The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-19

Podkolu was for publishing certain
meles. At the time these meles
we're given to the above newspapers
it was supposed they would be in.
serted as matter, and no charges
made therefor, but after the pub
lication the bills were presented and
paid.
Your Committee were informed
the price paid by the Board for
copying, in many cases was at the
rate of ten cents per line. This is
a very extravagant price, as they
would have no difficulty in getting
all their copying done for fifteen
cents per 100 words. Moreover,
with a Secretary employed at $50
per month, it would seem ms If all
necessary copying could have been
accomplished by him without any
further expense.
Your Committee asked for list
of the books and documents for the
purchase of which the sum of So, 900
is needed, with the estimated cost of
EACH and the President of
the Board has prepared for
them list of 20 Gene
illogical and Historical Books and GS
Books of lNeles and Heidu .devotions
with the number of words contained
in each which amount altogether to
7S0,575 words. In the communica-
ton accompanying the list it is pro-
posed to pay for these documents at
the rate of Sl.00 per 100 words or n
total of S7S05.75. 1t is plain from
this that the present Board of Gene
alogy is incompetent to undertake a
business involving the outlay of
public funds. as these documents
can all he. copied at n cost of not
more than l23 cents per 100 words.
Moreover out of the 81 documents,
probably not more than 3 or 4 are
worth even the expense of copying.
1t is fair however to state that at the
conference, the Board expressed q
a purpose to spend a portion of the
amount asked for, in paying the
persons who have the responsibility
of guarding the bones of ancient
Hawaiian Chiefs deposited in various
caves in the Kingdom. Your COM
mittee think it highly improper to
make an appropriation for such a
purpose and call it for ''the purchase
of books"
The Board explained to you COM
mittee that the reason why the
Genealogy of no one under consider
alton has been completed, was the
difficulty of procuring witnesses to
substantiatc the claims of applicants,
and in looking over the names of
these applicants your committee do
not find single one whose Genoa
logy is of such Importance rs to
warrant the expenditure of any public
money in attesing it. 1t was stated
that it had been customary at times
to call a meeting Of the Board for
Monday and the desired witnesses
not presenting themselves the meet
ing was dissolved and called again
for the succeeding Monday, with
often similar result.
Considerable space in the report
is devoted to the discussion of
theories in regard to ancient Poly
nesian Continents, and yonr com
mittee were shown several maps
furnished by the Survey Department
illustrative Of these theories. Your
committee think it perfectly safe to
leave the investigation of such sub
jects to scientific men whose know.
ledge and attainments fit them for
it; and that the dignity of the report
is very much impaired by the intro
duction of crude speculations of that
character.
So also in regard to the ethnolo-
gical Investigations proposed by the
Board; your committee find, in the
Classification and Analysis presented
in the report an exceedingly puerile
attempt to handle subjects that have
occupied the attention of many
learned scholars in other countries,
and believe that any further expen-
liturp for that nnrnOSp will he n