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lion. Also, in reply to a resolution re-
garding disbursements on account Of
Hon. member Castle object
ed to a motion made to have the report
printed. Thought it was simply re-
Of drafts drawn. Hon. mem-
Der Dole sustained the last speaker,
and cofessed to his disappointment at
the report. The resolution asked for
details Of expenditure, and he was Of
the opinion that it was in the power Of
the Minister to give the information,
and he made motion to return the
report to the Minister.
His Excellency assured both mem
bers that they we're mistaken in
regard to the nature of the report. If
they had read it they would have seen
that details such as the resolution call
ed for were included in it Hon. mem
Der then withdrew his motion A mo-
ton was passed then to print the re.
port.
Hon. Noble Judd presented the re-
port called for by resolution, giving the
details of Household expenses of the
Palace during the past two years.
Hon, member Kalua moved that the
report be printed. Hon. member
Kaulukou wanted the resolution read
The President passed to "Resolutions,D
under which head His Excellency the
Attorney-General gave notice Of his in
tention to introduce an Act to enable
the Minister of the Interior to convey
to the Roman Catholic Mission certain
lands. Hon. member Kaulukou
thought the President premature in
passing to Resolutions He repeated
his motion On motion the rules we're
suspended and the report read. 1t re-
cited such purchases as poi, milk, S. ].
Levey g. Co, rice, Waller and Sailing of
household. The reading of the re-
port was interrupted by Hon. member
rhurston making motion that the in
terpreter be permitted to read the bal.
ance after the House adjourned. The
total being called for was read as
$28,aS4. 25H. Besides the above
Hon. Noble Judd stated that other
bills for brooms, busters, clothing, etc,
had been paid from the Privy Purse.
He called the attention of the interpre
ter to the endorsement of approval Of
the report by his Majesty. Forty
ninutas was then passed in trying tc
dispose of the report, which was
finally left to be printed. House ther
adjourned until 1890 p.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Hon, member Dole gave notice of |
bill to provide for descents of propcrt!
Of intestates. The Hon. member alsC
read a resolution that the Minister o
Foreign Affairs report on the mission
Of MIR. Daggett to Washington and it
result After remarks by Hon. mem
lbers, Hon. member Aholo called al
Itention to the fact that the hour de
voted to resolutions had passed. Th,
President stated that the member from
Hama had asked for weeks leave o
absence. Granted
| Upon motion the House took up tn
Especial Order of the Day consider
alton of the Appropriation bill-an,
the House went into Committee of tn
Whole, Hon. Noble Cleghorn in tn
lChair; motion of Hon. membe
Brown to postpone the consideration @
the bill one week being lost. The dis
cussion that arose on the item "Intel
est on Japanese Fund $1,000" occu
pied the time ofthe House in the after
noon session up to S'45 P NJ the iten
being finally passed as in the bill.
The debate that took place on tn
item was confined exclusively to tn
foreign element in the House. Hon
Noble Rhodes was still of the opinion
that some explanation should b
made by Ministers of the mean
ing of the fund. He had under
stood that considerable sums ha'
been paid people from this fund, bu
saw no provision made in th'
Appropriation Bill for the diSburse
ment OF the moneys received from tn,
Japanese. The fund appears amonl
the assests of the Kingdom and cannot
therefore, be paid out without author
lity from the Assembly.
His Excellency the Attorney Gen
eral in reply, stated that the Govern
ment had made itself the custodian
of this fund, and though ne had no
been asked formally for his opinion We
he was cognizant of the facts and hat
told the Government that not onl,
we're they perfectly at liberty to tax,
charge of these moneys, but there wa
no reason for their refusing to tax,
charge of it, The Hawaiian Govern
ment had concluded a Convention witt
that OF Japan by which emigrants from
that country had come TO this, Il
negotiating that Convention one claus,
insisted upon by the japanese Govern
ment was that by which this Govern
ment agreed to become the custodian
Of this percentage of the wages of Jap
anese coming here as laborerS.
The treaty made with Japan had al
the force and solemnity Of law. l
changed no existing law, and under it
Items the Government had perfec
right to take charge OF these moneys.
Hon. Noble Rhodes said that he die
not question the right of the Govern