Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-12-11

court of justice, municipal council
for the district of Apia, with foreign
presiden thereof, authorized to advise
the king; tribunal for the settlement
of native and foreign land titles and a
revenue system for the kingdom. 1t
entailed upon the three powers that
part of the cost of the new govern
ment not met by the revenue Of the
island.
! Important matters have demanded
| our attention in our relations with the
! Ottomon Porte. The firing and par
| tial destruction by an unrestrained
mob Of one Of the school buildings of
Anatolia college, established by citi-
zens of the United States at Marso-
van, and the apparent Indifference of
the Turkish government to outrage,
Notwithstanding the completely of
some of it's officials, called for earnest
remonstrance, which was followed by
promises of reparation and punish
ment of the offenders.
Indemnity for the injury Of the
buildings has already been paid, per-
mission to rebuild given, registration
of the school property in the name Of
the American owners secured, and eff
ficient protection guaranteed.
It is hardly necessary for me to
state that the questions arising from
our relations with Hawaii have caus-
ed serious embarrassment. just pri-
or to the installation of the present
administration the existing govern
ment had been suddenly overthrown.
A treaty of annexation had been ne
gotiated between the provisional gov
ernment of the islands and the Unit
ed States and submitted to the senate
for ratification. This treaty I with
drew for examination, and dispatch
ed Hon. James H. Blount of Georgia
to Honolulu as a special commissioner
to make an impartial investigation of
the circumstances attending the
change of government and Of all the
conditions bearing upon the subject
of the treaty.
After a thorough and exhaustive
examination, Mr.. Blount submitted to
me his report, showing beyond all
question that the constitutional gov
ernment of Hawaii had been subvert-
ed with the active aid of our repre-
sentative to that government and
through the intimidation caused by
the presence of an armed naval force
of the United States, which was land
ed for that purpose at the instance of
our minister. Upon the facts devel
oped it seems to me the only honora
BILE course for our government to pur-
sue was to undo the wrong that had
been done by those representing us,
and to restore as far as practicable the
status existing at the the time of our
forcible intervention.
With a view Of accomplishing this
result within the constitutional limits
of executive power, and recognizing
all our obligations and responsibilities
growing out Of any changed conditions
brought about by unjustifable inter
ference, our present minister at Hon
olulu has received appropriate in
structions to that end.
The secretary Of the treasury re-
ports that the receipts of the govern
ment from all sources during the fs-
cal year ended June 80, 1888, amount
ed to $461, ,716, ,561 "a, and it's expendit-
ures to $459, ,374.2O. There was collect
ed from customs $2O5, 1866, ,016.73, and
from internal revenue $161 ,O27, ,62s 90.
Our dutiable imports amounted to
$421 1856, I'll, an increase Of $50, ass, ,9O7 |
over last year, and importations free
of duty amounted to S444, ,544 ,211, a
decrease from the preceding year of |
$13, ,455, Az. Internal revenue re-
ceipts exceeded those of the preced- |
ing year by 81, IA, 1852.
The total tax collected on distilled |
spirits was $94, ,72O, ,26O.55. On manu-
featured tobacco $31, ,ss9, ,711.74, and
on fermented liquors $32, ,248, ,9s3. .O7.
We exported merchandise during the
year amounting to $847 ,665, 1874, a de-
crease of 1882, ,612, 1854 from the preced- |
ing year. The amount of gold export
ed was larger than any previous year
in the history Of the government,
to S1OS, $50, ,6O4, and exceed
ing the amount exported during the
preceding year by $58, 1851 The
sum paid from the treasury for sugar
bounty was SO, 1916, ,130.8s, an increase
over the preceding year of 50, ,o33, ,O53.-
O9
1t is estimated upon the basis of
present revenue laws that the receipts
Of the government for the year end
ng June 8, 1894, will be S43O, ,121 1865 50,
and its expenditures S458, ,121 1865 3S,
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