The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-12

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there were present President Emerson,
DR.. Day, Messrs. Lansing, Keliipio, Rey-
nolds and others. The meeting was by
no means an enthusiastic one, but some
important measures were decided upon.
nevertheless.
DR.. Monsarrat's report showed ga ex-
aminations under the Act to Mitigate.
Fish Inspector Keliipio's report show
ed 4S,s37 fish received at the market
for the week ending May 31st. and a.
466 on the week ending June 7th.
A communication from four of the
native lepers at Waikolu, Molokai. in
quired into facts relating to the raising
of taro at that place. This was referred
to MIR. Meyers of the leper settlement,
who is authority on such subjects.
In the matter of examination of
schools, President Emerson, to whom
the matter was referred, reported as
follows: That each Government ply
stefan in completing his examination,
should send report of such to the
Board of Health, setting forth therein
the number of students who failed to
present themselves for examination,
and also the number and names of those
who failed to pass such examination.
The teachers and heads of the various
schools should be notified, warning
them against taking into their respect
i've rooms and institutions students
without the proper certificates signi-
flying passage of the proper examina-
ton as to their health.
President Emerson said that he was
very strongly in favor of making the
matter of vaccination entirely separate
from that of general examination. In
his mind it was wrong to have the two
The Board decided to require all
schools to complete the prescribed ex-
animation at the end of two weeks af-
ter opening of schools. This would be
ample time and would concentrate that
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ters within a convenient space of time.
One of the members of the Board
preached the subject of the odorless ex-
,avators in the back of the Pacific Mail
wharf, as exposed in this paper of We'd
1esday morning. All of the members
present seemed to think that the nuis-
ance should be abated. Four of the
Board said that they had been upon
he scene of action and had registered |
lpon them the effects that many an
'ther had complained of. 1t will remain |
o be seen If the opinions expressed by |
hose frank members of the Board will |
,e reflected in the future when people |
re on the Pacific Mail wharf, bidding
last farewell to departing friends.
Said Mr.. Lansing, on the subject: 81
.sked the officer in charge If that was
eally an odorless excavator whose con-
ents he had just dumped into the
COW, and no answer was forthcoming.
Said DIR. Day: ''The smell was some
hing vile on the Pacific Mail wharf"
Although others remained silent, the
Expression Of their faces told only too
Tell that their views were in accordance
nth those of the members who had
1st spoken.
After that was all over, a Japanese
harmacist who had applied for per-
Mission to open drug store in the
lty was called in, together with his
Interpreter, from the cooling shade of
he banyan tree without. After making
very profound bow, he seated himself
nd waited the outcome of an examina-
on which he saw was about to break
pom him.
He was asked If he desired to open
rug store, and answered in the af-
Then he was asked il he in
'nded to sell European as well as jap |
nese medicines, filling prescriptions
kewise. To this he answered in the [
firmative. After this he came to the |
inclusion that he could not read Eng ]
sh and Latin, and therefore would be
liable to sell European medicines.
1t was found that the Interpreter he
ought along with him was not a very
IT scholar in the English language. SO
e final seance with the Japanese was
'stponed until Saturday night, when
Will meet a committee from the
bard, together with a Japanese ply
clan of repute in the city.
When this was finished. the case of
:. Akana was brought up, but was de-
rred.
Board went into executive session.