The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-16
More Ground Soon to be Need
ed for Burial Purposes.
PHYSICIAN FOR NORTH KONA.
Permission Granted Chinese to Fish In
Ponds Near the Prison-Sale of Fish
at the Market-No More Business
on Sfdewalks-Garbage Boxes, Etc.

PRESIDENT SmlCn occupied Ino CudiT
at the regular weekly session of the
Health Board Wednesday. Present
with him were Drs. Day, Wood and
Emerson, Members Keliipio; Water
house, Lansing, and Health Agent
Reynolds.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved.
DIR. Monsarrat's report of bullock
slaughtered was read and filed. 1t
showed 1850 bullock slaughtered dur
ing the year 1895.
President Smith informed the Board
in regard to the strike of fish-sellers
at the new market. Those who had
refused to pay for stalls had been made
to vacate.
There was discussion as to wheth-
er dried fish should be sold without
regulation. There was no law govern
ing such sale. 1t was a question as to
whether the public health would be
protected by making the sale of all
kinds of dried fish obligatory at the
new market The Chinese, after
Thursday, will not be allowed to sell
fish on the sidewalks, but there is moth
ing TO prevent them from doing so In
side of buildings. President Smith was
opposed to the peddling of fish Ped
aiers of vegetables will not be inter-
fered with, as vegetables could not be
eaten raw. 1t was not so with fish:
| the Hawaiians were in the habit of
eating them raw. Matters at the mar
ket were in slightly mixed condition,
but would undoubtedly be straight
ened out before the next meeting.
DR.. Emerson was opposed to making
any change in the regulations that
would inconvenience the general pub
lie. Unless there was some good rea-
son for the change, he would not favor
it. Fish Inspector Keliipio was in
structed to prevent the sale of any kind
of fish that, in his discretion, was unfit
for use.
In the matter of the petition of GER
tain Chinese for privilege to fish in the
ponds lying between the prison and
quarantine grounds, DR.. Wood moved
to remove all restrictions from fishing
in the harbor and ponds. He was not
in favor Of fishing in the harbor; his
motion was to get the restrictions
placed on fishing during the late cpl
dem1c removed, then the Board could
act as was deemed expedient on the
question of fishing In the harbor
proper.
There followed a general discussion
as to the bounds constituting the har-
Dor. President Smith said he was op-
posed to fishing in the harbor, and
cited that fish fed on refuse Of the har-
Dor and might be the means of poison
Ing those who ate them.
DR.. Day quoted remarks made by
Prof. Maxwell. That gentleman
stated that fish fed on sewage con-
tanned poisonous matter.
President Smith hoped the motion to
remove all restrictions on fishing would
not pass. There was less chance OF
the ponds spoken of becoming contain
mated than the harbor. ... -
DR.. Wood said that as long as cholera
existed in China and Japan, and yes
sells from those ports landed immi-
grants at the quarantine station and
washed ship in the harbor there was
danger of the harbor and surrounding
ponds becoming contaminated.
AS an amendment, Member Lansing
moved that the request made by the
Chinese be granted. This was carried.
Member Lansing thought the Board
should take immediate action to have
the ponds mentioned filed up.
Member Waterhouse called atten-
ton to the fact that surface water from
rains was drained into the reservoirs
up the valley.
Agent Reynolds was authorized to
make special investigation into the
matter and report in detail to the
Board, so the Minister of the Interior
could be intelIigently informed OF the
situation.
Agent Reynolds had informed the
President of the crowded condition OF
the different cemeteries. More ground
would soon be needed for burial pur-
poses President Smith said the ques-