The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-02
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative Assembly =. Fifty first
Day.

| the Chaplain. The following members
answered to the roll call: Their Excellen-
| cies Gibson and Doninis; Hons. Kuihe-
| LAM, Kaae, kanoa. Walker. Martin, Hay
selden, keau, Lilikalani, Baker, Kauhi,
| Brown, Kaulia, Kaulukou, Pahia, Kauna-
rnano, Wight, Nahale, Kauhane. Kekca,
| Aholo, Richardson, Kaai, Paehaole and
Kauai. The minutes were read in Hawaii
an and English and approved.
MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said: Mr.
President, ask the indulgence OF the hon
orable Assembly to make few remarks.
Yesterday afternoon the Ministers of the
Crown rendered their designations as a
body to His Majesty the King, and 1 had
the honor To receive the commands of His
Majesty to form a new Ministry, and my
colleagues have the honor to take their
seats this morning. | venture on this oc-
c4siOn a few remarks relative to my late
colleagues, gentlemen we'll known to this
Assembly, and l cannot do SO without ex-
pressing my regard for them as gentlemen
OF high esteem, who were well qualified for
their important and responsible duties.
But there were reasons which it is not nee
essary to state at this time which made it
desirable in the view of His Majesty that
they should retire. OF the gentlemen
whom it has pleased His Majesty to APP
point it will not be necessary for me to
speak. They will speak for themselves.
One of them His Excellency Paul =. Ka-
noa, Minister of Finance( is well known
to you a Hawaiian gentleman who has
filled Office with credit to himself and salts
faction to His Majesty. My colleague His
Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Robert j. Creighton) is a gentleman of
large experience III public affairs else
where and a gentleman well qualified for
the duties of his office. My colleague His
Excellency the Attorney General John
I. Dare) also has had large experience, for
three years occupying an important Office
OF trust in the State of California, and who
has also had important legislative expert
ence in his own State. But whatever our
other qualifications may be, feel satisfied
that our work will be difficult indeed if we
do not meet with the cordial support and
sympathy OF the members of the Assem-
bly,. The gentlemen occupying these seats
with myself, recognizing fully that we are
living under constitutional government,
and governed by law in every respect, are
anxious to observe the law and to govern
in compliance with the law and COnstitu-
ton. Therefore, we shall endeavOr to
meet with you to carry out the work that
is before us, work of legislation nd other
work of Government. with an earnest
spirit and with a patriotic desire for the
welfare of the country.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
Mr.. Bishop presented the following re-
port from the Committee on Education.
Hon. ]. S. Walker President of the
Legislative Assembly-Sir: The Commit
tee on Education, to whom was referred
the several petitions mentioned below, re-
port as follows:
Ist. Petition from Puuohua, Hilo, with
"a names, all written by the same hand,
asking for the establishing of school
there. The committee find that between
Hakalau and LaupahoehOe--a space of
about twelve miles-there is no school at
present, and not many people in any one
place. They recommend to the Board of
Education to open school at such point
as will be most convenient for the largest
number of children; and that they under
stand to be the purpose of the Board.
I'd. Petition from Hahalei, Kauai, for
5000 for repairs on school houses at Ana
hola, Kauai.
Sd. Resolution for an English school at
MOanalua, Oahu.
AS there are appropriations for school
houses and schools to be disbursed by the
Board of Education, whose business it is
to consider the needs of all the districts,
these applications should be made direct to
the Board. The committee advise such
action, and recommend to the Assembly
To lay the said resolutions and petitions on
the table.
4. Two Acts, one to amend section 20 of
an Act to repeal chapter 10 of the Civil
Code and the other To amend sections
and of chapter 20 of the Penal Code,
relating to the Bureau of Public Instruc-
ton, both of which are intended to ex-
tend the school age, now Is, to II years,
have been considered by the committee;
and while they are opposed to changing
the law SO as to compel all children to
attend school until they are seventeen,
have advised the introducers of the bills
to present new bills or to amend those in
question so as to apply only to those
children whose parents desire them to
continue in school until they are II, and
who notify the teacher and truant officer
of their wishes; and they recommend
the Assembly to lay the bills upon the
table.
9TH. A petition that the pay of Hawaii
an teachers in English schools be fixed at
$50 per month.
9Th. petition praying for the increase
of monthly wages for teachers in common
schools.
The committee are not able TO judge OF
the qualifications of these several teachers
or of the amount and value of their SER
vices, and as those points can be deter
mined by the Board of Education upon
reports from the Inspector General and
the School Treasurer, and as the Board
controls the disbursement of the school
tax, as also the appropriation by the Leg
islature, the committee are of opinion that
the matter should be left in the hands OF
the Board, which is quite accessible to
these petitioners The committee recon-
mend to the Assembly TO lay these petit
tons upon the table.
CHAs. K. BISHOP,
l.. A. THURsToN,
S. w. kAAI,
AGA Il