The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-06-25

that he had asked for larger appropriation for the next
biennial period. We recommend that the additional
sum asked for be granted and that greater diligence be
exercised on the part of the Custom House officials Of
the kingdom TO prevent the unusual amount of SNUG
CHING that Is being carried on
INDEMNITY Account
On page So of the Finance Report will he founda list
OF what are called Indemnity Accounts amounting to
S2O9OS9 40 portion of which amount is for overwn
balances OF Sundy appropriations and is covered by
Cabinet Resolution dated Feb 10TH 1884, which author
lies unlimited expenditure for those purposes
The amounts paid out for Subsidy to Hawaiian Rail-
road Board OF GenealOgy, Expense of Loan Act aud
Interest on Loan Acts 1882 and 1876 are authorized
by special enactments and in opinion require inde
nlhcatlon the remainder are covered by Cabinet ReSo
lutlonS and require the closest scrutiny
The amount paid to the representatives of D. Mac
lavish was to quiet title to lots ON KulaOkahua
plans, which had been sold by the Government whose
title was defective
SS35l "a was paid to the owners of the Steamer &c
Bishop for services rendered IN proceeding to the
assistance of the disabled Steamer 'SueZ; 5000 10
Interest ON Special loan" consists of two payments
one made Dec 81 1888 to T. Gulick of $3.50 TO- being
interest at the rate of ~ per cent per annum on SIS
297 Of, money which had been procured by him to tide
the Government their financial difficulties The
other payment OF Sl,54O 90 made on the 3lst of
March, 1854 to MeSSrS W G. Irwin & Co who CHARGED
/ per cent. for similar accommodation
Indemnity to Judd and kapena appears to have been
for advances made to these gentlemen by MeSSrs W. G.
Irwin Co, but for what purpose unable to state
Y. ".
for sundry SOundingS made in the channels by the
Steamer Nv. H. Reed" This payment is covered by
Cabinet Resolution of Feby 10TH 1884 but we can see
no legal authority for this disposition of funds
Resolution of the Cabinet Council of Feby TO- 1854
authorizes draft upon the Loan Fund
For Government Buildings and Hospitals SIS 900 90
FOR Telephone ana Ieiesraph-'' 10000 90
proceeding without warrant of the Appropriation Act
and an assumption of power resting only with the
Legislature or in case of emergency as set forth in
Article ID of the Constitution with Priv
Under this unwarrantable appropriation the Ministry
caused to be drawn from the Treasury during the last
days OF the period
For Government Buildings Hospitals 6S2 6s
For Telephone and Teegrphs ,40S
And strange to say we find that the AudtorGeneral
passed upon these accounts although in the terms of
Section of Chapter %, Session Laws of 1882 he was
bound to ascertain that the sum mentioned in the
rant of the Minister of Finance was then legally avail
able for and applicable to the services mentioned the
warrant Moreover the Auditor is commanded that in
case he shall find that the in the warrant men,
toned or any OF them not then legally available
applicable to the services purposes in the warrant set
forth ne shall return the said warrant to the Minister
OF Finance for correction.
! As the Loan Fund had been exhausted and the gen
era funds of the Treasury already drawn upon for some
100000, your Committee cannot come to any other
conclusion than that the Ministry and Audtorenera
were acting in collision for the expenditure of public
moneys IN violation OF the Constitution and Laws of
this Kingdom
Your Committee further find that out of moneys thus
illegally drawn from the Treasury there was deposited
with the Registrar of Public Accounts
On the 31st of March, 1884, the O......I424S 90
And the unexpended balance of the appropriation
! Police Court Buildings which had also been drawn
out, $4,000 90
s57,2IS 90
This money being used by the Minister of Interior for
current expenses and the following payments had been
made from it up to the date of our examinations
To Geo Lucas on account of Contrac... 7,3GS O3
To Hawaiian Carriage Co . ....... 400 Os
LOvejOy Co. for cancellation of lease. 225O
Pacific Bridge CO.............. 500 90
e. W. Macfarlane & Co. wharfage water pipe. 294 90
! IT, W. Macfarane d Co. interest on drafts payment of
which had been refused 2,07l
THE HAWAIIAN COINAGE
By the Act of this Assembly, approved by the King
August 18th, 1880 the Minister of Finance author
lied to purchase gold and silver bullion with any
to to be coined therefOm gold and silver coins of
the value following that is to say gold coins of the
value of $40 SO So and $3.50 and silver coins of the
value of S1.0O, 30 cents % cents and l2I cents
And also that all such coins shall be of equal weight
and neness with T. s. gold and silver coins of the same
value
The Currency Act of 1876 made the gold coin of the
t. S. of America the standard and legal tender in all
payment of debts at their nominal value and silver
COINS OF the t. s. A. legal tender in payments not ex
ceeding 500 That Act also imposed duty of ten per
cent ad valOrem on all silver coins imported into this
Kingdom, from any country with which His Majesty
has not any treaty to the contrary upon proclama-
ton to that effect made by the King in Prvy Council
Such proclamation made ON the End of June 1880
from the fact that silver was not equal in value to
into the country in payment of our exports people
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