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pended, and the new bill presented by tn
committee he read a second time by it
title Agreed to-
Mr. Thur>ton moved it be printed
Agreed to.
STREET RAILROAD BILL,
DIR. Kaulukou moved the rules be sus
pended and an Act TO amend sections
and OF chapter 81 OF the Session Laws o
1884, relating to street railroads, be takeI
up and read a second time by its title, 81
that it could be referred to a committee.
The motion was agreed TO, the bill takeI
! up and read by its title.
Mr.. kaulukOu moved it be referred tC
/ the Judiciary Committee.
| Mr.. Kaunamano moved the bill be re-
/ ferred to the Committee on Public Lands
Agreed to.
HAWAIIAN BOARD OF HEALTH BILL.
Mr.. Kaunamano presented a resolution
| that the Committee on Printing lay before
! the Assembly, ii printed, bill to regulate
the Hawaiian Board of Health, and if not
! printed, that the Secretary be requested to
send copy to the Printing Committee in
order that it may be printed. Agreed to.
\ NEW BILL
Mr.. Richardson read first time an Act
to amend sections PA, 218, 2I9 and POI of
the Civil Code, relating TO prisons and
Houses of Correction. Passed.
ASKING FOR THE RETURN OF A PETITION.
Mr. kauhane presented a resolution
that a certain petition from two individuals
(Ahi and Awa), asking that $40 80 be paid
them for work done on the roads, be re-
turned to them. Agreed to.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Kaai moved the order of the day.
Agreed to.
Consideration OF the Appropriation bill
in Committee of the Whole, Hon. J.
Keau i'll the chair
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Expenses of Foreign Missions, $4,000.
His Excellency Mr.. Creighton said he
trusted the House would not refuse to vote
for the sum of $50, 900 for expenses of for
eign missions. He had taken some pains
to examine into the matter, and unless
the House desired TO reverse the whole
foreign policy of the Government, it would
grant this money. His honorable prede
cessor had recommended in his report that
commissioners be sent to Samoa. and an
Envoy 10 reside in Europe, also repre-
sentative to Mexico and Central America,
the latter, however. having been dropped
for the present But it had been deemed
advisable to withdraw from that position
which would have entailed a vote for $780, |
900, and his honorable predecessor there |
fore recommended a reduction to $50, 600. |
Included in the amount are the expenses |
of sending representatives to international |
expostions. The New Orleans and Louis !
vile EXpOsitions had cost $1,000, and he !
thought it would be advisable to have this
represented at the Jubilee EXPOSE |
ton in London next year, which would |
cost $4,000. Reference had been made to |
the expenditures in 1880-l8S2, which were |
said to have been only $4,000, but the ex-
penditure in that period, which was before
his predecessor took Office, was
about $4,000, as he had ascer-
Foreign Office Therefore it was fallacious
The appropriation did not always repre-
sent the actual expenditure. If the money
was not required he could assure the AS
sembly that as long as he had the honor to
hold Office under His Majesty the King,
it would not be spent 1t would be a mis-
fortune to cripple the Foreign Department.
as exigencies might arise at any time.
The great Powers expect more from this
than the mere expression of SEN
timent. He submitted to the House that
900 was not a large sum, and would
barely cover the necessary expenditures.
al Ia !
fifty per cent more than asked for last SEES
sion. The Minister of Foreign Affairs had
said it would be calamity if the amount
was not voted. His remarks had been in
general. He had not ventured to say in
any way how the money would be spent,
80 as TO assist the House in weighing the
matter This item had been increased
very much during the last few years. The
government was never harder up than at
he present time. Unless there was some
definite reason he did not see that they
should be called upon to make any appro-
Driaton. He moved it be fixed at $4,000.
The foreign policy of the Government had
been shown and it seemed to be in the
direction of the South Sea Islands. He
understood the Minister of the Interior to
lave said that the United States Govern
nent had requested that this Government
hould take some lead in South Sea mat
ers. He hoped the letter containing such
would be read to the House
before this item was voted. He doubted
whether there was such letter. This
House had just received statements of the
of the Government. There
we're bills due butchers, bakers and candle
tick makers. The Government cannot
'ay its debts as it is in a bankrupt con-
tion. 1t was not right that they should
re called upon to increase the item of
Foreign Missions by one half. The foreign
olicy of the Government for the past two
ears had done nothing for the benefit of
he country. 1t was policy of sentiment,
how and nonsense; the policy of a small
government trying to initiate itself with
seless officials in all parts of the world
hey are asked to support the policy of
his one-horse Kingdom, which is a
iughing stock. In regard to the /
outh Seas. it had been a policy of {
minister's of Governments in time past TO
stablish some kind of relation with those
stands Other Powers had taken posses {
Jon of those islands. There were none
fit but the Gilbert Islands, which Great