The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-07
THURSDAY, July 6.


The councils convened at AS PM
There were present Ministers Dole,
King, Damon and Smith; Council
men Ena, Wilder, Tenney, Brown,
Young, Mott, Morgan, Emmeluth and
Warehouse.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The miscellaneous committee pre-
scented the following report, which,
on motion of Mr. Brown, was adop-
ted.
Hon. s. b. Dole, Chairman, Execu-
tive and Advisory Councils, Provi-
sional Government:
SIR: Your committee to whom was
referred the recommendation of Col.
Soper in regard to the disposal of the
saluting battery, beg leave to report,
that upon examination and from eX-
pert testimony, we find that one of
the guns, called No. 3, is in bad con-
ditiOn and dangerous; the other six
are i'm good order.
We, therefore, recommend that the
guns be dismounted and placed in
charge of the military authorities for
storage or use at any future time.
Respectfully submitted,
JAS. f. MORGAN,
G. BoLTE,
JNO. MOTT.
Attorney General Smith made
formal verbal report on the action
taken by the executive council at ka-
lalau. He rehearsed the details of
the expedition, its object, orders, and
the dispatches received and sent,
such as have already been published
fully and exclusively in the ADvER-
TIsER. By the steamer Iwalani,
which left yesterday July 5th), dis
patches had been sent to Captain
Larsen urging prudence, caution and
firmness until the murderer koolau
was secured and the balance of the
lepers arrested and removed. There
were, or had been, 102 people at ka-
lalau valley, % of whom were lepers.
All had now been removed or were
accouted for except eight, viz. Five
men, two women and one child. The
govel nment hoped to be able to re-
port successful termination of the
affair at the next regular meeting of
the councils. In the matter of segre-
CATION of lepers the government was
following out the policy strictly and
faithfully. To meet the demands
caused by the fulfillment of the
law, new buildings had been
ordered at the leper settlement,
as already published in the ADvER-
rIsER. He also spoke of the treat
ment of DR.. Goto and explained that
preliminary examinations had been
made with view to provide records
of the progress of the disease and its
treatment Drs. Oliver and Mouritz
would make further examinations to
supplement the records. The govern
ment considered the matter OF lep-
rosy most serious, and intended to
treat it accordingly.
The Encouragement also called
attention to the bill giving jurisdic-
ton to certain district magistrates SO
as to extend their authority to a
police Jurisdiction. In illustration of
the necessity of the new law, he cited
the case of Koolau, the leper MUIR
derer, end pointed out the difficulty
of issuing warrants. This had been
the reason for declaring martial law
in the districts of Waimea and Hama
lei. In support of a proposition to
take the bill from the table, the
attorney general read a report there
on furnished by the marshal, recon-
mending the passage OF the bill.
On motion the bill was taken from
the table to be presented at the next
regular meeting.
The minister of finance arose to
present his weekly financial state
ment, and said he was glad that the
financial reports and statements had
secured the good opinion of the pub
lie, who had lately expressed con-
fidence which was truly gratifying to
the government, and especially to
the finance department. The finances
were the pulse of the governments
health, and when found in healthy
condition was a sure indication that
public confidence would be continued
and increased. He wished to point
out that the special certificates have
been readily taken up, as much as
$4,000 being taken the past week. In
government bonds a like healthy
state existed, there having been some
$1,000 worth sold this week, which
brought the total sales up to over
$4,000 to date. Deposits in the
postal savings bank have also been
most gratifying, as well as the pay
ments in other departments, such as
the water works, etc. A month ago it
seemed that the public had but little
confidence in the financial situation;
now all was changed, and very en-
couraging indeed.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WEEK END
ING JULY 5, 1898.
Current Account Balance
June %, 1893.......- ,........~S76, POS SO
Total Treasury Balance....-S76,2 06 80