The Daily bulletin., 1893-10-05


circulation and deposited
for safe keeping. ........., ZS,OOO w
----
Postal Savings Bank Balance 20633 10
Road Board fund in Treasury 59,572 80
School Board fund in Treasury 47,39S bS
Available cash as above .... 13O95S 81
Total cash sh......,.........$ 252,56S "a
Minister Damon said the question
had been raised in the papers as
to what constituted surplus and
whether the Government possessed
an actual surplus. He gave figures
showing the total debt to be $685.
276. OF this amount there was no
demand due which the Government
was not prepared to meet. The as
sets of the Government he estimat-
ed at S6,OOO,OOO, taking the estimate
of 1890 as a basis, deducting 100000
and adding value of crown lands
There we're outstanding bills
amounting to $4,000, besides $4S,-
600 due on the dredge-a total of
S64,OOO. Against all demands there
was actual cash in the treasury of
S15O,959. There was $4,000 and odd
to the credit of the Road Board,
and $4,000 and odd to that of the
School Board. These amounts made
up nearly $l6SO0O available for
meeting all demands and carrying
on public services. The Minister
concluded by giving figures furnish
ed by the Postmaster-G General relat-
ing to the Postal Savings Bank.
On motion of Mr.. Waterhouse the
financial report was accepted and
ordered on file.
Minister Damon stated that his
department had provided for facili-
tating the landing of goods from
the stranded steamship Miowera, in
Guiding the opening of bonded
warehouse for reception of said
goods.
Mr. Tenney presented the report
of the special committee on military
expenditure. The regular enlisted
forces consisted of 179 officers and
men. In the opinion of the com
mittee this force is larger than now
required, and they recommend a re-
duction of the regular forces to 12f
officers and men. They are also OF
opinion that the salaries of officers
should be modified so as to bring
them within reasonable bounds fol
continued service. The committee
recommend that future enlistments
should be made at a lower rate ol
wages than now prevail, and that
certain perQuisites now allowed the
men, such as shoes, should be dis.
continued. With the reduction OF
the force of enlisted men, there also
should be thorough reorganization
of the commissary department
where they think material saving
could be made. The report-signed
by E. D. Tenney, j. Ena and Alex
Young concludes: "Your committee
have received much valuable assist.
ance from officers of both the regu.
lar and volunteer forces, and have nc
doubt, from their suggestions and
advice, that an efficient and com
plete guard and protection of the
Government property can be main
tained with the force recommended
Mr.. Morgan moved the adoption
of the report. Carried.
Minister Smith introduced bill
to amend the law relating to tn,
marking of live stock. Its intention
was to stop the nipping off O.
lambs ears.
Minister Damon introduced a res
olution to authorize the payment o
money out of the general road func
lor repairs of Honolulu streets, the
specific appropriation of $3O,O0|
being exhausted. Carried.
sTRANDING OF TIE MIOwERA.
Mr.. Waterhouse inquired if ther
was any law requiring pilots to wal
for the port physician before goins
on board an arriving vessel.
, Minister Damon said when h
came into Office his first work wa
to improve the system of the Pos
} Office, and next he had turned hi
attention to the Custom House.
; regulation of the Board of Health il
1891 prohibited the pilot to boar
any ship before the port physical
had made an inspection of her bill @
health. 1t was his intention to as
J that this regulation be rescindeC
J and substitute be promulgate'
requiring the pilot to go on boar
at the earliest possible opportunit
and take his chances of being quar-
. antined. He regretted that the &C
ton resulting in the resignation @
: DR.. Trousseau with his serviceabl
: steam launch had not been post
pOned.
Minister Smith had made tn
S fullest investigation into the circun
8 stances and concluded that the az
cident to the Miowera was not du
Q to any fault of the pilot. Steamer
0 had been coming here from Austria
8 liza for fifteen years and no acciden
y had heretofore happened. The lat
0 accident and that to the steame
China recently were due to the wan
Q of care OF the masters of the steam
o ships in approaching the shore to
70 near before receiving apilot. Thel
Q was few minutes delay in waitin
" for the executive health officer, an
o little more in the pilots ightin
Il the buoys on the way out. But a
- reasonable diligence had been ol