The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-10
EXAMINER SERVEN
MAKES HIS REPORT
Arrives in Washington and Tells
of His Trip to
Hawaii.

The Washington Star says: a. r. Ser
ven. chief examiner of the civil service
commission, arrived in Washington this
morning from the Hawaiian Islands,
where he met the 1st of June with Civil
Service Commissioner w. A. Rodenberg
to put in operation the civil service law
which was extended over the Islands
June IA. 1900.
Mr.. Rodenberg and Mr.. Server returned
on the steamer Peru, which arrived in San
Francisco, July IL. Mr.. Server came to
Washington by way of the Canadian Pa
cific. and stopped off at Buffalo. Mr. Ro-
denberg went direct to his home in East
ST. Louis. He is expected to visit Wash
ington Monday. Mr.. Server reported to
the civil service commission this morning
and then went to his residence. He made
a brief report of his trip to the ofhclais
of the bureau, in which he declared 1t
was most successful and agreeable. EX-
aminations were held in Honolulu on
July and 6, at which 40 applicants Tor
the Government service We're put through
the prescribed examinations. Between
forty and fifty of these were applicants
for the customs service, and about tWen-
ty for the local postal service; the bal
ance were clerks and stenographerS, un-
classified.
Just before sailing for the Islands, Mr..
Rodenberg received a request from Su-
perintendent Machin of the Postoffice De-
partment to have a list of eligibles pre-
pared so that free delivery might be es-
tablished in Honolulu. This was accom-
plished, and the assistant superintendent
,s.,, hi to "a
city to put the service in operation. Be
sides the examinations held, a permanent
board of examiners was appointed, with
Prof A. B. Ingalls,, chemist at the Homo
lulu customs house, as its secretary
Professor Alexander of the coast survey
! is another member of the board.
Commissioner Rodenberg and Mr.. Ser
ven made extensive trips over the Isl
ands and the commissioner was the
Fourth of July orator at the city of Hilo
on the Island of Hawaii about $50 miles
! from Honolulu. The celebration of the
| day for the whole island was held al
| HiIo, and over thousand persons wen
| there from Honolulu.
| The educate system was inspected
| in detail, and Mr.. Server reported tina
the examinations developed the fact tina
good material will not be lacking in fill
ing Government positions there.
| The first cadet to be appointed to Yves
| Point from the Hawaiian Islands, Clar
ence Lyman of Hilo, was a passenger OIL
| the Peru, and went directly to that in
| stitution to take the entrance eXamina
| tons. He is college graduate, and tn
| showing he makes in the entrance exam
nations will, to an extent, mark tn
standard of the native colleges.
Mr.. Server made an examination of TIN
books of the national bank at Honolulu
and found that institution in good shape
The money in circulation in the Island
is all gold and silver. There is in circula
ton about s4,000,000 of native silve
coins. These coins are exactly the sam
weight and fineness as United State
money, and are coined into dimes qpar
tiers, halves and dollar pieces The dime
are rapidly disappearing as money, an
are being plated and worn for jewelry
The custom receipts show the Island
TO be in very prosperous condition. TIL
estimates submitted showed that thes
receipts should have been from $4,000 t
$4,000 month. The actual receipts hav
run as high as $4,000 month since tn
Islands were annexed.