Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-06

menu, anu OJner persons 10 WnOm
moneys mag be due at tie HalCGi-
ian Treasury on or before the
31st day of March, are requested
to present vouchers for settle
ment on or before that date. F"
To substantiate the charge of neg
ligence, it must be shown that
these scholarships we're due to the
Principal Of the school at the Ha-
paiiaq1 Treasury. But it has been
the undertaking practice for over
20 years, that, when due, these
scholarships are drawn from the
Treasury by the Board of Educa-
ton whose Secretary disburses
them to the several schools. There
was nothing in the above notice
to indicate any new departure,
and lead me to supposed that the
scholarships were to be paid at
the Treasury without the inter
vention Of the Board of Education.
Moreover, if it was intended that
the schools were to enter into
direct relation with the Treasury,
how it is that the following letter,
acknowledging the debt, did not
come to me direct from the Fin
ance Department:
"BUREAU OF EDUCATION,
Honolulu, March %, 1894.
"Sir, please inform us the
amount due at Iolani College for
Scholarships to March 81, 1894,
as we require the information
for use of the Minister of Fin
ance. Yours respectfully,
w. JAS. SMITH,
per S. W."
1t will be clear to every one
that when the Minister of Finance
caused this inquiry to be made he
did not regard Iolani college as
debsrred from receiving the bal
ance of the appropriation, for he
refers to it as an undischargsd
obligation.
4. But it may be asked, why,
when the notice appears in the
papers, if the scholarships were
not due at the treasury, did you
not apply to the Board Of Educa-
ton. For two reasons. From
the way things had been going on
for the whole year it seemed very
doubtful whether scholarships
were included in that notice. And,
if they were, l had been assured
that | should receive notice from
the secretary whenever the Board
was in a position to meet them.
The public may not be aware that
whereas under the monarchy, the
scholarships were paid regularly
by the Board in the first week OF
each quarter. on presentation of
each ones claim, this regularity
entirely ceased under the pro-
visional government. 1t was not
till August or September, 1893,
that the instalments due on March
/, and July /, 1898, were paid.
The $3.50 now due are the install
ments due for the rters ending
September 30 aud December 81 i,
1893, and N"rch 81, 1894. After
making several calls on the secre-
tary Of the Board of Education in
January, 1894, he tod me that it
was perfectly useless for me to
present my claims; no money
could be drawn to meet them, and
there was no saying when they
would be paid. But whenever
the money should be forth
coming, should receive
notice. When at last the notice
of March 9th appeared, it was the
duty of the Secretary of the
Board of Education to put in the
claims for all the scholarships
then waiting to be paid. Why
the claims of lolani College were
not put IN with the rest is a
mystery which will probably
never be solved. The Finance
Committee must be very hard W
for a plea for defrauding Iolani
College of $3.50, which the Min
lister of Finance acknowledged tC
be due in May, 1894, when they
: recommend that that institution
be mulcted of nine months appro.