The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-20
SUSPENSION OF RULES.


Rep Kanealii presented petition
from the Fifth District Of Honolulu
praying that the government pay the
church at Kalihi and Moanalua 300
for land damages. Referred to the
Public Lands Committee.
Rep. Pua from the Fifth District
presented petition praying for an
appropriation of $4,000 for improv-
ing Kamehameha ". street, in Ho
nolulu, and $4,000 for the road east of
it. Entrusted to the Public Lands
Committee.
Rep. Bush presented petition
from needy mechanics OF Honolulu
asking for aid from the government
20 help them to leave this country on
account of the hard times. Given TO
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Rep. Smith, from the Sanitary
Committee, presented three reports:
% Petition No. p praying that the
government grant to one, Young
Kan Pun, a license to practice medt-
cine in this kingdom. The commit
tee believe that the House has no
right to grant such licenses, and they
recommended to lay it on the table.
Signed by all the members OF the
committee. Adopted. (2l Bill "a
relating to the suppression of disease
among animals. The committee re-
ported that the existing law author
ICES the Minister of the Interior to
appoint three inspectors of animals
for each island having ports of entry.
h.
the appointment of three inspectors
for each port of entry, and the Min
lister not to be compelled to make
such appointments at each of such
ports, but to have the power to do
so. Signed by all the committee.
Laid on the table for consideration
with the bill.
~ Bill 50 relating to keepers of
stations:
The present statute provides a penalty
OF so fer every stallion over the age OF
twelve months trespassing upon the land
OF another, 10 be recovered by suit before
the magistrate The Committee pro-
posed an amendment, providing for the
impoun ing Of such tresrassihg stations,
and the collection by the pound keeper
of the $40. The Committee deemed the
proposed measure proper one. Signed
by all the Committee.
Tabled for consideration with the
bill.
Rep. Wilder, from the Committee on
Commerce, Agriculture and Manufacture
reported that they had under considera-
ton Bill 81, relating to making Hama,
Maui, and Makaweli, Kauai, ports OF
en- ry. The Committee was of the opin-
ion that ports of entry should be located
where extensive business concentrated,
both for the convenience of importers
and exporters and also for the conven-
fence of the Government in the cost of
collecting the revenue. The Committee
did not see any reason why one planta-
ton landing should have any preference
over any and all other plantations,
and should this bill pass in its
present form, it would establish the
principle that all plantation landings
that should ask for it should have their
landings made ports OF entry. Ii this
policy should be adopted, the Committee
deemed it would perhaps save the plant
ers in some cases small amount per ton
in shipp ng their sugar to San Francisco.
Is there no other interests thai would
be injured as much or more than the
planters would derive? the Committee
asked Ii this policy shoul1 be carried
out it means the transferring of great
share of the inter-island freighting BUSH
ness TO foreign ships and foreign owners.
There is invested at the present time
over one million dollars in steamers and
schoeners TO do the inter-island business
and every cent OF this amount is owned
in Hawaii. They pay to the Govern
ment large revenue in taxes, licenses,
ETC., besides carrying all the mails be-
tween the islands free. Another thing
that Hawaiians should take into consid-
Grafton is that about all the labor en-
ployed on all the inter-sland feet, and
the labor employed about the esplanade
in Honolulu in discharging and loading
foreign vessels, Is that of native Hawaii
ans that it is the one source of employ
ment by which most OF the native labor
ers that live in Honolulu earn their
living, and at higher wages than any
other class Of labor get. The Govern
ment would also lose considerable reve--
nue. now collected as port charges at
Honolulu, which it could not get at out
side ports, besides the. Government
would be put TO quite large extra
expense to maintain these numerous
ports of entry tor collecting-port sur
veyor, and guards, etc., to prevent
smuggling. AS Makaweli, Kauai, is such
or soon will be center of trade, the
Committee recommend that it should
be made port of entry, while Hama,
Maui, should not be one. With this
amendment the Committee recommend
the bill pass.
Signed, Reps. w. c. Wilder, A. s..
Wilcox and w. e. Edmonds, and Mobiles
J. Ena and Alex. Young.
The report was accepted and laid on
the table for consideration with the
bill.
RESOLUTIONS.
Minister Widemann gave a partial
answer to questions asked by Rep.
Kamauoha concerning the list, pay,
etc., of persons employed by the
Board of Education. The Minister
stated that the Information sought
could be found in the report of the
Board, which was in the hands of the
printers. A portion of the printed
pamphlet was submitted which con-
tanned some of the required informa-
ton.
Secretary Mccarthy read the replycf
Minister Spencer to questions of Rep.
Akina, concerning the Koloa land
ing. The answer was that the boat
landing at Koloa, Kauai, is private
property, and the Government does
not have any right in the same, and
to the best of the Minister'S knowl.
edge, the Government has never ex-
pended anV money in IFS maintap-