The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-20

stead of $4,000. The summer school
fund was allowed to remain at $4,000
The fund for repairing scnool build
ings was taken at the figures original
ly offered by Governor Dole, $4,000.
The House concluded to take up the
commission of public lands For Incl
dentals, this department was allowed
instead of $3.50, but $500. The fund
for the preliminary road surveys was
done away with.
When the commission or agriculture
and forestry was subject to considera-
tion Monsarrat registered vigorous
objection The commissioner should,
he said, have no assistance, when he
was wilfully cutting down trees in the
hills back of the city that had cost
the three governments thousands of
dollars. Prendergast was in favor OF
introducing an item calling for $4,000,
TO be devoted to the experiment sta
ton Beckley said that the amount
had better be spent in building an or
phanage. Let the federal government
carry on its own station. 1t was no
more than right that they should do
so.
Emmeluth said he could speak from
personal experience, in attempting to
develop the agricultural products of
the Territory along the line of pine
apples and coffee. Mr.. Smith had said
only yesterday morning that as soon
as possible he would begin the expert
Tnenting taro, and see what could
be done towards reviving the cultiva-
ton of this product, which is now
languishing. The destruction of the
forests, concluded Emmeluth, were not
drop in the bucket compared with
the benefits derived.
Gilfllan spoke strongly against the
station. Uncle Sans methods, he
said, were continual source of rob-
berries, from the word go. The post
office had been taken away from Ha-
wall and the same could be said of
| the custom house A naval Slip. had
been built here, costing 100000 and
not a cent s worth of benefit had been
derived from 1t.
| Monsarrat took up the thread of ar
! gument and said that there was al
ready scientist who had been trying
/ to head off the taro blight; although
| he had been at work at it for years,
| he had done nothing. Now a stranger
! had come to Honolulu, and he was
going to work wonders
Hihio said that the giving of this
sum was simply helping the federal
government to destroy the forests of
Hawaii. The item was stricken out.
| by almost unanimous vote.
For materials, tools, etc, $1,000 was
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| commissioner and forester were put at
81 600. For expenses of field parties in
the survey department, $27.500 was al
| lowed, instead of $4,000. Monsarrat
said that three appropriations had
been made for surveying. The only
thing that the surveyor did was ts
survey the streets of Honolulu, and
this work was not done properly. On
some of the streets of this city grades
had been changed three times. In one
instance the surveyors had started to
survey a curbing, and had they con-
tinued running their line the curling
would have crossed the street and
landed in somebody's front yard. The
expenses of field parties and office
work were limited to s36, 600. For pub
fishing maps, $1,000 was placed at the
disposal of the surveyor. The meteor
ologist was given $780,
Adjournment followed until this
morning at 10 o'clock.