The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-21

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UFrvr. tUf.H % tHf. was token thH
.um Uf $4,000 Vua tba 0ua generally ace
Unufthi..
t,rardIra detective service. Atna
proposed ma tne Ngur ~ thr Gov
.ruor 40 rn should h. accepted. in
stead uf $4,000 The Governors hsur's
were accepted.
Tho police alarm system created "a
. Bit ~ interest The amount voted Tor
] this was $4,000 This gives Honolulu
"a system ~ nfty boxes
~. NJ. Dow was ovcr-charged ti3s 20
Tor taxes by the auditor, and wanted
relief The mistake II was claimed by
I his supporters In the House. was due
to an error IN the auditors depart
ment. paelc said the mistake had been
I made prior to 1895 in which year
| Legislature had been held. lIihio said
/ that the mistake was not discovered
until after 1898. Emmeluth Informed
the House that the mistake was made
| in February, 1899. The chairman said
/ that while a member Of the finance
committee during the regular session
| he found out that the mistake had
| been made prior to 1898, but not dis
covered until 1899.
/ When the Treasury Department was
reached the first reduction was made
/ in the incidental expenses. From
]
| SO, 900.
The appropriation for discount on
mutiated or abraded coins was dis
pensed with.
The interest on the bonded debt,
commission and exchange. was made
| 5000 900, instead of 100000. The incl
| dentals to the tax office were set at
$40 900. instead of 81 500 The inciden-
| tails to the registrars office were re-
duced from $500 to $4,000
The claims for postage stamps, etc,
which had been placed at S,O5S. 80.
Prendergast said that the postmasters
should file their claims at Washing
ton, ID. C. Makekau in answer said
/ that the people who had bought these
stamps under one government, should
be reimbursed by the government that
had caused them to become the losers
to this amount. Hihio said that 1t was
a legitimate debt and should be paid.
The amount was passed at $1,000. in
stead of the figures above mentioned.
The Department of Public Instruc-
ton followed.
Six thousand dollars were passed for
industrial and manual training with
out argument. Stationery and incl
dentals were given a fund of $4,000,
instead of $4,000. The furniture and
fixture fund as passed at $1,000 In
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
~ offered by Governor Dole, S25,000
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-
ton, Monsarrat registered "A vigorous
objection The commissioner should,
he said. have no assistance, when he
was wilfulIy 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
ia be devoted to the experiment sta
ton. Beckley said that the amount
had better be spent in building an or
MANAGE Let the federal government
carry ON it's own station. 1t was no
more than right that they should do
so.
E;mmeluth said he could speak from
personal experience, in attempting to
develop the agricultural products of
the Territory, along the line of pine
ann,es and coffee. Mr.. Smith had said
onlv Yesterday morning that as soon
as possible he would begin the expert
menting on taro, and see what could
he done towards reyiying the cultiva-
ton of this product, which is now
langllishing. The destruction OF the
forests concluded Emmeluth were not
drop in the bucket compared with
the benefits derived.
GuflIan smoke strongly against the
station. Uncle Sans methods, he
l said were a continual source of rob
heries from the word go The post
office had been taken away from Ha-
waii and the same could be said OF
J The custom house. A naval slip had
| been built here, costing 5000, 900, and
not cents worth OF benefit had been
, derived from it.
! Monsarrat took up the thread Of ar
gument and said that there was al
ready a scientist who had been trying
to head off the taro blight; although
na bod haeD at work M il for wears