sn add
ad.- tuat he had asked ior larger applopi
n Al tion ior the neat biennisl period.
DIN. reeoinui.nd that tue ssiilt,ousi VI
sale asked ior lie granted, aud ihat grea
liar, diiis-ne. be exercised on the part Of
en, CASTOR IIous. officials OF the kingd
th,s h. prevent the unusual amount OF SIN
ecu, CLING tina, II being carried on.
e.ai INDEMNITY ACCOUNT.
On psg- 81 OF the Finance Report .
be found list OF what are called -
ismuiiy Accounts amounting 10 80
Y. NV