The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-14

Al the regular weekly meeting OF the
Board of Education held yesterday
there were present President Cooper,
Mrs. 8. F. Dillingham;, Mrs, Jordan II.
s. Townsend, J. F. Scott and W. A.
Bowen.
After the reading OF the minutes OF
the last meeting Minister Cooper re
ported the following recommendations
of the teachers committee, which were
ali adopted:
That Mrs. ]. y. Bell be appointed 10
take the place left vacant by Miss Mary
Atkins AT Ainakea.
That David Kanewanui be transferred
10 Kanapali with raise Of salary.
That 5. w. Meheula be appointed 70
Moloaa. Kauai. in place OF s. Bright
well. transferred.
That Michael FreitaS be appointed
10 Papaikou in place Of Mary fora,
That Keaisteu Nahum be appointed
10 Mana, Kauai.
That William Waipo be appointed 10
Oiowalu in place OF D. Kanewanui.
transferred.
That Mrs. Patton be appointed TO the
new Halawa. Hawaii, school.
That Matthew Hoonani be appointed
principal ar hipahulu in place Of Rose
Grams. transferred.
That Miss Lizzie McCorriStou be ap-
pointed 10 Kamalo, AIolOkai.
That J. C. Lenhart be appointed prin-
cipal Of kalaoa school, Hawaii. and that
William LuJera be appointed assistant
That Mrs. NcSJay be engaged at 6
certain salary TO take the place assigned
70 her.
That Miss Stansbury be appointed in
the High School in place of Miss VI.
Brewer. resigned.
That Mrs Rosecrans be offered sal
AIRY al Lahaina.
That 7. P. Harris be transferred from
Spreckelsville to the Royal School as
vice principal
That Miss Cora Henneghan be given
the principalship Of Maemae school
Honolulu
That Miss Alice Winter be appointed
as teacher at Ookala, beginning with
September LIST, 1886.
That Miss Tanner be given the three
weeks extra leave OF absence already
asked for.
~ a
report OF the Finance Committee in re
gard 10 the transfer OF Hawaiian Gov
eminent bonds by the Department OF
Public instruction 10 the General Treas
ury in the Department Of Finance.
Tt was my purpose in referring tC
committee the transfer Of Hawaiian
Government bonds 10 the Genera
Treasury. as proposed, merely TO ge
before the Department Of Public In.
struction in clear. specific form an ex
act statement OF what was being trans
ferrei.
Secretary Rodgers had prepared ;
schedule OF the bonds in question, bu
the said schedule was not at hand 10
reference. Hence it seemed desirable
10 defer action until a comparison o
the bonds with the schedule had takel
place. and the latter thus become full
verified. This has been done. / hay
examined the bonds, their dates, mum
hers. amounts. time due, rate Of inter
est and amounts OF overdue Interest
and have to state the schedule as pre-
pared by Secretary Rodgers is correct
In total the bonds amount to S14
100. and the overdue interest amount
10 s3. 13S. making q full amount Of pres
ent transfer, suggested and recommend
ed BY Minister Cooper, OF S11,23S, [
which could be added. I suppose, II
interest yet TO accrue.
Upon looking up our authority [
make the transfer proposed. find tha
the language used is not il any name
mandatory
Also I ind no reference TO eompen
sation: hence II would seem 10 be en-
tfrely within our discretion whether [
transfer or not
The possession Of bonds enabled IN
old Board OF Education to obtain bene
fits. such as the purchase Of the Emm
street property for High School, an
the question arises whether the holdin
Of the bonds may not in like manner
Of some advantage 10 the Department
Il i Is impossible, then there can b
no object in keeping them and IN
sooner the transfer is made the bettel
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM 4 BOWEN
Upon the motion OF ". A. Bowen tn
Board voted that the bonds be surreu
dered al once, as explained in the re
port OF the Finance Committee
Board adjourned at 1 p. m