The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-14

been made for the cancellation Of
lease No. 1852, protests on the
ground that said lease had been as
signed as collateral to G.. w. Mac
farlane & Co., with a certain mort
gage now held and owned by L. ii.
Davies & Co.. that they were not
aware of the fact that the rent had
not been paid, but they would be
responsible for the rent. No per-
mission to assign the lease as re-
quired by law having been either
granted or applied for, Mr.. Dole's
communication was referred to the
Attorney-General.
June IA, 1886. The Attorney
General replied, advising the Min
lister to offer lease of the property
for sale at public auction in accord
ance with law, and give the clients
of MIR. Dole an opportunity to pro-
tect their interests. The Minister
of the Interior, Mr.. Gulick, then
ordered that the lease be offered at
auction on Thursday, July %, 1886,
for the same term as the original
lease (20 years), and that the upset
price be $50 per annum.
Rep. Brown said he knew good
deal about those lands, and they
were now in possession of Messrs.
Il. II. Davies & Co., who were
about taking proceedings for the
foreclosure of mortgage. No action
had been taken by the Government
by way of making an entry. on the
land, and it seemed to him that the
late Minister of Interior and Attor-
ney-General had adopted an arbi-
trary course. He moved the reply
be laid on the table. Carried.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rep. Castle gave notice of ques-
ton as follows: The Minister of
Foreign Affairs is hereby requested
tomorrow, the 10Th inst, or as
soon thereafter as may be, not later
than Monday the 10Th, to lay before
this Assembly in writing full answers
to the following questions. 1, How
many return passports have been
issued to Chinese since September
let, 1885? 2, How many Chinese
have left the Islands since Septem-
Der 1st, 1885? 3, How many Chinese
have arrived in this kingdom since
September 1st, 1885? 4, What fee
is charged for such passports? and,
5, Is such fee turned into the treas
ury as Government realization?
Rep. Kaulukou gave notice of a
joint resolution, appropriating 5 10,-
600 for the relief of the Board of
Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs, and,
on suspension of the rules, read it a
first time.
Noble Kapena supposed the amount
would not be inserted in the Appro-
priation Bill if the resolution passed.
Rep. Kaulukou moved a suspen-
sion of the rules to have the bill
read a second time by title.
Rep. Brown moved in amendment
to lay it on the table, as there was
no report from the Board of the ex-
penditure of the last grant.
The motion carried, and the reso-
luton was read by title.
Rep. Kaulukou moved the bill
pass to engrossment.
Rep. Castle thought the house
would do itself credit by letting the
bill stand over till some report was
had from the Board. He was open
to conviction, and if this Board was
doing any good let them know it. If
it was collecting any knowledge of
value as history-and he supposed
the genealogy of chiefs was part of
the history of the country-let them
pay for the information. There
ought to be something valuable to
report for the $4,000 granted the
Board during the past four years,
but he failed to see that much had
been done. 1t did not look well to
have this resolution rushed through
without information before the house.
He moved that it be referred to the
Committee on Education.
Rep. Dole seconded the motion to
refer to committee. He thought the
bringing in of this resolution and the
failure of the Board to present re-
port constituted apublic scandal. The
law creating the Board was passed
in 1880, in order that, in case of q
vacancy on the throne, the Legisla-
ture might know who to choose fol
king, and that the king might know
who the chiefs were from whom tc
select members of the House Of
Mobiles. The object was goot
one. The commission had beer
running for six years. At last ses
sion yolumineus report was hand
in and printed, and he valued i
more than all the other reports pu
together as curiosity. 1t did no
contain the genealogy of a single
Hawaiian chief, and there was littl,
evidence that anything had beer
done in that direction. The repor
dealt mainly with geology, and wha
had geology had to do with Hawa
iian chiefs? 1t discussed Darwin
theory of descent of man, but wha
had that to do with Hawaiian chiefs
unless it was attempted to prov
that they had descended from mon
keys? He respected the view O
DarWinians and was dispOsed to M