The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-16

From the report of the Minister Of
Finance for 1883 we learn that Mr.. III.
II. Armstrong, who had come TO Ho-
nolulu as the agent of the London
syndicate, was appointed agent of the
Hawaiian Government 70 float the
loan. He was also appointed Ha-
waiian Consul-General for Great Brit
ain, while Mr.. a. Hoffnung, preyi-
ously referred TO, was made Charge
d. Affaires.
In the same report we find that the
amount borrowed under the loan act
of 1886 in Honolulu was $77I 800 and
in London $9S0,000. OF the former
amount $630,000 was used to extin-
guish the debt owed TO Col. Spreckels.
BY the terms of the loan act the Lon
don syndicate was entitled TO 5 per
cent. of the proceeds OF the bonds
which they disposed of as their COM
mission for guaranteeing them at 98
per cent. Bnt it appears that in addi-
tion to this amount el5,0 900, or about
SIS, 900, was illegally detained by
them and has never BEEN accounted
for. The Legislature of 1888 appro-
priated the sum of $1,000 to defray the
expenses Of a lawsuit against the fin
ancial agents TO recover the $4,000
thus fTaudulently retained. The mat
ter was placed in the hands of Col. j.
Z. Griffin, who advised the Govern
ment that ii was not expedient to
prosecute the case. The $4,000 has
therefore been entered on the books
of the treasury department as dead
loss sSince then Mr.. Armstrong;
name has ceased TO appear In the
Government directory among those of
the Consuls-General.
ROYAL MIsEULE.
As before stated, the King now
acted as his own prime minister, em-
ploytaG Gibson to execute his
schegles and defend his follies. For
the next eight months he rapidly
went from bad to worse. After re-
manning one month in the cabinet
M. Kaulukou was transferred To the
Marshal's office, while Mr.. Antoine
Rosa was appointed Attorney-Gen
eral in his place and J. M. Kapena
made Collector General. The limits
OF this brief sketch forbid any attempt
to recount the political grievances of
this period. Among the lesser scan
dals were the sale of offices, the de-
frauding of the customs revenue by
abuse of the royal privilege, the lille
gal leasing of lands in Kona and Kau
to the King without putting them up
TO auction, the sale of exemptions TO
| lepers, the gross neglect of the roads,
| and misapplieatioD of the road money,
particularly Of the Queen streetappro-
] Priation.
Efforts TO revive heathenism were
| now redoubled under the pretense of
cultivating national feeling. Ka-
hunas were assembled from the other
| islands as the Kings birthday ap-
| preached, and might was made hide
ous'' with the sound of the hula drum
and the blowing of concbes in the pa
lace ward. 4 foreign fortune teller
by the name of Rosenberg acquired
great influence with the King.
THE HALt NAUA ALIAS TEMPLE OF
SCIE&CE, ALIAS BALL or
TWIHE SOCIETY.
This was founded September q, 1856.
A charter for it was obtained by the
King fre III the Privy Council, not
without difficulty, On account OF the
suspicion that was felt ia regard 10 its
character and objects. According 10
its constitution it was founded forty
quadrilIjnrs OF years after the founda
ton Of the world and twenty-four
thousand seven hundred and fifty
years from Lailai, the first woman.
It's bylaws are a travesty of Mason
~, mingled with pagan rites. The
Sovereign is styled Iku Hal; the sec
retary, Iku Lani; the treasurer, Iku
Nuu. Besides these were the keeper
OF the sacred fire, the anointer with
oil, the almoner, etc. Every candi-
date had TO provide an "'Oracle"
kauwila wand, ball of Olona twine,
a dried fish, a taro root, etc. Every
member or ''mamo" was invested
with yellow maIo or pau (apron)
and a feather cape. The furniture of
the hall comprised three drums, two
kahilis or feathered stats, and two
puloulous or tabu sticks.
So far as the secret proceedings and
objects OF the society have transpired
it appears TO have been intended part
ly as an agency for the revival of
heathenism, partly to pander TO vice,
and indirectly 10 serve as q political
machine. Enough leaked out TO in
tensify the general disgust that was
felt at the 6ebasjnC Influence Of the
palace
KALAEAUA's JUBILEE.
The sum OF $50 had been ap-
propriated by the Legislature of 1886
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