The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-06-25

The attention Of the Secretary Of the Foreign Once
waS called to this amount $95 ~ not accounted for
The Secretary explained that the amounts noted de-
posted IN envelope in the hands OF the Regis
trar of Public Accounts, as a 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:
Voucher May tSGo SSl 81
Voucher May f2no detaliS-for % 81
Voucher May 22-no tetsiisfor. ioso %
These vouchers not audited
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rOsal amount III envelope 4iSs 81
The next voucher calling for attention was numbered
1892 for SlS7,O51 IS, approved by ~CtaS, /. Guhek
Minister of Interior and paid 10 MeSSrS W. &. Irwin
Co January 18th 1854 but not audited by the Aud
Stor-Seneral 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
count Is however. held open, awaiting the promised
vouchers to complete the entry Of voucher No S IN
the hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs letter
OF credit IN favor of the Commission to Japan for
$1,000 of which but $500 seems TO have been drawn
Nov 18th 1882 Is still unsettled as no detail of the ex-
penditureS has been placed file This credit does not
however represent all the funds made available for this
Commission, viii be shown later in this report
As the sums collected from planters and Others for
passage and advances to Portuguese aborers did not
appear the books of account OF the Interior Depart
ment application 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
1ioyeruuleut RealizatiOns- The Registrar replying
that he knew nothing of any such the Depart
ment of the Interior again applied to and the Sec
Rotary of the Board of Immigration informed that
he had not only made the collections but had also dis
burse them for account Of the Board and presented
tor examination account current with each OF the
vessels bringing Portuguese immigrants
The first matter examined in this connection the
table of arrivals of said immigrants which gave result
50 markedly at variance with other of informal
ton that close examination made with the result
! that error found IN the account of the s S
/ ~HankowS passenger lists by which l33 men. Ill
women 81 minors 154 children and 81 infants a total
Of SIS souls were left out of the accounts the grand
total being aS follows: 1880 men, lS7l women. SCI
minors, 2159 children and So infants; grand total
6.166 souls
Application was then made for the books of account
containing the transactions Of the Board of Immigra
ton. and the startling reply made that hooks OF
account were kept that the only evidence of such tran
saetionS was contained in the loose sheets of journal
paper in the form of current and accompany
ing vouchers which audited by the Auditorien-
eral
These transactions cover the collection OF two hundred
and thousand two hundred and eighty-Six dollars
and twelve cents 209S6 ~ and the disbursement OF
one hundred and Ssventytwo thousand and twenty-five
dollars and nnety-SlN cents l7222 96) without the
warrants of the Appropriation Act and in direct oppos
ton to the terms OF Act to regulate the receipt
custody and issue OF the public moneys and to provide
for the audit of public accounts being chapter % of the
| laws of 1882
The Secretary of the Board says that he acted in all
matters of business connected with the collecting and
discussing of these of money under the verbal in
tructon received from the Minister of the Interior who
was ex-Othcio President of the Board of immigration
that the only meetings of this Board were held IN Aug
p 1882 q Sept. D. 1882 81 Oct q. 1882 "a May
1888 (5l Dec. IA 1888 since which time no meetings
have been held that the records of these meetings dc
not show that these money transactions were considered
by the Board and therefore could not have had the
Authorization of the Board.
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examined and compared with vouchers and the following
table compiled therefrom:
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