The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-10
Hawaiian Parliament
Legislative Assembly -Seyenty-first
Day.

MONDAY, august 9th.
The House met at 10 a m. Prayer
by the Chaplain. The following members
answered to the roll call Their Excellen-
cies Gibson, Creighton, Kanoa and Dare
Hons. Cleghorn, Bush, Walker, Keau,
Baker, Kauhi, Amara, Brown, Kaulia Kau-
namano, Wight, Nahale, Nahinu, Kekoa,
Kalua, Aholo, Kaukau, Castle, Dickey,
Kaai, PaehaOle, Kauai and Palohau. The
minutes were read in Hawaiian and Eng
fish and adopted.
PETITION.
Mr.. Castle presented two petitions from
the district of Honolulu, one with p and
the other with 81 signatures, praying that
no law be passed to license the sale or i'm
portation of opium. Referred to Sanitary
Committee. The honorable member also
presented petition from HOnuaula, with
10 signatures, praying that the pay of the
mail carrier from MAIZENA, to Ulupalakua
be fixed at 81 week. Referred to Com
mittee on Mail Matters.
Mr.. Palohau presented the following pc
titions from the district of Lihue: l. That
the salSy of the Government Physician
for the district be increased. Referred to
Sanitary Committee. .. From a person
named Kaiu, praying that the sum OF $500
be paid him for land taken by the Govern
ment for building road through his kule-
ana. Referred to Committee on Public
Lands
Mr.. Brown presented the following pc
tition:
ITO the Hon. J. 5. Walker President
Legislative Assembly. 1886, and to the
Mobiles and Representatives in the Legisla-
ture of the Kingdom assembled:
The petition of William Flowerdew, a
citizen of Great Britain, respectfully rep
resent that heretofore, to wit, on the Both
day OF June, 1888, while residing at these
Islands. he obtained from the Minister of
the Interior, John f. Bush, permission
under grant of that date, to lay down
tramways and run cars upon such streets,
in the city of Honolulu and its suburbs, as
he might select; that under the authority
of such grant or franchise, and acting in
good faith and thinking that such grant
was of force and effect in law, he pro-
ceeded to San Francisco, in the United
States of America and purchased materials
and cars, and engaged the services of
competent engineer to superintend the
laying down of the tramway, and returned
with such materials and said engineer TO
Honolulu. and ready to engage in and
carry on the work contemplated under
such grant, and mott cd the then Minister
of the Interior, Chas. T. Gulick, that he
was ready and willing and was about topro-
coed to work on the laying of said tram
ways; that on the fourth day OF August
he received a communication from the
said Gulick as such Minister OF the Int
rior, that the grant, before being acted
upon. or work commenced Hereunder
should be submitted TO the Priyy Council
of State; that on the 10Th day of August
your petitioner replied to the said Minis
ter CT the Interior that he had no objection
to the matter being laid before the Privy
Council that thereafter he caused an agree
ment 10 be drawn and submitted TO the
Minister of the Interior for signature, set
ting forth fully what work was TO be done
and what streets would be operated with
tramways, in which agreement was also