The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-26

respond substantially with those " tn,
Minister of the Interior under the Re
public with the exception Of certain
specified matters relating to licenses
corporations, partnerships. business en-
itcrprscs OF married women, and registry
OF conveyances. which were transferred
Ito the Treasurer, matters relating t.
prisons. uotaries and eschcat OF lands
which were transferred to the Attorney
General. and those relating to the pres
ervation OF laws and proceedings of tn,
Legislature and the duty OF promulgat
ing executive proclamations. VIII CHI wcr,
transferred to the Secretary of the Ter.
ritory.
The duties and authority of the old
Commissioners of Public Lands and
Agent of Public Lands have been COM
bincd in one person, the Commissioner OF
Public Lands.
EVENING W SALARIES.
At the present time under the apprO-
pratons made In the leg slative session
OF 1895 the pay of the heads of depart
ments is very uneven. While the At
torncy General the Treasurer and The
superintendent of Public Works receive
each six Thousand dollars a year, the Su-
perntendent of Public instruction re-
ceives nothng-the corresponding posi-
ton of Minister of Public instruction
having been formerly held cN-oiiicio by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who rc-
ceived his salary as such Minister The
annual salary of the Commissioner OF
Public Lands is three thousand dollars
that of the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Forestry is two thousand one hun
dred dollars, that of the Surveyor Is
three thousand dollars, while the presl-
dent of the Board OF Health receives
nothing.
AS Will be seen in the estimates. | have,
nlnppU the four leading pNppltiVa pffipprs
in class by themselves with an annual
salary of four thousand five hundred dol
lars each, such reduction of pay being
consonant with the rates established for
such Territorial officers as are paid by
the Federal Government.
The Commissioner of Public Lands, the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Fores-
try and the president of the Board of
Health are placed in another class with
salaries corresponding to that OF the All
ditor. 1t Is IA question in my mind
whether the president of the Board of
Health should not receive four thousand
five hundred dollars.
HEALTH BOARD PRESIDENT.
The reasons for these changes are as
follows: The Commissioner of Public
Lands has now the whole work and re-
sponsibility formerly divided among the
of Public Lands and the
agent OIL luDllC l.uDuS unuef tne htpuD-
lie. In regard to the Commissioner Of
and Forestry 1t is desired TO
develop the scope of his department TO
an extent far beyond the field of the
old Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry,
m which case the present pay is clearly
Both of these officers are
by the Federal authorities
who are working for the establishment
IF an agricultural experiment station IN
The Territory, for appointment as Com
mlssloners in the management of such
station.
The president of the Board of Health
IS an officer having at times great and
most critical responsibilities In relation
10 the protection of the public health 1t
IS obvious that no one would be able to
perform the duties of this position as
thoroughly without pay as If his time
md efforts We're reasonably compensat-
I'd.
I recommend that the beginning of the
irst biennial period of the Territory he
set for the first day of July, 1901, and
hat appropriations be made according
Y. My reasons for this are: First, the
financial year of the Government of the
United States begins on the first day of
July OF each year. under which rule our
ormer practice of beginning the financial
period on the first day of January,
would, If continued he extremely incon-
IONS, particularly in the matter of sta
istlcs, ard official reports to the FEEDER
II Government; second, 1t would for OBJ
'!ous reasons be an improvement in our
'ystem to have our financial period fol-
oW the biennial appropriations instead
II beginning several months before their
passage. as heretofore.
loss on REvENIrES
Such an arrangement was evidently
contemplated by Congress in enactinE
ection 90 of the Territorial Act, as APP
'ears by the words which refer to the
egular sessions of the Legislature as
preceding the biennial periods for which
nh Los ~ ~ tnr,fS ana ,ostaI ro,,o-
lues incident to annexation, has been
erious shock to our financial condition.
n the period of 1898 and 1899 the revenue
rom these sources was 1889 lG7.S and
he expenses 1881 ,27O.22.
This reduction of revenues makes it
lecessary that considerable sum of
money should be borrowed for public i'm
movements.