The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-07-11

THURSDAY. July e.
The councils convened at l As PM.
There were present Ministers Dole,
King. Damon and Smith; Council
men Ens, Wilder, Tenney, Brown,
Young, Mott, Morgan, Emmeluth and
Wsterhouse.
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. :. B. DOLE, Chairman, Execu-
tive and Advisory Councils, Provi
sional Government:
STR: 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. ,, is in bad con-
ditiOn and dangerous; the other six
are in 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,
c. BoLTE,
JNo. MORT.
Attorney General Smith made
formal verbal report on the action
taken by the executive council at IA
lalzu. 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 ADyER-
TIsER. By the steamer Iwalsni,
which left yesterday July 5th), dis
patches had been sent to Captain
Larsen urging prudence, caution and
firmuess until the murderer Koolau
was secured and the balance Of the
lepers arrested and removed. There
were, OF had been, l02 people at Ka
lalsu valley, Is of whom were lepers.
All had now been removed or were
sccouted for except eight, viz: Five
men, two women and one child The
government hoped to be able to re
port 6 successful termination of the
sffsir 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 fulfllment of the
lsw. new buildings had been
ordered at the leper settlement,
as already published in the ADYER-
TIsER. 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 il accordingly.
The attorney general 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, be cited
the esse Of Koolsu, the leper muir
derer, and pointed out the difficulty
Of issuing warrants. This had been
the reason for declaring martial law
in the districts Of Wsimes and Hama
lel- In support of a proposition TO
take the bill from the table, the |
sttOrney-general read q report there
on furnished by the marshal, recon-
nending 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 be wss glad that the |
financial reports and statements had |
secured the good opinion of the pub
lie, who had lately expressed con
idence 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 q healthy
condition was 8 sure indication that
public confidence would be continued
and increased He wished to point
out that the special certificates have
been rsadily taken up, as much as
$4100 being taken the past week In
government bonds a like healthy
state existed, there having been some
5000 worth sold this week, which
bnlught 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 1t
seemed that the public had but little