The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-03-10


q to The Miscellaneous Committee, also
r 5000 for support of Citizens Guard.
Y Minister Damon again acted as
sponsor for the bureau of public in
stIuction. Industrial and Reform
z School, $1,000; passed. Expenses of
? Teachers Convention, SlG00; passed.
Book fund, $1,000; passed. Expense of
: census, Sl2, 600; passed. Stationery
and incidentals for office aud schools,
$500; passed. This is reduction of
, $500 from last period. Repairing OF
schoolhouses, $4,000. Minister Da-
mon urged the passage of this item as
in the dill. Answering a query OF
Senator Motley, minister Damon
said tue funds for new scholhouses
would come under the loan act. rne
item passed "a read.
ncidentals for the Commissioner OF
Public Lands, $1,000; passed Survey
and field work, 1900; passed.
Returning 10 the Postal bureau,
Minister Damon gave a detailef ex-
PLANTATION of how the incidental ac
count of $40, 500 was made up, and the
item passed as in the bill.
The special mail carriage (foreign)
$1,000, is an Increase OF $500 occa-
stoned 10y expenses If international
postal buresu. Passed as in the bill.
Postal money order capital, $500 /; |
passed. This sum is kept on hand to
meet money orders in case the demand |
is made before the funds arrive. IL |
was not drawn oD during the las;
period.
Tax appeal boards, $500, passed I;
dog tags, $780, passed. Incidentals tax
nj q 70 |
is $500 less than last year The main |
expenditures are for printing, sdver-
tising and blanks. The item passed.
Interior Department.
Under the Interior Department,
Minister King a-ked that the expenses
of field parties, $4,000, be reduced TO
$1,000. His request was granted. Office
expenses, instruments, etc, $500,
passed. Meteorology and tide guage,
$500, passed. Bureau of couveyauces,
incidentals, S425, passed. Copying
indexes, $1,000, passed. Incidentals for
bureau of immigration, $1,000, passed
IDcidentals and travelling expenses for
bureau of public works, $1,000 passed.
Expenses OF road engineer, S1200,
passed.
For repairs, furniture snd additions
TO Government buildings, $43, 600, was
asked. TIE principal items under |
this include repairs 10 Judiciary build
ing OF $1,000; Honolulu post office
5000; for increase of boxes, EXecu
i've building, $1,000; prison, $500; s
ire proof vaults $500, and numerous
,ther items from $50 to $500 for re-
pairs on Government buildings about
h- islands.
Senator Hooking wanted to know
( this estimate included fire
,roof vault for records of Waiiu
III. Minister Damon asked that
n Item OF $1,000 be inserten.
dinister King asked thar before :
he item was brought in he have al d
to look into the expense Ia
to such vault. In this VI
Minister Smith spoke at :,
eDgth Of the necessity for new jail i
Wailuku. tl
Senator Rice said il there was one Il
lace where there was new Jail lo
eeded it was Hilo Minister King :,
aid there was already an appropria- VI VI
on for building new Jail there "a "a
Senator McCandless brought for m mIn
ard proposition for building new ~ ~
)st office. Everything done in the oe
d building was make shift and it 49,
as only q matter of time when the ,e
Overnment would be crowded out of Ie
: present quarters. III
Minister Damon said he would like -,
see a new post Office aud everything III
se new, but the Executive had just se
much mOuey to expend and they &c
vi To try and keep Within proper 1el
unds. On motion of Senator Brown q"
.m sthe for repairs of Government vi
ildings passed at S44, 200 -, ~
Landings and buoys, Hawaii, S25OO; lH
ssed. Same on Maui, $500; passed. gu
me on Molokal, $500; passed. Same gu
her districts OAHU, $500. passed. as as
me Honolulu, so, 900; passed. Same ou
auai, $1,000; passed. General repairs .u. .u.
landings, $1,000; passed. Light lu' ~.
use supplies, $500; passed Steam en
2, $500, passed. az
Senator Brown asked that the $40. 81
for dredging Honolulu harbor Ue alu
{ in the loan fund. Minister King va,
d that this was for old work aud
eping the harbor in condition. wa
ere was also large appropriation Ss
der the loan fund for new work. oel
is was practically keeping the har- Jou
r in repair.
Senator McCandless supported the
m which finally passed as read.
Roads and bridges, North Hilo, 81 ,
; passed. The Minister of Interior "a
led for SIS, 900 instead of $4,000 for
airs in Eilo; passed at $4,000.
ads and bridges, Puma, $4,000;
'sed. This is for the Volcano road. Sta
me, Kau, $1,000; passed. Sou il >.
u, $1,000; passed. North KoDa, url
90; passed. South Kohala, $4,000; hol
'sed. North Kohala, $4,000; passed
$3.50; passed. Goa
he customs bureau then came up. arc
mister Damon said the increase In tin
ideDtal expenses was due to in obl
ased work, the result of improved
more careful administration in the an'
stom House. The item passed at str,
600 as in the bill. Expenses of tho
1t and customs boats, $500; passed. b;c
,cial service fund, $500; passed. Il
Imond Head signal station, $500; Whl
sed. das
loads and bridges, Maui: Lahaina cob
0, Wailuku $1,000, Makawao $1,000 rnn
ads and bridges, Hana $500. Passed -
hOut discussion. thli
.osds and bridges, Molokai, $500. had
sed. ouS
l.. l.