Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-19
RESOLUTIONS.

Hon. member Kalua from Lahaina
read petition that the sum of $3.75
taxes twice paid by Puma be returned
to him. Referred to Finance Com
mittee.
Hon. member Dole read for the first
time an act to provide for the descent
of property to next of kin. Passed to
second reading. The Hon.. member
also read a resolution asking the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs for the reasons
for dismissing the Hawaiian Consul at
Brussels. Adopted.
Hon member Kalua from Lahaina
presented a resolution asking that
$4,000 be expended for improving
the wharf at Lahaina and providing a
light for that landing Resolution
laid on the table to be considered with
the Appropriation bill.
Hon. member Dole presented resolu-
ton that $4,000 be appropriated for
repairs of the upper part of the road
in Pauoa Valley. The Hon. member
said the item of $1,000 had been APP
prepriated for this purpose last session
but that part of the valley road had
never been improved. Just before
election time the Road Supervisor had
fixed up the lower part. The area of
the valley was used in growing taro,
bananas, vegetables, etc, in large
quantities which now had to be packed
out on mems backs or on horses. 1t was
true that he, (the speaker) had a kul-
cana in that valley, but it was but a
small one compared with the interests
of others. Resolution laid on the ta-
BILE to be considered with the Appro-
priation bill.
Hon. member Nahale from North
Kona read for the first tine an act to
amend Section 1886, c, c., relating to
ownership of movable property. Passed
to second reading
Hon. member Thurston presented a
resolution asking the Minister of the
Interior why the provisions of the
"Homestead Act" had not been car
ried out. Also if the Government has
any plan to present to facilitate acquir-
ing of homesteads. The Hon. mem
Der explained that he considered the
Homestead Act a most important
measure. The object aimed at in pro-
noting immigration was, as far as the
public was concerned, to increase the
tax-paying population. By the papers
he had learned that within few months
some two thousand immigrants would
/ have finished their terms of labor, and
he thought that efforts should be made
to induce them to remain here. II
certainly would cost many hundreds o.
thousand dollars to bring that number
of people here We had better save
that money by keeping them here.
His Excellency the Minister of the
Interior in reply stated, that the delay
in the printing of the special report o
the Interior Department was being fell
more each day. In that report woulc
be fund full statement of what hac
been done towards carrying out thu
/ DlONlslOHS VI lllC LlOiuSolCdQ lAII Il'
could say, now, that shortly after tn,
passage of the act the working force o
the Survey Department had been in
creased to push forward the work o
ascertaining what area of Government
lands were available as homesteads.
The Government had no large trac
of land now that were available. No
that there was no good lands to be
had, but in granting land patents dur
ing the past forty years the parties tc
whom patents we're granted had no
picked out the poorest lands. There
was now about eight hundred anc
thirty-four thousand acres of Govern
ment lands. About one hundred
thousand acres of this was on the toE
of mountains or made Of lava, and prac
ticalIy worthless. He would not further
anticipate the report which will be
ready in few days, The resolution
was laid on the table until the report O
the Minister Of the Interior be re
ceived.
| The Attorney General read for the