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

The attention of the Secretary of the Foreign 0fhce
was called to this amount S95 AZ not accounted ior
The Secretary explained that the amounts noted as de-
posted were envelope in the hands of the Regis
trar of Public Accounts, as special deposit
The Registrar of Public Accounts being waited upon
said that he had envelope containing vouchers and
money, which upon examination showed as follows; g.
Voucher May l2-no details-for SSd o.
Voucher May 12-no details-or. ~ %
Voucher May 22no details-or. 1000 90
These vouchers not audited
2,74s SO
Total amount in envelope 4e3 81
The next voucher calling for attention was numbered
1892 for SlS7057 e. approved by "Chas. l. Gnhck,
Minister of Interior" and paid to MessrS. W. t. IRWIN
& Co. January llth 1854 but not audited by the Aud
Htor-General until March 3lst 1854
The several accounts represented by this voucher had
been the department but could not be found and
copy was supplied making the vouchers complete
This finishes the consideration of the appropriation
account for Encouragement of immigration. The ac
count is however held open, awaiting the promised
vouchers to complete the entry OF voucher No. 39Oo IN
tbe hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs letter
of credit in favor of the Commission to Japan for
S6OOO of which but $4,000 seems to have been drawn
Nov l4th 1882 is still unsettled detail of the ex
penditures has been placed file This credit does not
however represent all the funds made available for this
Commission as will be shown later on In this report.
As the sums collected from planters and Others for
passage and advances to Portuguese laborers did not
appear in the books OF account OF the interior Depart
ment application was made at the office OF the Regis
trar of Public Accounts to ascertain whether the sums
thus collected had been placed to the credit OF account OF
Government Realizations" The Registrar replying
that he knew nothing of any such sums the Depart
ment of the Interior again applied to and the Sec
rotary of the Board OF immigration informed me that
he had not only made the collections but had also dis
bursed them for account of the Board and presented
for examination account current with each OF the
vessels bringing Portuguese immigrants.
The first matter examined in this connection was the
table of arrivals of said immigrants which gave result
so markedly at variance with other means OF lntOa-
nj rlO
that an error found in the account OF the s. 5.
"Hankow's" passenger lists by which l33 men, Ill
women 81 minors, l54 children and 81 infants total
of SIS souls left out of the accounts; the grand
total being as follows: 1880 men, l,37l women, 56l
minors 2159 children and SS5 infants; grand total,
| g. 166 souls.
containing the transactions of the Board OF lmmlgra-
ton and the startling reply made that no books OF
account kept that the only evidence OF such tran
sactions was contained in the loose sheets OF journal
paper in the form of accounts current and accompany
ing vouchers which audited by the Auditor-Gen-
| eral.
These transactions cover the collection OF two hundred
and nine thousand two hundred and eghtyslX dollars
and twelve cents 2092S6 ~ and the disbursement OF
one hundred and seventytwo thousand and twenty-five
dollars and nnetysix cents Q72022 96 without the
warrants of the Appropriation Act and direct opposi
ton to the terms Of Fan Act to regulate the receipt
custody and issue OF the public moneys and to provide
for the audit of public accounts being chapter 20 OF the
laws of 1882 =
matters of business connected with the collecting and
discussing of these sums of money under the verbal in
struction received from the Minister of the Interior who
was ex-ocio President Of the Board of immigration
that the only meetings of this Board held O Aug.
"a 1882 t2) Sept %, 1882 81 Oct 81 1882 a. May q
1883 (5) Dec a. 1888, since which time no meetings
have been held that the records of these meetings do
show that these money transactions were considered
by the Board and therefore could not have had the
authorization of the Board.
The accounts current with the several vessels were
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table compiled therefrom