The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-24

THE LEGISLATURE.

The chief interest in the proceedings
Oh the Legislative Assembly yesterday
.centered in the introduction of amended
estimates by His Excellency Mr.. Glib
son, by command of His Majesty the
King. The total reduction proposed
upon items which are to stand part of
the bill is $l62 700; withdrawn from APP
preparation bill, $24 ,94Oy making a total
I OF $1S7 $40. The printed schedule as
distributed shows the aggregate with
drawals at $34 $40, but Mr.. Gibson ex-
planned that the item, $4,000 for
guards to Government buildings and
jails," which appears as a withdrawal
from the Foreign Department, is really
a transfer, and would be added to the
estimates of the Interior Office. This,
as'we have stated, makes the proposed
reduction $l87 $40, instead of $l97 $40,
as printed.
The announcement by the Premier
that it was His Majesty's earnest wish
that these reductions should be made,
and that Ministers were heartily in ac-
cord with the King, was received with
satisfaction by the House, and Friday
was fixed for considering the amended
estimates in connection with the Appro-
priation bill The King set an example
of retrenchment by recommending that
$4,000 be stricken off the vote for his
'privy purse and royal state" Minis
tiers followed next by a reduction OF
$1,000 each on the biennial appropria
ton for Ministerial salaries; and each
chief clerk is to be reduced by 81 900 on
the biennial period. The chiefs of bu-
reaus-Post Office, Surveys and Public
Works-also, Auditor General, Registrar
of Public Accounts, Collector General of
Customs and Deputy Collector, Deputy
Post Master, Harbor Master, Marshal
and Clerk of Supreme Court, are each
to be reduced 81 600. The salary of In
spectOr General of Schools is to be re-
duced 81 900; Secretary of the Board OF
Education and Secretary of the Board of !
Health are to be redu- Ell 81 900 each. /
The vote for Government physicians, /
which stood at $50, 900 in the Appropria- |
now stands at 10000. The Tax Collec-
tors and Tax Assessors are respectively /
reduced s. 900 on the biennial period. |
Speaking of the payroll OF the Kingdom, /
the amended estimates as printed show |
a reduction for salaries of so, 240, exclu- |
sive of the vote for Government physi-
clans.
Those who have been crying ''econo-
my" should feel more than satisfied at
this proposal by the King thorough his
Ministers. 1t shows that the interests
of the country are carefully watched by
those who have the oversight thereof.
Speaking generally, objections may be
urged to certain reductions; but it is re-
suits we are dealing with, and it is re-
suits the country will consider, and not
the claims OF individuals or special in
terests.
Among the miscellaneous items which
have either been reduced or withdrawn
we have proposed saving of $40, 900 in
the vote for expenses of foreign missions,
and 81 900 reduction in the vote for the
reception of foreign guests. An appro-
priation of 81 800 for the relief and re-
turn of INDECENT Hawaiians has been
5000 is taken off the APP
for the National Museum,
and 81 900 from the estimate for band,
flags and salutes. The pay of mail car
riers is to be reduced by $1,000; the sur
vey department by 5000, and mainten-
ance of nurseries 81, 900. The Board of
immigration is to get along with $1,000
less than the Appropriation bill contem-
plated, and the Governor of Kauai is TO
10 without an office and safe for the
present. Palace repairs and furniture
ire to stand a reduction OF 5000, and
contingent repairs Of Government build
ngs are to be reduced $1,000 from the
,rioinaI estimates. An item, $4,000 for
epairs of buildings occupied by c.
Brewer & Co., Queen street, and $1,000,
proportion of bridge, Kappa, Kauai, ]
ave been withdrawn. Building and