The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-05-25
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.
SESSION OF 1856.

MONDAY, MAY 18th.
The assembly convened at 10 a. M
President Walker IN the chair After
rraver by the Chaplain there was q wait
Il some minutes before the Secretary read
the minutes Of the previous meeting, the
cause Of the delay being the absence Of a
quorum
After the minutes had been read and
approved, the following petitions were
rreseuted
Bv Representative Kaulukou from lOl
Portuguese, resident at North Kohala,
Hawaii, praying that l, The building of q
carriage road across Polulu gulch. Com
retent parties value the cost Of said road al
about $1,000: = The gratis grant on the
Government lands In said district Of home
-.eais, IL lots Of about fifteen 10 twenty
acres 70 every applicant, said homesteads
% be Inalienable, but returning to the
Government by five years of neglect OF
cultivation, or by extinction of the set
tsrs family: 3, The exemption for five
years from all taxes on said homesteads:
J. The construction of a building suitable
ilE school and church purposes: 5, The
grant Of Hawaiian citizenship TO all the
applicants who may not enjoy it. To Com,
aittee on Public Lands
Ry Representative Paehaole, from resi-.
dents Of Molokai, that $1,000 be appropria-
ted for the purpose of boring an artesian
well on tine Island Of Molokai To Com.
mittee on Public Lands.
The Minister of Interior from the Com.
mlttee on Printing reported the following
ne bills as ready for distribution: /, To
authorize d national loan and to define
the use TO which the money borrowed shall
boz applied: 2, To prevent wanton de
-truction Of game.
Representative Dole from the Special
Committee having the consideration Of
bills, petitions &c, relating to the liquor
laws, reported on the bill to amend section
Is and p, chapter A, S. L. of 1882, pre-,
-euuug it in an amended form for con
siderstion by the House. Also two bills
introduced by Rep Nahinu. relating to
tie license and sale Of liquors, and
which the committee recommended be in,
definitely postponed. Report approved
The Minister OF Foreign Affairs pre-,
-euted IN printed form a statement relative
o. the resolution passed by the Assembly
making Inquiriry of the regulations that
were IN vogue governing the incoming OF
Chinese into the Kingdom and also with
regard 10 any evasions OF said regulations.
The statement Is made that the Chinese
who have come to this country since the
regulations of March 25, 1884, were pro-
claimed IN HOngkong and Carton, have
all been admitted in accordance with the
various regulations with the exception OF
those to whom special passports were
granted by virture of an understanding
with the Planters Labor and Supply
Company. The arrivals from June /,
1881 TO April 30, 1886, were
Chinese holding return passports ,llO
Chinese holding passports from Consul
General At HcngkOng ...... .--.--.......l ,l47
ilEa-7e admitted under special regulations. 67i
t-ese - IN each vessel without passports. "a
Total for 55 ships. ,4oi
Hcuceforward. however, Chinese can
only be admitted under the regulation OF
February l3, 1886, which requires the
possession Of a Foreign Office passport as
condition OF landing, and excludes la
blTers from the right to return hither.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs also
presented, IN response TO previous reso-
luton Of the Assembly, statement of the
eEIenses of the Military and Foreign Mis-
SONS Tor the past biennial period as fol
lows