The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-06

the total amount cash balance for
first year S3i740. In the purchase .
of books 1866 was expended, on |
which charges were $3.50 addition
al, and $40 was paid for a set of The |
Friend.
The reports were all accepted and
placed ON file.
Mr. Hoes presented list of -
names for membership, who we're
elected on one ballot deposited by
the Secretary.
DIR, Emerson proposed, as a CORES
pouding member, MIR. Appleton
Sturgis of New York an enthusiastic
collector, who was unanimously
elected.
Rev. S. f, Bishop, from COM
mittee appointed previously, report
ed ON officers for the ensuing year,
recommending the reelection of the
old officers with the exception of the
Treasurer who desired to be relieved.
The list, which was unanimously
elected, is the following:
President, Hon. C. r.. Bishop;
Nice-President, Mr.. Jos. S. Emer-
| son;
Corresponding Secretary, Prof. w.
| d. Alexander;
Recording Secretary, Rev. G. M.
Hyde, D. D..
Librarian, Rev. Roswell Randall
Hoes, U. S. n.
Treasurer, Mr.. Geo. 2, Castle.
Her Majesty the Queen is Patron
of the Society.
Hon. S. B. Dole, Justice of the
Supreme Court, was introduced to
deliver an address on "The Evolution
of Hawaiian Land Titles" He be-
gan in the misty past of tradition,
when these islands were peopled by
migrations from other groups.
From the patriarchal system of land
tenure introduced by the pilgrim
fathers" of Hawaiian to the feudal
system, the learned essayist led his
hearers. The feudal system culmin-
ated in Kamehameha the Greats
subjugation of all the islands. The
patriarchal period was the industrial,
even the golden age of Hawaii, when
there was land as well as water
enough for all 1t was then that
| the great irrigation works, including
parallel canals, and the large fish
: ponds remaining on Kauai to-day
were constructed, although even ira
| dition does not recall their building.
/. Judge Dole recounted the various
| advances made toward an equitable
land tenure from the time of Ka-
mehameha l., bringing in the great
land division of lS47, when the terri
t tory was about equally allotted to
q King, Chiefs and People. So closely
jointed was the paper that synop-
r sis would not do it justice. 1t will
, be given to the public as one of the
:. Society's series, and will be we'll
n worth any intelligent persons pro
t curing and preserving.
n Mr.. Thurston and Chief Justice
r Judd were asked to make remarks
| but declined owing to the lateness
of the hour.
h With a vote of thanks to the au
= thor, the paper was ordered fol
q publication
q Mr.. Theo. H. Davies humorously
i credited the newspapers with giving
= him a position as a speaker of the
p evening. He had got into the habit
: on this visit of picking up the locaI
] papers with some trepidation, anC
, Saturday evening found himself bill
! eted in the BULLETIN for an address
5 This morning the Advertiser hac
improved on it by saying it was to
! be "a brief address" daughter.
: He felt a great deal of interest il
r Hawaiian history, and we make his
): tory very fast here-just think o
! the number of Cabinets made in
g few weeks. (Laughter.) He hat
O been led to think he was getting int
n ancient history when he was asked
a the other day, as friend of the Ha
J. waiians, to contribute to Kaumaka
# pill church, which reminded him O
If past days when he had the privilege
II OF subscribing to Kaumakapil
s church about every month. Laugh
IS ter) He looked on this kingdom a
It a working model and he had, on be
IS ing consulted in England on th
i opium question, been able to tell hoy
h Chinese planting corporations her
ii prevented any of their members from
dealing in opium. 1t would be yer,
Ie much to the advantage of this plac
j. if it was regarded more as workin,
Ie model, and not expect from tn
is miniature engive the services of
@. great leviathan. Decades here wer
s. as centuries in larger countries. Th
IF life of mouse was as important t.
" it as that of an elephant to itself
is Our little mistakes here were tele
a. graphed all over the world, Will
,e bigger mistakes made, say, in BraC
r. ford were never heard of outsid,
h The speaker referred to the interes
,e with which historical things her
is were regarded abroad, instancin
the eagerness with which Mr.. Rel
al of New Zealand questioned him upo
d Prof. Brigham's work in the Bisho
,r Museum.
o The meeting adjourned and dis
r, persed with general handshakings
% Mr.. Emerson asked the BULLETIN n
o preventative to emphasize the we
5e come of everybody to the Society
At room in the Library building.
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