The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-07-19
TIN LEGISLATURE.
FORTY THIRD DAY.
TUESDAY, July 10, 1892.
WOrninE session.

Assembly convened at 10 O'Clock.
Prayer by Chaplain and reading of
minutes 10y Clerk and Interpreter.
The following petitions were pre-
scented aud referred:
BY Rep. Kancali, from the fifth
district of Honolulu, that the Gov
eminent pay the churches at Kalihi
and Moanaiua damages for certain
land taken for road purposes To
Committee on Public Lands.
BY Rep. Pua from the fifth DIS
trict Honolulu. CD That $4,000 be
appropriated for improving the west
side of kamehameha ~ road. (2)
That $4,000 be appropriated for i'm
proving the east side of the Kameha-
meha ~ road. TO Committee on
Public Lands.
BY Rep. Bush petition signed by
&C (said to be) mechanics of Homo
lulu, praying that the Government
supply them with means to leave the
country. TO Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Rep. Smith from the Sanitary
Committee presented reports as fol-
lows: (l) On apetition that license
TO practice medicine be granted to
one Young Tam Pung; the Commit
tee state that the power to grant the
prayer of petitioner is with the
Board of Health and Minister of In
terror and without the authority of
the Assembly. The committee re-
commend that the petition be tabled.
Report adopted. (2) On bill No.
"a relating to the suppression of dis
eases amongst animals, the commit
tee recommend the bill pass. Report
tabled for consideration with the
bill. (3) Bill No. SO, relating to
the keepers of stations. The COM
mittee believe the proposed measure
a proper one. Report tabled for con-
sideration with bill.
Rep. Wilder from the Committee
on Commerce presented report on
bill 81, relative to creating Hama on
Maui and Makaweli on Kauai, ports
of entry. The committee say they
can see no reason why one plantation
landing should have any preference
over any and all other plantation
landings, and should this bill pass
in it's present form it would establish
the principle that all plantation land
ings that should ask for it should
have their landings made ports of
entry.
The committee further say: ''If
this policy is adopted what would
be the result? Perhaps in some cases
it would save the planters small
amount per ton in shipping their
sugar to San Francisco, but is there
no other interests that would be
injured as much or more than
the planters would derive. II
this policy should be carried
| out it means the transferring of a
great share of the inter-island freight.
ing business to foreign ships and for.
egn owners. There is invested al
present over S1,000,000 in steamers
and schooners to do the inter-island
business and every cent of this
amount is owned in Hawaii. They
pay the Government "a large revenue
in taxes, licenses, wharfage, etc.
besides carrying all the inter-island
mails" The committee conclude
however, by saying that "they are OF
the opinion that Makaweli on the
Island of Kauai is such or soon will
be such center of trade as YOU
committee recommend should bt
made port of entry; we therefore
recommend that the bill be amended
by striking out the words, Hama
Maui and with this amendment tina
the bill pass" Signed by all the
members of the committee. Repor
tabled for consideration with the bill
Minister Widemann presented ans
wers to questions relative to the
number, names and pay of schools
and school teachers, and stated thai
fuller information would shortly bt
presented in the report of the Boarc
of Education.
Minister Spencer presented an
swers to questions relative to the
ownership of the landing at Koloa
Kauai, and to the effect that thu
landing at Koloa, Kauai, was on pr
vate property. The Government
had not to his knowledge expended
any money on it, for its repair o.
maintenance.
Noble Thurston said that he con
sidered that there was more back o
this matter than appeared on the sur
face. He thought that the Govern
ment did have claim on the landing
Rep. Bush knew that there haC
been appropriations made for the re
pairs of the landing and building o
the wharf. 1t was intended to b'
for the benefit of the public. There
was no necessity of having the por
of Koloa port of entry if private
parties only were to be benefited.
Rep. Smith said that there haC
been considerable controversy in til,
past relative TO this landing. Thu
facts as he knew them are that TIN
property is private, that small appro
priations have been made but no
used. The Koloa Plantation hat
spent great deal Of money in repair
on the landing. The corporation
was opposed to the landing of liquo