The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-17

Your committee also find that the bust
ness of the office was conducted in yer,
/ loose and disgraceful manner, no book
/ or accounts being kept, nor was any &C
count kept OF the amount OF cash received
/ or paid out Settlements with the Interio
! Office were made whenever the Superin
tendent or clerk thought they had TOO
! much money in the office for safe igeping
and your committee hereby return the
matters referred 10 them to this House FOL
such action as it may think proper.
J. L. kAULTKOU.
CECIL BRowN
J. H. ). MARTIN.
J. X. hACNAMANo.
G. B. PALoHAC.
Mr. Castle thought that the committee
should have made some recommendation
in the report. He moved it be referred
back TO the committee.
Mr.. Thurston was of the opinion that
the report of the committee was neither
fair to the House or to Mr.. Wilson. If the
latter had not lost the $40, 900 he should not
have to refund it; but if he had appro-
priated the money he should return it.
Mr.. Brown said that the committee,
from the evidence obtained, thought it best
To let the Assembly act upon the petitions
and the bill From the evidence they were
unable TO say whether money was paid
into the office or not.
The report was adopted.
SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT.
To the Hon. John ;. Walker, President
Legislative Assembly - Sir The select
committee, to which was referred the fol-
lowing items from the Appropriation bill,
to wit:
For support OF Hawaiian and Eng
lsh schools ...........-.. ........ 100000
For support of common schools 10000
For school buildings and repairs $1,000
For RefOTmatOry School ....- $685.. 10000
Also, second, several items proposed, as
follows:
For aid to St. Louis College. ....... $4,000
For aid to St Mary's School. 5000
For aid to HilO Boarding School 5000
For aid to KawaiahaO Female Semi
For aid to Makawao Female Semi
nary ..-... ............ 2,OOO
Respectfully report as follows;
/. The items for support of Hawaiian
and English schools, and for support of
common schools are practically the same
as used in the education office, and are 50
treated iii this report.
The total expenditure has been $104,-
$40 80, leaving something over $1,000 UNI
expended The outlay appears to the com
mittee to have been judicious. OF this
amount $l2, 454 10 has been paid to various
Independent schools. Nearly all of this
has been paid out as capitatiOn, for which
a sum is paid upon certain conditions for
each scholar in the school complying
with the conditions. The rule appears to
be a good one, and should be observed by
the Board of Education Payment to
boys schools is nearly the same, although
the payment is made on what is called
scholarship. In one instance, that of a
Roman Catholic school in Hama, there has
been a small direct grant, and in these
schools the Board allows small salary to
special teachers. The remaining $9l,S80 80
has been used for the support of the Gov
eminent schools, both English and Ha-
waiian, including Lahainaluna, and i'll the
main the expenditure for these schools
seems to have been wise. 1t is noticeable
from the report of the President of the
Board of Education that the proportion of
teachers to scholars in the various schools
of the Kingdom differs very widely. In
schools where there are several grades,
cases will of necessity arise where one
teacher will have il larger number OF pu-
pills than could be cared for by one, but
when a school has practically but one
grade, a sufficient number of teachers
ton to each scholar. 1t is pretty well set
tied by the experience of other countries,
as well as our own, that not more than
thirty pupils can be properly cared for by
one teacher. In several of our schools the
proportion far exceeded this, and in the
opinion of the committee a proper etti-
cheney cannot be obtained in schools where
such excessive proportion exists. In order
to cover the need which may arise from
this matter and other contingencies, the
committee recommend the item as follows:
For support of Hawaiian and Eng
1iSh schools. .....-......... .$llo,OOO
OF the amount appropriated two years
ago of $4,000 for repairs and building
school houses, only 1913 was used; not
that there was not very great and crying
need throughout the country, but the
money could not be had from the Treasury
on account Oh TIE great expenditure IOt
other objects. The Board, however,
drew considerable from its other sources
of revenue for this purpose. Although
much larger amount could be used with
advantage, yet the Board of Education be-
lieves that the special work laid out for the
next two years can be accomplished for the
appropriation asked. 1t is proposed to
erect new and connexions school houses
at Holu2loa, Waiamea, Paauilo, Ookala,
Hamakuapoko, KipahuIu, KaupO, Hal
ava and other places.
The committee recommend that this
item pass at $I5 600
The item of $50, 900 Is $4,000 more than
hitherto asked for the Reform School, but
if it is needed ii should be appropriated
While this school has not in the past ac-
complished all that could be hoped for,
yet is has been an institution of great ben
eft. This has been recognized TO such a
degree that parents have, not unfrequently,
come voluntarily and requested the Board
of Education to put obdurate and mis-
chievous boys in the school. No depart
ment for girls is now maintained. The
boys are placed together i'll one large
dormitory, teacher sleeps near to them,