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

The cost of landing the passengers and their luggage
from s. s. "Abergedie" and "Hankow' was 20 and 80
cents respectively Tenders made to land the
people and their luggage from these vessels for the sum
of ten cents per passenger but for some reason the
tenders ignored.
The cost of preparing the contracts depended entirely
upon the persons to whom the job allotted Parties
outside of the Government House paid in one In
stance cents copy and in another 10 cents, while
parties connected with the department were paid 20 and
81 cents per copy
The charges for express hire were for carriage of the
Secretary Of the Board of Immigration far as the
vouchers show while the lunches for the same Off
cial and his assistants.
Drayage charges for the 5. S. Abergedie and Han
kow" were double rates for day and night work
The cost of immigrants to the Board by the " Bell
Rock made up by the Secretary of the Board OF Inn
migration SAG per capita The figures Tor the other
vessels had not been made up
The Secretary of the Board of immigration called
upon for the cash balance IN his hands as per table A.
and presented in lieu thereof several rolls OF vouchers
representing still further expenditure of moneys which
by Section of the Auditors Act should have been COW
cred into the Treasury
1t will be observed that the transfers herenbeore set
forth have been not only from and to accounts IN one
department an act permissible under former appropra
ton Acts but purposely omitted in the Act OF 1857
but there have also been transfers from accounts IN one
department to accounts in another department and Tor
widely different purposes The most notable instances
of these most irregular and unwaranable transfers Will
be found in the three taken from the funds IN the
hands of the Board of immigration by the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, 10 WHICH your
called .
The vouchers now presented to me for examination
had not been audited although the AuditorGeneralS
attention had been called to them at the close OF the
fiscal period was informed that the Auditor-General
was aware of The collections of money by the Secretary
of the Board of Immigration and OF its disbursement
and it is presumable that he acquainted with the
provisions of the Act creating his office; butfor some
reason which he may be able to explain the Secretary
of the Board of Immigration ordered to cover
the money into the Treasury The Secretary OF the
Board also states that he never called upon to make
quarterly or any other exhibit to the Auditor General
or for that matter to any other officer He also says
that the accounts current which were placed in my
hands were made up within the past OF rter from the
memoranda which had been accommodating during the
fiscal PERIOD that the disbursements now under consid
Grafton were authorized by the President of the Board
of immigration, holding Office as follows:
His Excellency S. X. Kaai from May goth to August
Sth, 1882.
His Excellency J. E. Bush from August 9th 1852, to
July 26th 1888
His Excellency W. NJ. Gibson from July 9th to
August 9TH. 1888.
His Excellency C r. Gulick, from August 9Th, 1885
now'in Office.
These vouchers have been examined and classified for
the purpose of showing the objects for which the money
was expended The only merit these expenditures have
is that they are mostly for purposes connected with the
Bureau of immigration.