The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-05-15

Oe lalu OeIOre Vne mouse. Tic Juere-
fore moved, not having the informa-
ton at his fingers ends, that these
items be postponed. Carried.
lncidentals. ............. ........ S0,OOO
Rep. Dole moved to amend to
$4,000. Lost, and item passed.
Printing Certificates of Deposit. $4,000
Rep. Dickey moved to amend to
$3.50. The item last session was
81 800, but only Sl09 were spent
During the period a good many GER
tllicates of deposit were printed.
Under the law proposed here there
will be gold certificates printed, but
he did not see why there should he
so much money granted.
Minister Neumann said that dur
ing last period there were none
printed. Instead of being issued
they were called in and destroyed.
1t would depend on the measure be-
fore the house whether any new ones
would be issued. If the bill should
not be changed, it would not be a
bad thing to call in all certificates
and have new ones issued. Now,
if this is done there is a necessity
for issuing certificates; but if not
there is no need of curtailing the
item, for if the money is not re-
quired it will not be spent, 1t APP
pears there are now certificates in
existence which are required to be
called in if the legislation before
this house pass.
Rep. Dickey asked how it was
that S409 had been spent.
Minister Neumann said the cur
rency bill did not come in operation
till Dec. lst, and it might have oc-
cured that way, but not being
Minister of Finance he could not ex-
plain the discrepancy.
Rep. Brown asked how $40, 900
of certificates had been issued, ac-
cording to the Finance Minister'S
report.
Minister Neumann said there was
none since the law went into oper-
alton, as the law would not allow it.
Rep. Dole asked whether any of
these 100000 were printed during
the last biennial session.
Minister Neumann was happy to
inform the hon. member that he
knew nothing about it.
Minister Guick moved that the
item be deferred till the next con.
sideration of the Appropriation Bill,
but accepted an amendment by Rep.
Castle to defer till after action was
taken on the Attorney-General' :
bill to regulate the currency. Car
ried.
Stamps and Dies. es................. S5OC
Rep. Paehaole moved to amend tC
5000. Last session the appropria
ton was $500. but only S75 was eX
pended.
Rep. Castle said he used to be
there writing for the newspapers
and now he was little further
down in the social scale sitting
there, but he never could find out
what this item was for.
Minister Gulick said: We all,
presume, know that we have ;
stamp act, requiring internal reve'
nue. stamps. The hon. member TO
Makawao (Mr. Dickey) has brough
: forward an act touching that par
ticular point. 1t will he seen als'
: that there is quite a revenue derive'
from stamps. The stamps used ar
of several denominations do ne
= exactly remember how many. If
2 recollect correctly the New Yor
3 Bank Note Company are the er
: gravers of the stamps and dies mer
, toned in the appropriation. Thes
c stamps and dies never leave thei
S establishment. Whoever employ
l them has to pay full value, and the
n become the custodians Of all origins
S work. The production of eac
!, stamp is quite an expensive affair
e Three postal stamps, dies and form
t cost S400 apiece. TO say just e,
S actly what will be required durin
}. the biennial period is quite imposs
+ BILE, but l need hardly say that thel
a should be sufficient sum provide
: for that purpose, which would b
S used in accordance with the necess
!. ties of the case. ! think all wi
o see that it would be certainly III
i fortunate to have such limited al
n preparation as would be inadequa,
J. to the requirements of the case.
IS Rep. Paehaole withdrew tt
II amendment and the item passed.
d Dog Tags. ................... Sl,OO
u u Rep. Dickey thought this ite
. was excessive. During the la
! period the whole amount of dog ia
, collected was $1,000. Did it co
10 almost the whole amount receive
, from that source to get those lit
20 20 brass tags!
~ Minister Gulck hoped he woul
. be excused for rising so often to e!
v plain small items. The articles we
~ made under contract by two col
- peting firms. If the money was n
- needed it would not be spent.
" - Rep. Paehaole moved to amend
" 5000.
, The item passed as in bill by Il
" chairmans casting vote.
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