The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-05-12

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90 t.a tarutor, through which the
ditch 10 t1 run aud - The right. which
would o. conferred. leave Goo much
HfnuHl for uncertainty ana LITIGATION.
The fact that The charter 90 the
Hawaii Ditch 60 preciudrs "a from
holding Iauds but may not prevent 10
from selling an or n large part oi the
water To- the majority stockholders.
who might not sufficiently protect the
Interests of others, and more especial
~ the small holders 81 lands. In the
license proposed by the government ~
Hawaii TIL. matter was 30 fully cover
"a that there can be little room Tor
possible evasion or the Intent OF the IL
,ense.
The amendments which are now
acceptable To the Hawaii Ditch co.
seem to be so because OF opposition Of
fcrcd by tn. officers Of the Hawaiian
government and other parties who
claim an interest In the matter. The
Territory OF Hawaii does not wish To
depend upon the efforts Of individual
citizens. nor Incur the expense Of keep
ing an official in washington to object
TO possible legislation harmful to the
Territory. and the distance from wash
ington to Honolulu In both time aud
miles IL large. N a precedent ehould
be established by the enactment ~ this
bill into Il statute, other attempts OF a
similar character may be made, and I'm
fact such bills are already pending in
Congress.
g. The gentlemen Of your committee
and other committees do not now pos
sess the intimate knowledge of our
lands and the conditions surrounding
them. or tn. present means for obtain
ing such knowledge, so requisite to en-
able you to thoroughly and sufficiently
pass upon the merits OF an application
of this kind, and II you had such
knowledge, your time and attention are
occupied with the large affairs of a
great nation. and you can not spare
the time necessary for such an exam
nation.
These are small matters when com
pared with those OF national and inter-
national import which constantly de-
mand your close attention, but they
are OF great Importance to the Terri
tory Oft Hawaii, with her limited re-
sources, and NE can and are willing
10 devote all the time required for a
proper solution OF these problems
In this case you are asked to decide
at = few meetings Of an hour or so
each. questions which the Territorial
officials have passed upon and decided
many times. and TO which, in the cas-
of the Kohala water license. they
have devoted anew many days OF time,
extending over period Of many
months including a personal examina-
tion of the lands in question.
| think that this is n matter which
should be left to the officers OF the Ter
ritory
1 Should you think otherwise. I re.
specially request that you will rot act
/ In this or any similar matter, until you
have a personal and exact report from
/ some one upon whose experience anC
| Judgment you place reliance, and whom
| you may send to Hawaii to make al
examination OF our conditions
Respectfully submitted.
EDWARD s. BOYD,
! Commissioner OF Public Land. for thu