The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-19
CABINET MEETS
Consular Invoices Now
Arranged.
Min ster Damon's Resignation-Res-
idents of kohala Protest-Li-
censes Refused

The Cabinet met yesterday morning
at the usual hour. There were present
President Dole and Ministers Mott
Smith, Young and Lansing. The min
utes OF the previous meeting were read
and adopted.
There was an informal talk over the
plague situation, continued from last
Fridays meeting, but no action was
taken. 4
The matter of Consular invoices was
brought up by Minister Mott-Smith, re-
lating TO the Interpretation of the
following Consular order issued on De-
tober 10th, 1899:
Honolulu, Oct 80, 1899.
Sir: The Consular regulation, No.
10. directs that All invoices from
countries in which there are such Off
GERS, must be produced before and au
thenticated by the Hawaiian Consular
officer nearest TO place of shipment"
As this rule is now TO a great extent
evaded by shippers, Consuls are here
by directed TO refuse to certify TO in
voices of goods which have been pur-
CudStu NltllIii Tie Jul AShiAtloii vi ooAiAS
other Consular officer
In order to ascertain. the place OF
origin Consular officers may require
shippers to produce the original bill of
! items. or require following oath from
! shipper in addition to the Certificate
of Invoice Value" and certificate Of
! Origin
| ...... of 49,. do solemnly swear
1 h. dc M ronrchS n6iSp
described in the invoice produced and
hereunto annexed were purchased in
! No additional charge should, how
| ever. be made for this certification.
| Enclosed | send you several copies
of a circular, TO be distributed TO the
nrincipal firms doing business with the
| Hawaiian Islands.
| have to honor to be, sir, your ODE
dent servant,
! (Signed E. A. MOTT-SMITH,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
! C. T. WILDER. ESQ,
Hawaiian Consul General.
San Francisco.
| Minister Mott-Smith stated the re-
suIt of a conversation between MN
and United States Consul General, MI
| HAYWOOD, which was practically an
agreement to so define and interpret
the order as TO make our Consular reg
luIations conform as nearly as posslDle
70 those of the United States or Amer
ica and at the same time to meet oul
own peculiar conditions.
In connection with the present Con
sular regulations they were lntenoet
to preyent shippers from lncludlns
goods purchased, by parties IN Hoho
lnlu in different Consular districts IL
lthe United States, in one Consular III
voice and certifying thereto before
Consul in whose jurisdiction the goou
we're not purchased. The commission
merchants who purchase goods IN OH
ferent Consular districts ana orlh
them into one district and sell the sam
there TO a purchaser III honolulu d.
not included within the rule
! Minister Mott-Smith also introduce
the correspondence which had passe
&. between himself and United States opt
cial Agent. Harold NJ. Sewall. concern
ing the recent resignation OF Hon San
mel N Damon, as Minister of tlnanc
He has forwarded to the United otatt
Government. through Mr.. SeWali,
statement of the statutory hmltatlc
which provides for the appointment
successor after a Minister has pee
ont of Hawaii for a certain time, as
the case of Mr.. Damon.
The regular order of business una
! the Department of the Interior
,, then taken up and, after some discu
sion. the application OF Masuhara
r. chi for a light wine and beer llcen
at Keopuka. South Kona, was refuse
The application of Manner Bran
= for a light wine and beer license
Laupahoehoe, North Hilo, was graz
cd upon the terms and conditions
r forth in Sheriff Andrews letter Oh
cember 7th. that there should oe
screens TO the front doors and wlndo
= of the building, and that the bulidl
shall have no other doors than tnt
in 'front.'" provided that no more IN
:. two licenses already exist IN that q
trict.
The application OF Mrs. Nancy
E,dredge for a. retail spirit license
Hawi North Kohala. Hawai-, was
iected after a long discussion on
Grounds of the strong objections II
Tho residents of Kohala district