The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-03

were well equipped and provided,
clearly, and carrying experienced
physicians. This was to secure a
reasonable guarantee that sanitary
regulations would be enforced on
shipboaid. Additional to this a
short quarantine was imposed upon
all vessels coming direct from Chi
nese port, the expense to be borne by
the immigrants.
On the 18th February, 1884, Mr..
Severance, the Consul at San Fran
cisco, was Informed by His Excel
lency Mr.. Gibson, "that any moder-
ate number, say less than hundred,
of the Chinese passengers arriving
here from San Francisco will not be
interfered with, but large numbers
will have to be especially treated,
more particularly if it is known that
they have really come from China or
Hongkong and only made a stay in
your port ESan Francisco on board
some hulk" This had reference to a
communication from Mr. Severance
intimating that il was the pur-
pose of the Pacific Mail Com
pany to evade the Chinese immi-
grant reguls tons by importing coolies
to San Francisco and forward
ing them here. ANY attempt to
bring here shipload of Chinese
coolies will certainly be met by
IN al fhnip 10 nd
ing" His Excellency added.
Mr. Severance wrote, February %,
1884, stating that the agents of the
Pacific Mail Company reported adj
vices from Hongkong that the City
of Rio de Janeiro would soon sail for
San Francisco, touching at Honolulu,
to land quite a number of Chinese
passengers. On March IA, 1884, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs wrote in
forming Mr.. Severance that the City
of Rio had arrived that morning with
600 Chinese coolies, enclosing at the
same time new regulations as to Chi
nese immigration which the Govern
ment had resolved to issue, and which
were gazetted March %, 1884. The fol-
lowing despatch was also ordered sent
to the Hawaiian CUnsul-General at
HOngkOng: "Hawaiian Government
will positively resist Chinese immi
grafton of coolies. Instructions by
mail" Mr.. Severance was instructed
to communicate the new regulations
to the Pacific Mail and Occidental
and Oriental Steamship Companies.
These only apply to steam vessels
carrying the national mails. "Ifany
company attempts TO defy these spe-
cific regulations after notice received,
the Government will treat them with
a high hand"
These regulations, which are now
in force, permit vessels, carrying
national mails, to land Chinese immi-
grant laborers, not to exceed 25 from
any one vessel, in addition to immi-
grants entitled to land under pass
port, or to the wives, children and
female relatives of Chinese residents,
or who may be about to emigrate 20
this Kingdom under the regulations.
All previous regulations and orders
were cancelled
March %, 1884, Mr. Chas. +.
CrOcker, Vice-President of the o. and
O. Steamship Company, San Fran
cisco, wrote to Mr.. Severance inform
ing him that the company had not
been previously advised of the regu
IatiOns of July IS, 1888, and that the
Arabic had then sailed for Honolulu
with 6U0 Chinese immigrants on
board. Mr.. Croker presumed that
as the City of Rio and City of Toxic
of the Pacific Mail Company, had
each loaded an equal number for the
same destination, there could be no
objection to the equal enjoyment of
that trade by the steamships of his
line.
Correspondence with Messrs.. II.
Hackfeld & Co., Honolulu, proved
the accuracy of Mr.. Crocker's state
ment. 1t further appearing that
shipping arrangements having been
made for the immigrants by the Pa
cific Mail vessels before the regula-
! tons had been promulgated, it was
finally decided to permit the i'm
migrants by the City of Rio, City of
Toxic and Arabic to land, subject to
/ strict quarantine, more especially as
! the planters wanted labor. The Pa
cific Mail Company alone wanted to
rush in 2,400 immigrants early in
1884, although the regulations under
which they professed to act only sane
toned the admission of 900 in any
! one period of three months. No fur
| Their concession has been made to the
! steamship companies, and the pres
! sure of the Planters Labor and Sup
ply Company having since then been
! successfully resisted, the country has
been protected by the Government
! against the evils of unrestricted Chi
nese coolie immigration. And now