The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-09-12
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Finance Department, Sept. 6, 1895.

! During the r6SQinS OF the STATE
ment Minister Damon said ne ToulC
/ saw that since be had been minister
+ OF finance 1t had at different time:
/ been 3 puzzle TO him to know how
the postal savings bank could owe
7 the treasury q balance. With the
auditor general, he had gone over
7 the books and come to the conclusion
I that the mistake must have been con
/ nected with transactions under sec
ton 3 Of the appropriation bill. II
should be, he thought, that the tres.
sury owed the postal savings bank
At later period he would bring II
the figures to show that this amount
was charged TO the postal savings
bank. in the report of the then min
lister of finance to the last legislature,
when 1t should have been charged to
section 3. To his mind it was i'm
possible that the postal savings bank
should owe the treasury.
Proceeding. Minister Damon read
the following report from the post
master general, who had Just re-
turned from a trip Of inspection
around the island of Kauai. He
stated that the postmaster general
would next visit Maui and Molokai,
and afterwards HAWAII. He also
wished to point out that while the
postmaster general did not expect to
find many errors, his trips were pro
ductive Of good to the post-office
system il the form Of hints and sug-
gestious which will make the service
more efficient
BUREAU OF GEN. Posi- OFFICE, !
HAWAII.
Honolulu, Sept. 18th, 1898. }
His ExeeIlency :. VI. DAMON, minis
ter Of finance:
SIR: have the honor to submit
herewith my report OF 8 tour Of the
island Of Kauai, made for the purpose
Of examining into the postal service,
with a view OF increasing, if possible,
its efficiency.
Leaving Honolulu on August 22d, l
landed the following morning at Ii
hue and, continuing my journey,
reached Waimea the same day and
kekaha on the 9th
The postal and money order office
at Kekaha is in the hands Of Mr. A.
Lindsay, and, after an investigation,
found everything correct and in good
running order.
Instructions were given to the post
master as TO the manner in which his
accounts are to be kept in the future.
The rules, etc, Of the money order
and postal savings bank department
were explained.
As all of the mail received here is
generally delivered in an hour or two
after arrival, the postmaster thought
no advantage would be gained by
having lock boxes.
At Waimea the postal and money
order office Is in charge Of Mr.. c. B.
HOffgaard, and is separated from his
store.
There are forty-six lock boxes, and
for a country office il is well
conducted. His books were correct,
and ] gave him some instructions as
to handling mail, which will help to
make the service here still more eff
cieut. In addition to delivering the
Waimea mail, this Office dispatches
mails to Keksha, Mana and Niihau.
The post office at Makaweu, where
there is q fast increasing population,
has Mr.. Hugh Morrison at its head.
He Is away on vacation, but during
his absence Mr.. J. A. Palmer makes a
very efficient deputy.
Everything here was found in very
satisfactory condition. This Office has
no lock boxes, as they were not con-
sidered necessary.
At Hanapepe the mail is opened
and closed at the residence of Mr.. Ka-
who is postmaster. Il
Up to q few months ago the people
in this district had been getting their
mail from the Makaweli Office, which
was formerly quite near the Hama
pepe valley, but since that Office has
been removed to the mill site it was
quite distance for them to travel,
hence the establishment of the Hama
pepe office.
Mr.. E. StretZ Is postmaster at ho-
lOa with 4 postal and money order
Office. There are seventy lock boxes.
His accounts were examined and
Ao4uu III OLucls anu L gave MN III
structions as to the running of the
money order and postal savings bank
The Office at Lihue, Mr.. c. H. Bish-
Op, postmaster, is the central Office Of
the island. Here mails, Immediately
on arrival from Honolulu, are dis
patched to Kekaha and way ports on
the lee side, and to Hanalei and way
ports on the windward side.
This undoubtedly IS the principal
Office on the island, as the regular
weekly mails from Honolulu takes its
departure from here overland to its
destination.
There are sixty lock boxes in this
Office. The Kealia office is at the
plantation Office, in charge of Mr.. r.
c. Spalding. 1t is also the delivery
office for Kappa, connected by train.
Everything found in order.
The postal and money order Office at
Kilauea is also st the plantation
office, which is centrally located. 1t
has forty lock boxes. Mr.. G. r. Ewart
is postmaster, and conducts his office
with ability.
The Hanalei postal and money order
Office is situated in the central part of
the valley, a short distance from the
road.