The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-24

may come, for not for a very long time
has the harbor been as bare Of lotions
as at this time.
Several steamers from the other ISL
ards arrived yesterday, among them
the Mauna Loa from Lahaina, Kona
and Kau. She brought large guam
tityof oranges from Kona and there
was a great crowd of Chinese and 9TH
ers who were expecting the fruit on the
Inter-Island wharf all ready to handle
the goods and dispose of them as soon
as they arrived from the steamer.
The steamer James Makee, Captain
Tullett, came In from Kapaa; the XII
lauea Hou. Captain NJ tchell. from Pa
auhau, the steamer Wa.aleale, Cap
| tain Green, from Ahukini. and the
schooner Mile Morris from Oahu ports
CANADIANS MUST PAY.
| The following decision by Acting So
licitor F. A. Reeve, concerning the La
bility of Canadians, arriving at ports
in the Territory of Hawaii. regarding
the head tax, will prove of interest to
many:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Office Of the Solicitcr Of the Treasury,
/ -. C.,o
c. W. NJ. No. 1900.
The Secretary of the Treasury,
| Sir-Acting Commissioner General Ct
| Immigration Larned, by reference OF
the 18th instant, desires to be inform
| ed whether Canadians arriving at per s
in the Territory of Hawaii are lab &
to the payment CT the head tax inpos-
ed on passengers by the act of August
8, 1882 (22 Stat, 214).
The act OF June 26, 1884 (23 Stat, PSI,
provides as follows:
Section % That until the provi-
sions of section /, chapter 376 (Act Au
gust g. 1882 shall be made applicab e
to passengers coming into the United
States by land carriage, said pro 9isio s
shall not Apply to passengers coming
by vessels employed exclusively in the
trade between the ports of the United
States, and the ports of the Dom mon
of Canada or the ports CT Mexico"
/ There is no act which, in terms,
makes the whole of immigration laws
of the United States applicable to the
Territory of Hawaii. They are ap oh
cable there only by force Of the organic
act of April &c. 1899, which provides as
follows:
Section 5. That the Constitution,
land except as herein otherwise provid
ed. all the laws of the United States,
which are not locally inappl.cab e
within the said Territory as eisewher>
in the United States"
| am of the opinion that the Act OF
June &c 1884, is locally inapplicable'
to the Territory of Hawaii. because t &c
Act of August 3, 1882, imposing the
head tax on ship passengers, can new
er be made applicable to parsons going
into the Territory by land carriage
and that, therefore, the-tax should b;
collected from Canadian passengers.
This conclusion makes 1T unneces
sary for me to decide whether por'
of the Territory of HaYaii is a ''por'
tof the UAited States within the mean
ing of the Act of June 26, 1884; or tt
enquire whether there are any vessel.
employed exclusively in the trade be
tween Canada and the Territory of Ha
wall, on which Canadians arrive in TIT
latter country.
The papers submitted are herewith
returned. Very respectfully,
(Signed): F. A REEVE,
Acting Solicitor.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Messrs. Frederick Ley,and & Co.
of Liverpool, have placed an Orde
with a Dundee firm Tor steamer @
the following dimensions: Length, 40
feet; beam, $50; depth, 34.S. She il
intended to carry 5000 tons ms asLre
. Il
tons for number Of first-claSs pas
iSengers.
Two new steamers for the Norddeut
ischer Lloyd have, it is reported. b e
ordered to be built by the S EFT n Vul
can Company, and will be named tht
kronpFinz Wilhelm and the "Kaisel
Wilhelm H." The last named is in.
tended to be the largest and sxlfte 4
boat existing. She IS TO be w ices
long and " feet beam. Her engines wi
De OF $4,000 horsepower, ana nsr speed
"a knots.
The new French liner Ia Lorraine
arrived at Havre October % at 2 D. IN
Her time from the Sandy Hook L. & t.
snip, 12:2S p. M, October IS, was about
y days, 20 hours and 81 minutes, about
. hours and Is minutes better tnan hei
best previous eastward record, and on
lly 26 minutes behi d that OF La Tou-
lraine, which has been the holder of tn:
French Lile record since November s
1899.
The Noranmore, the largest turret
steamer aiioat, in command CT C@pla y
Nelson, arrived at Baltimore on DC.
tcbar &c to. load grain and general car
go in the Johnston Line Tor Iii, erpool
The vessel is 40 feet long, 50 fest bean
and carries 5000 tons cal go. sic reg
listers $500 tons net, anu $50 to-.
gross. Sac is constructed CT steel ant
has triple expansion engines, with cyl
inders measuring 27114, 45lk and q
inches. She has two decks, and wa.
built by w. Doxford C Son, Sund r.
lard. last year.
The new Russian battleship r tvi
y Fan. launched from Cramps sni1yar,
at Philadelphia on Octob 80 is tn,
largest ever built in this country. Sh,
us $40 feet IN length between perpandic
Nuiars, has breadth OF q feet 21
inches, displacement of 1900 tons
draft not to exceed 26 feet and ;
speed of Is knots for twelve hours a
Iull displacement Her batteries will
consist of four Pinch, twelve 6-inch
twenty 3-inoh guns and SIX torped
tubes. Her main belt of armor is min
inches In thickness, ard her gun ca Sc
fments are five inches thick. Her lot .
cost will be $3,000000.
A large number of steamships wer
dry-docked and painted at New York dur
ing the week ended October e. Durin,
that period nineteen steamers, two bark
ana one steel barge were locked 70
lpalnung. while two other steamers occu
pied the Sectional docks undergoing re
pairs. On several occasions four vessel