The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-06

II did In the catsup bottle. II pre-
preserved the food In the stomach In.
stead Of allowing II to be dissolved BY
the gastric juices of the stomach. IL
was injurious in this way. outside Of
its effects az q. medicine.
Inspector Shorey said there were
two kinds of the acid. the true kind
made from oil of wintsfgreen. which
was very expensive and an artificial
kind which was the one used CONNER
cially. This In itself contained HARM
full ingredient, worse than the acid
itself.
Mr.. wolters OF Hackfeld & Co. sug-
gested that the order might be modi-
ned % as to allow Of the stocks on
hand and on the way being dis
posed Of. with the understanding that
no more Of the brands be ordered.
DIR. Day thought the suggestion a
good one. The grocers were inno-
cent holders Of large quantities Of
these goods and should not be made
to suffer. y .rW
Mr.. Wolters and Mr.. Lewis thought
there would be no objection on the
part Of dealers to putting a label on
each case or bottle saying that II
contained salicylic acid. r,.,f.
DIR. Day moved that the dealers be
allowed to sell the stocks on hand
and on the way. with the condition
that label be placed on the box or
bottle containing the words This
catsup contains salicylic acid"
This was amended by DIR. Wood to
allow the dealers until January 1 to
dt,oooa 80 thotr oraaaot atnct, ana
passed unanimously.
President Cooper said II was neces-
sary to adopt some uniform regulation
with regard to the numerous petitions
that would likely be received from
Chinese who wished to continue the
keeping Of hogs within the 4-mile lin
II. He thought that set of blanks
should be prepared by the clerk on
which the applications could be made.
A fee would also have to be charged
to cover the expenses OF the agent Of
the board who would have to examine
the premises and report thereon to the
board.
On motion the clerk was authorized
to procure suitable blanks on which
all applications for permits to keep
hogs within the 4mile limit must be
made. These will be filed by the clerk
In the order OF their reception upon
the payment of fee OF 81. They will
then be handed to the agent of the
board for the particular district, who
at the place and report to the board
his opinion as to whether hogs should
be kept in the place or not. The board
reserves the right to reject. modify or
approve the reports of the agents at
regular meetings.
President Cooper next called atten-
ton to the state Of the various apprO-
priations under which the board was
acting. some OF which were at very
low ebb.
One bid for supplying the leper set
tlement with beef cattle was opened
This was from the Parker ranch. and
was not in accordance with the tenders
asked for. An offer was made to sup
ply beef cattle until March 81 at $20
per head delivered at Kawaihae. This
being the possible source Of obtaining
the beef required motion was made
that It be accepted.
The next matter brought up by the
president was an old bone of conten'
tion-conflscated opium In the Custom
there was now on hand 3.775 half
pound tins Of opium, besides thres
buckets full and a large quantity nj
opium pills. and general discussion
ensued as to what should be done
with 1t.
President Cooper announced that he
was In favor Of having 1t sold, aftei
due advertising here and in San Fran.
cisco. with the condition that the pur'
chaser remove 1t from the country
forthwith. This would give the au
thorities a chance to capture 1t agair
when II was brought back. The mon
ey valuation was about IS a tin ant
that was too much money to throw In
to the sea.
Agent Reynolds thought 1t woult
be good idea to sell the opium a
once and put the money into some o
the badly demoralized Board of Health
appropriations.
DIR. Day said the previous record Oi
the board and the general views of the
Government were opposed to recognize
Ing any traffic In opium Of any kind
To sell the opium, as suggested by
Mr.. Cooper. would be new departure
which should be well considered be-
fore being entered on.
President Cooper remarked that the
time was coming when trafiic In
opium would have to be recognized un.
der the United States revenue laws.
After some further discussion the
matter went over without any posi-
tive action.
On the motion of DIR. Emerson thu
board went into executive session a
5:16 p. m, after appointing Collector
General Stackable q special agent O
the Board of Health to take charge o
the opium until some definite arrange
ment for its disposition was arrived at