The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-09-14
CHINESE RESTRICTION.


lations of the 25th of March last.
The number of Chinese allowed to
land at any port in the Kingdom
from any one vessel will be limited
to twenty-five. This rule applies
only to new comers. The Mongo-
lan who has previously been a resi-
dent and engaged in trade or in any
industrial enterprise for one year in
the Kingdom, is not to be dcbarrcd
the privilege of again breathing the
Hawaiian air, and being washed
with the Pail showers. Chinese
laborers leaving the country will be
esteemed good riddance, and must
stay away until Confucins comes to
their relief and changes their iden-
tity. Traders and those who swell
the volume of the nations industry
by business enterprises will be fur
nished with passports at the Foreign
Office, when they want to take a
trip abroad, emitting them to return
whenever they think the interests of
the Kingdom require their presence.
Cinnamon residing here in single
blessedness will be delighted with
the regulation authorizing the imm-
grafton of "any Chinese women de-
string to come to the islands, and
if the women who come are beauti-
full and fair, John will doubtless be
honored with many rivals. Chinese
children whose parents are residing
in the islands will be permitted to
come here and be trained in all the
learning of the Honoluluans. Pass
ports will be obtainable at the For
eign Office, Honolulu, and at the Ha-
waiian Consulates at Hongkong,
Shanghae, and San Francisco. Dis
cretionary power is also granted to
the Foreign Office to grant pass
ports to such persons of Chinese
nationality as the Minister of For
eign Affairs may deem it proper to
admit to the Kingdom. We hope
that His Excellency will dispense
the "veto'' with no meagre liber-
atty; for there will doubtless be
many applications under this rule.
The fee of two dollars will be
charged for any passport issued
under these regulations. Before the
holder of the return passport can
embark for these islands, he must
present himself with his credentials
to the consular representative of this
Kingdom at the port where he is to
embark, and have his passport en-
dorsed with the visa of said official;
and should he remain over more
than twenty-four hours at any port
on his return journey, he and his
papers must undergo Il similar in
spection and endorsation. The Con-
sul's visa, in these cases, will cost
the sum of one dollar. A rigid en-
forcement of these regulations will,
in time, produce a salutary effect
upon society in this Kingdom. The
admission of Chinese women without
restriction may or may not be ap-
preciated by the fair subjects of
His Chinese Majesty. If, however,
they do take advantage of the
chances offered them to speculate
in the Hawaiian matrimonial ex-
change, one of the most demoral-
izing abuses of the former system
of Chinese immigration will be re-
moved. And should these regula-
tions prove insufficient to check
effectively the Mongolianizing pro-
cess, the next thing in order will be
to reduce the admissions by any
one vessel to the small number of
one man and his own proper help
mate, they two to be of the aggre-
gate age of not less than ninety-five
years.