The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-19


many letters and petitions to the
Legislative Assembly, but our repre-
sentatives say that they have only
received two. Another difficulty is
the landing. do not know whether
you or Mr.. Gibson made the appro-
priation, but it is too small. Van
Giesen spent nearly all the money
in building the wharf and there was
nothing for fixing the approaches to
the wharf. When new patients come
and are asked where they will stop
and they say they wi stop here
where they. have friends and will get
rations, they are sent to Father
Damien, but he makes them work
for all they receive, in getting fire.
wood from the mountains. Week
people find It hard to get wood. The
Board should lease fiat or table land
where they could get wood in
more accessible places. (The people
again appealed to for confederation,
generally shout their assent to the
complaints.) When a man dies in
the hospital the Board buries him,
but when leper dies at the other
place there is no one to bury him
unless he has friends. 1 asked the
officer to bury friend of mine but
he refused and the superintendent
supported him, and told him if the
Board did not bury him l would
leave him in the road. So the
Board buried him and took all his
effects for pay. We are all num-
bered and have tags something like
dogs. When man dies his tag is
brought, and if he lived outside the
Board will not bury him. Accord
ing to the Board of Health regula-
tions, which have the force of law,
the women have to make so much
twine for nets, and if one does not
do that she must leave the place
ego over the precipice'D. At the
last election the head constable had
six cases of liquor, which he said
came from Mr.. Gibson and the
King. We are not taxed regular
taxes, but the tax collector taxes
our dogs. said to the collector:
"You say we are dead to civil rights.
Then if we choose to raise dogs for
home consumption why do you tax
us?'
Kelemana, of Hilo, said: 1
shall cohfine what 1 have to
say to this enclosure. I have
been here three years, since
which time have not been over into
Waikahole. The great trouble is
when patients get very low they are
left without any attendants, and
some day someone goes to see them,
and looking through the window
finds them stiff. Patients far adj
vanced are put in with others in the
same room. We want to have the
worst cases separated from those not
so bad. Nurses are only paid so
cents month, and while attending
on the sick people are continually
grumbling about the small pay they
receive. The food supply is three
pints day but measured in small
container-a gill-and that is not
always full and some sticks to it, but
we have to take what we get. The
stewards comes round every MORN
ing and asks what each wants. If
three people say rice he puts down
ten. The overseer is partial in CIV
ing out clothing. Some of the pa
tients are in position to raise chick
ems inside of the enclosure, but we
are strictly forbidden to do so.
Kope IA young many said: On
one occasion the steward took so
pounds of rice to feed his own chick
ems. He may have been doing it
long time, but one time we kept ac-
count when only two took rice.
When the overseer gets down on y
man he will not relent. Patients far
advanced are neglected; their sores
are not washed, and maggots eat
into their flesh. When the doctor
comes round he gives us
medicine and treats us well while
he is here, but the trouble is he is
here such a little time. The diff
Guilty is not with Hutchinson (the
overseer), but with the head
steward, who does differently from
what he is told. The only way out
of this difficulty is to have Kihe
(the steward) removed from office.
Kahauloa, of North Kona, said:
We have three pounds of salmon a
week: we think we ought to have
six. The ration of beef is seven
pounds week: it ought to be IA
pounds, unless it is clear meat and
no bones. Our friends sometimes
send us things, and we have to pay
freight on them. We think the
Board of Health ought to pay the
freight. In the butchers shop the
meat is cut up on the floor where
people spit in the dirt. We get an
order for Sc worth of clothing q
year. That is not enough. A
blanket will cost $5. We ought to
have an order for$16 a year. (The
company agrees.)
Kaapuni, of Kahihiwai, Kauai,
said: We would rather have cash
than an order on the store. When
we 60 to the store we get cloth, but
our hands are crippled and we can
not make it up, so have to hire peo-
pie to make it, which is very expen-
siye. We get orders for S6 worth