The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-10
HOUSE

lHI4u Iedu1HS anu unanimous pass
age of Senate bill 43, AN Act to es-
tablish a marine park on the east side
of Honolulu harbor" The main part
of the bill is as follows:
Section 1. The Minister of the In
| terror is hereby authorized to reserve
that portion of the reef lying south
easterly from the entrance channel of
the harbor of the port of Honolulu,
hereinafter described in Section 3, as
a free, public marine park, and to add
to such reservation from time to time
such other adjoining reef land as may
be conveyed to the Government for
such purpose by the trustees of the
Estate OF Bernice Pauahi Bishop, or
others.
Section 2. The Minister of the In
terror is hereby further authorized to
enter into an agreement with the trus-
tees Of the Berniee Pauahi Bishop
Museum, whereby they shall be au-
thorized to establish and maintain
within the said marine park a free
public marine aquarium and a marine
geological laboratory, with the privil-
eye, under the direction of the Minis
ter Of the Interior, of erecting and
maintaining the necessary structures,
appliances and apparatus therefor, in
cluding a wharf for watercraft to be
used in connection with such aquari-
um and laboratory.
Third reading OF Senate bill "A, An
Act to regulate the opening of streets
on private lands in the District of
Kona, Island of Oahu and the Town
Of HiIo, Island of Hawaii" Further
action on the bill was postponed un-
til Thursday.
Third reading and passage of Senate
bill 46, relating to the sale OF certain
agreements for sale under the Home
stead Act of 1884.
Under suspesion of rules, Rep. Pogue
presented the report of the Finance
Committee on petition 80, from Ed.
Hoffsehlaeger & Co. and Lovejoy & Co.
for the return of duties, aggregating
S1,11143, on certain invoice of wines
received during the month of Febru-
airy, 1896. as follows:
That the wine mentioned, was re-
ceived here, by the ABOVE mentioned
firms: that the importers were allowed
to withdraw the goods before the Gus
toms officers had made analyses of the
wine; that samples were however,
taken before withdrawal, for the pur-
pose of analyzing; that analyses were
made after delivery and showed that
the alcoholic strength of the wine ex-
ceed q per cent; that, by the law then
in force all wines exceeding 81 per
cent Of alcohol were subject to a duty
Of 81 per gallon; that the petitioners
requested the Collector General of
Customs to be allowed to return the
goods TO the consignors but that the
request was denied; that there could
be no blame attached to the importers
but was entirely the mistake of the
consignors, who had in error shipped
goods TO this country which had been
especially prepared for another, and
that such was the decision of the Su-
preme Court.
Your committee consider that the
TACT tnat the wine mad been withdrawn
from the customs house as much, if not
more, for the benefit OF the importers
than for the customs authorities, and
that there was, to say the least, tacit
agreement between the authorities and
the importers, that the importers
should stand any irregularities Tin
crease or decrease) in the regular
duties, as demonstrated by the very
fact OF the authorities retaining sam
pies for analyses after delivery of
goods, that the importers should as
willingly pay an increase Of duties as
TO receive a rebate. We consider ton
that those making the mistake should
pay for their mistake, that is TO say,
the consignors who sent wines intend
ed for some other country to this