The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-28

CECIL Brown,
G.. B. PALoHAU,
j. H. 5. MARTIN.
, Mr. Richardson moved the report b
adopted. Agreed to.
Mr.. Brown moved the bill pass to ell
grOssment and be read a third time q
Thursday. Agreed TO.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE on COMMERCE.
Hon. Mr.. Macfarlane presented the fol
lowing report from the Committee OF
Commerce:
Hon. J. S. Walker, President Legislativ,
! Assembly-Sir: Your Committee on Com
merce and Agriculture, to whom was re
ferred bill entitled "An Act to encourage
the manufacture and expectation of tarc
| -four" have had said bill under cOnsidera
ton, and beg leave to report as follows
Your committee recommend that the Leg
islature appropriate $500 as sole and
| final gratuity to the company in said bill
mentioned, provided the said company
! shall have created a market in foreign
| lands for the products known as taro -four
! and shall have effected bona fide sales of at
| least one hundred tons of said product
in said foreign markets, and your commit
! tee recommend that the said bill pass, with
the amendments as above proposed.
q. w. MACFARLANE,
S. G. WILDER,
S. B. Dole,
+. K. LILIKALANI,
J. T. BAKER.
Mr.. Brown moved the report be accepted
and laid upon the table to be taken up
with the bill
The motion prevailed.
REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Kaulukou presented report from
the Judiciary Committee, on an Act to fix
the holding of terms of Court i'll the district
of MakawaO, and an Act to regulate the
care and custody of prisoners and those
sentenced to be imprisoned. The com
mittee, after careful consideration, and for
various reasons, recommend that both bills
be indefinitely postponed.
Hon. Mr.. CleghOrn moved the report of
the committee be adopted
Mr.. Castle moved it be laid upon the
table and considered with the bills. Agreed
to.
MINORITY REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY COM
MITTEE.
Mr.. Kaunamano presented a minority
report on granting a subsidy to the Wilder
Steamship Company and a petition from
F. Wundenberg. The committee find that
the Mokolii made 80 round trips during the
last two years, at $50 trip, which would
entitle the owners to 81, $50. The J. l.
Dowsett made sc round trips, at $50, which
entities the owner to $1,000. The service
performed by the two vessels was 119 trips,
which would amount to $3.50. The com
mittee consider the service worth that
sum, as it was a great convenience to resi-
dents on MolOkai, Lanai and Maui The
committee therefore recommend that the
following items be inserted: Wilder Steam
ship Company, ALSO; F. Wundenburg,
81 800. The report was signed by ]. X.
KaunamanO.
Mr.. Kalua moved the report be accepted
and laid upon the table, and taken up with
the majority report, to be considered with
the Appropriation bill. Agreed to.
HAWAIIAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
Mr.. Kaulukou read first time an Act
to amend section 6, chapter "A, of the Laws
of 1884, relating to the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Bank Act.
On motion of Mr.. Hayselden, the rules
were suspended, the bill read second
time by its title and referred to the FL
nance Committee.
NOTICE OF BILL.
Mr. Hayselden gave notice of bill to
amend section SO of the Civil Code relating
to auctiOneers.
HAWAIIAN LITERATURE.
II
that the sum of $500 be appropriated for
one Thomas p. Spencer for services
rendered by him in translating and pub
fishing history books of the lives of Ma
poleon and the Duke of Wellington, and
also a book on the Interpretation OF
dreams.
Mr.. Castle said the material had all APP
peared in the native newspapers. If he
had written for fame he had obtained it;
if he had written for money, he had it. He
moved the resolution be referred to the
Committee on Education.
Mr.. Kalua said he was always ready to
make appropriations for anything for the
public good. Here was young Hawaiian,
who had translated the history of the
Duke of Wellington and Napoleon, and he
asks for a small sum, and he (the speaker
thought they ought to give him something.
1t was good thing for the Hawaiians. He
moved the resolution be amended to read
$3.50.
Mr.. Castle said his motion to refer was
made so as to get competent views on the
book.
Hon. Mr. Cleghorn thought one of the
members ought to bring in a resolution to
appropriate something to recognize the
labors of Judge Fernandez. He was the
only man who could produce such a book
as he had done.
Mr.. Dole said he was opposed to the res
olution altogether. 1t should be referred
to the Committee on Education TO find out
whether it was good translation or not.
BY passing this resolution it would be
opening the door to a lot of silly claims
1t required no genius, no talent, to trans
late, simply a knowledge of two languages.
If they wanted to recognize literary ability,
they should make an appropriation for
Judge Fernandez, whose book on the
Islands was a very valuable one. If these
books of Spencer's are good ones, they will
meet with a ready sale perhaDS he owes