The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-11
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative Assembly - SeVenIy->ec-
Ond Day.

TUESDAY, August 10th.
| The House met at 10 a. IN. Prayer by
! the Chaplain. The following members
answered to the roll call: Their Excellen-
cies Creighton and Dare; Hons. Kuihe-
lani, Bush, Walker, Keau, Baker, Kauhi
Amara, Brown, Kaulia, Kaulukou, Pahia
Kaunamano, Wight, Nahale, Nahinu, ke-
koa, KaIua, Aholo, Kaukau, Richardson,
Dickey, Kaai ThurstOn, PaehaOle, Kauai
and Palohau. The minutes were read III
Hawaiian and English and adopted.
THE OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Mr.. ThurstOn presented the following
questions to the Minister of Finance:
please state the date and amount of each
payment made to the Oceanic Steamship
Company for carrying the mails under
Chapter 10 of the laws of 1884; and also
the name, date of sailing from Honolulu
and tonnage of each vessel on account of
which each of such amounts was paid"
THE CONSUL GENERAL AT SAN FRANCISCO.
His Excellency Mr.. Creighton presented
the following statement:
Hon. J. S. Walker, President of the
Legislative Assembly-Sir: l have the
in reply to the questions put to me yester-
day by the honorable member for kOOlau-
Ioa Had the honorable member made
himself familiar with the report which my
honorable colleague, the late Minister of
Foreign Affairs, presented to the Assem-
bly, more than three months ago, he would
have already been in possession of most
of the information he now asks for. On
page 10 of that report the following pas
sage is to be found: Mr.. Mckinley ac-
cepts in lieu of salary One-half of the fees
received at the Consulate after all neces-
sary expenses have in the first place been
paid out of them. This furnishes the
answer to the first three of the honorable
gentleman's enquiries.
ITO the other three questions have the
honor to return the following replies:
land if any balance remains for the
benefit of the country, where does the
credit appear?' The credit appears in Mr..
McKinley's accounts, which are rendered
quarterly to the Department of Foreign
Affairs.
a How much, if any sum, is now due the
Government Nothing.
yet; if so, how much?' The sum of 81
$50, which has been paid into the Treasury
as Government realizatiOns.
"ROBT. J. CREIGHTON,
Minister of Foreign Affairs"
Mr. Brown moved the statement be ac-
cepted and laid upon the table. He was
familiar with the report of the late Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, but he thought that
under the present Minister the manage
ment with the Consul General might be
changed The statement did not give the
amount of fees received at the Office.
His Excellency Mr.. Creighton said he
would endeavor to make a statement of the
receipts as far as possible, but it would be
incomplete.
The statement was accepted and laid
upon the table.
A NEW BRIDGE.
Mr. Kaukau presented resolution that
the sum of $1,000 be appropriated for
building a bridge over the stream at Homo
pahao, Kaanapali, Maui. Laid upon the
table, to be considered with the Appropri-
alton bill.
AMENDMENT To a RESOLUTION,
Mr. Palohau moved that in the Fesolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Dole on Monday, after
the name J. A. Kaulukou be inserted the
following names; F. Pahia, d. II. Ma
hinu, J. Amara, G. b. Palohau, l.. Aholo
5. w. Kaai, A Kaulia, J. w. Kalua, ). b.
Dole, G.. Brown, w. r. Castle. g. II.
Dickey, j. Kauhane and A. Kauhi. The
motion was declared out of order.
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT.
Hon Mr.. Bush read a first time an Act
to make a permanent settlement or the
widow of the late John Z. Barnard. The
bill states that the deceased was Chief
Clerk of the Supreme Court for Is years,
and was mucn respected. He left his
widow almost totally unprovided for. The
bill provides for 5000 per annum TO be paid
the widow.
On suspension of the rules. the bill was
read a second time by its title and then
referred to the Committee on Pensions.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSULATE FEES.
His Excellency Mr.. Creighton said. in
answer TO Mr. Brown, that the gross fees
received at the Consulate. San Francisco,
amounted to between $4,000 and $1,000 a
year
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr. Kauhi presented a resolut ton that
81 800 be appropriated for improving the
roads in the district of EVA, Waianae.
Laid npon the table to be considered with