The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1884-03-22

the action is the logical result of the
general election. The big
capitalists may suffer through his de
cision, but il does not by any means
follow that the sugar industry will be
ruined. II may possibly eventuate
that il will be transformed into a le-
gitimate agricultural pursuit by agri-
culturiSts, instead of planters mo-
nopoly by absentee proprietOrs. We
shall infinitely prefer the former"
In regard To the Importation of Pa
cific Islanders the Queensland laws
are already very stringent but the
new premier proposes. to amend them
by introducing bill of whose provis-
ions the following is an abstract:
No person shall be employed as the
master, or as mate, of "a ship intend
ed to carry native passengers from the
Pacific Islands to Queensland, or as
the agent of an intending employer
on board of any such ship, unless he
has been approved by the Minister as
a fit person To be SD employed. Nc
person shall pay or give, to the mas
ter of any ship employed in carrying
passengers from the Pacific Islands to
Queensland. or any other person em-
ployed thereon, any sum of money or
other valuable consideration, the
amount whereof is dependant either
in whole or in part upon the number
of passengers conveyed to Queensland.
But the remuneration of the master
of every such ship, anu of every other
person employed thereon. shall be at
a fixed rate, either for the voyage or
dependant wholly upon the time Occn-
pied in the voyage. If the provisions
of this section are violated i'm respect
of any ship, whether by the owner.
charterer, or any other person, the
ship, her tackle, apparel, aud furni-
ture, shall be forfeited, to her Majesty,
and the person offending shall also be
liable to a penalty of G100. A detailed
statement Of all expenditure incurred
in and about every voyage OF a ship
employed in carrying passengers from
the Pacific Islands, verified by the
solemn declaration of the owner,
charterer, or agent, shall be trans
mitted within four weeks after the
arrival of the ship in Queensland to
the immigration agent: For every
breach of the provisions of this section
the owner, charterer, and agent shall
each be liable to penalty of E5OO. 1t
shall not be lawful to sell, supply, or
give TO any islander any firearms,
bullets, leaden shot, gunpewder, or
other explosive substance. 1t shall
not be lawful to employ any islander
in any other occupation than tropical
or semi-tropical agriculture which
shall mean field work in connection
with the cultivation of sugar cane,
cotton, tea, coffee, rice, spices, or other
tropical or semi-tropical productions
or fruits; but shall not include (a) The
working of or attending upon ma
chinery used in making the products
thereof mark table; (b) The business
of grOoms or coachmen; (c) The busi-
ness of hOrse-drivIng or cartIng, ex-
cept i'll field work; or (d) Domestic or
household service.
a return which was issued from the
Treasury at Brisbane on 2Sth January
shows that in addition te South Sea
Islanders, Queensland has received an
immigration of laborers during the
year 1888 as follows:
Chlnese...... .......z,0Io
Malays~............. ...... ............ 565
O@
NATIVES OF India a......... 30
Making "a total of 1926 which falls
considerably below the figure repre-
senting the influx of labOrers to this
country in the same period. Against
these arrivals there was to be set an
exodus of Cinnamon to the number of
1,2O9. OF these however 677 went
away with permits which enable them
to return. The others preferred the
refund of their poll tax and are no