The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-27
REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF THE
INTERIOR.
FIRST NOTICE. I

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# the departmental and other re-
,orts has been to inform the public |
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reason there seems to be
In aversion on the part of the vari-
ous departments of Government to
print any but a very limited edition
of the several reports. This is all
wrong. The Government belongs
to the people. The reports are for
the information of the people and
it is not sufficient that number of
are printed and handed to
each member of the Legislature,
leaving few copies to be retained
in the departments or to be trans
mitted to a few agents. Such re-
ports as that of the Minister of the
Interior, the Boards of Health and
Education, Department of Finance
and some others, ought to be pub
lished in editions of several humid
reds, perhaps thousands. Then
members of the Legislature should
receive anywhere from ten to fifty
copies apiece to be sent to their re-
spective districts and circulated or
placed where they will be most
likely to be read by large number
of people. Then large number of
reports should be sent to the vari-
Gus representatives of Hawaii in
foreign countries; also to some for
eign libraries or places of public
reference, and sufficient should be
kept in the departments to prevent
a loss of the records. On account
of the policy of economy or parsi
mony with regard to these publica-
tions, the public does not get hold
of the reports, and we have been
making pretty full notices.
The report of the Minister of the
Interior for the biennial period just
past, covers $40 pages in addition
to pretty complete index. 1t is
made up of the reports of various
bureaus under the Interior office
which cover ZIG pages, followed by
the general report and review Ct Ct
the Minister which covers seventy
two pages. The subordinate re-
ports are those of the Surveyor
General; Superintendent of the In
sane Asylum; Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department.; Fire Marshal;
Registrar of Conveyances; Super
intendent of the Water Works;
Clerk of Market; Road Supervisor;
Marshal upon Prisons, which in
cludes the report of the Prison
Physician; Prison Inspector; Sup.
erintendent of Electric Lights;
special report upon the proposed
increase of power for the Electric
Light Plant, by G. F. Allardt;
upon Neurology, by Mr.. Lyons;
upon the Government Lands; Cues
ton of Water Supply for Hamakua
and Superintendent of Public
Works.
The report upon the Sewerage of
Honolulu and also upon Immigra-
ton matters, both appear in separ-
ate pamphlets and may be consid-
cred as supplementary reports of
the Minister of the Interior.
The report of the Surveyor-Ge
eral indicates biennial period of
great activity, and shows both the
increasing value of this bureau and
an enlarged field OF operations. A
considerable amount of work de-
volved upon the Office in furnishing
detail maps to the Assessors
throughout the country. The
Homestead work has also been at
tended to by the Government Sur
veyor. Maps have been prepared
and are kept in detail in the Office
for future reference and to insure
correct results. The work of the
Office also developed the fact that
the Government is possessed of a
large amount of land in remnants,
scattered throughout the country,
some of which have been leased ed-
vantageonsly; others have been
used for homesteads. Maps have
been furnished for election Boards
throughout the country; also for
various public works projected,
such as harbor improvements, water
works, street widening and others.
The details of maps and surveys
furnished show that several hund-
red have been prepared and issued