The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-26
CUSTOMS MONEYS
MAY BE KEPT HE RE

Secretary of the Treasury Gage, II, his
annual report, makes a recommends
ton to Congress which. If acted. upon.
will benefit Hawaii in many ways. Tho
present method of handling the CUSTOM
duties paid into the local Collectors Of
flee and which are in turn forwarded
each month to the sub-treasury at Snr
Francisco has been commented. up0n
by the Advertiser and Collector STACK
able has In various interviews made
recommendations upon the subject,
which seem to have met with the APP
prevail of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, as the following excerpt from his,
report, page 10. showss
THE attention of Congress is caileG
to the inconvenience of handling the,
public moneys in Hawaii and, pros
pectively, in Porto Rico, resulting fronEr
the provision in section 5l53. Revised
Statutes, forbdding the deposit OF ne
ceipts from customs In national benin
depositaries.
at present the Collector of Customs
in Hawaii is obliged to send all moneys
collected by him on account OF duties
on imports to the sub-treasury at SaiI
Francisco, while public moneys re-
ouired for use in Hawaii may. as "A con-
sequence have to be transmitted 10y
express or otherwise to the ISLANDS
Thus double expense, increased FISK
and unnecessary delay in the Pubic
business may be and are accustomed
There seems to be good reasons why
customs receipts of Hawaii and otheT
Island points should be exempted from
the provision OF section 5l53, ReViSeH
Statutes. which REQUIRES the deposit oi
customs receipts in sub-treasury.
Liberty should be given to Collectors OF
Customs at the places indicated to de
posit receipts with designated deposi~
taries. as Is now permitted by law in
the case of Collectors of Internal keV"-
nue."
Secretary Gage has also made strong
recommendation in regard to the CLOS
ing up of the affairs of the Postal saw
ings bank. He says that up to NovenI-
her Is, Si94 1888 has been paid to 2'l'O
deposltors through the agency of the
First American Bank of Hawaii. There
still remained when the Secretaries re-
port went in. 1910, SSO7S of unpaid de-
pogits due TO GS79 depnsltors, nearly MI
Of whom are Chinese The Secretary
recommends the following draft Of an
amendment to the Joint resolution pro
vidng for the pavmcnt ~ the Hawaiian"
debt. which reads &c follows
"That in the execution of the agree
ment Of the United states IN Joint
resolution of July seventh, erhtocw
ruud~od and nInetv-eirht, the Score
'r"'. - the Treasury shall pay ~ the
uuh''. debt Of tho Roruhuc of ".
wall 'owfulIy existing ~ the date or
the rnvaare of said Joint resolution,
nov nubiect 10 payment or which
'-"u hrrcafter become subject 10 pay
'.r"' an amount not exceeding four
'nl'u dollars, after deducting IN"
rru, required 10 nay the depositor"
rr f.n Hawaiian Postal Snvlugq bank
s provided IN w. Net M April thir-
rrrth. nineteen n6adrod together WIN
such amount ns may be- necessary 4"
pay any urcrung interest ON spid debt
as above drHnrlhod Tor which tho
United states may bo liable under
.uld i0IUt resolution ana the uddl,
iiunnl sum 0f twenty thousand dot
.urH ur 300 much thereof as may b. ~
luIrrl in pay tho expense incurred
u wrfug our tho purposes W said
.r.lluiIln. ara $40 much mlnrv uH
mll Do nrHrHsarY fpr those 8Hrrr1l
.urrHHrH 10 hrrrhV Appropriated uui
n lnf money m thr treasury nf lhr
N'lu FlHirs non nthrWia. apnnuu
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