The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-17
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James F. Morgan held a number of
judicial and other sales yesterday as
follows: Mortgage of w. L. Peterson
to w. o. Smith, lot 20, block 3, Kewalo,
$40; 36-7, same, 1925; %, 27-7, same,
5000; 16. 15-7, same, 1910; 20, 21-S,
same, 1910; Liliha street property,
$3.50; Palama homestead, $4,000; all to
W. w. Chamberlain, trustee. Melon
aid mortgage, two Kaimuki lots, $500,
to W. W. Chamberlain, trustee. Lease
of mauka portions of grazing and for
est lands of Kahaluu, Keauhou i and 2,
Hawaii, belonging to Bishop estate, p
years from January 1, 1906, area about
5000 acres, upset price of $40O year
net above taxes; lessons reserving
about $50 acres specified, also the
right to take over such portions as
might be required for forest reserva-
tions with proportionate reduction of
rent, the right to cut and market koa
and other forest products, all kuleanas
not owned by the lessons and rights of
way to the mauka lands of the lessons !;
to J. K NahaIe for $3.50. Mortgage
of John Richardson to w. O. Smith,
seven wears unexpired lease of Lahaina
land at annual rent of $50, to w w.
Chamberlain for $25; seven years unex-
PRED lease of land at Lahaina at an
nual rent of $75, to J. Lightfoot for 81 !;
piece of land at Kalihi, Oahu, and piece
of land at Lahaina, both subject to a
mortgage to F. Wundenberg. trustee,
for $500, to the trustee for $14.25.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Territorial finances are in great
deal better shape than year ago.
While the total current expenditures
for November were $21O,SI3.47, or ST.
1882 more than the same month last
wear. the current cash balance on No
vember 80 was 1914, 742.S1, against
$137 ,2423 SO the corresponding day OF
1904, an excess this year of $411 ,5O0.4o.
At the same time the unpaid warrants
amounted TO $11S,SSS.44, or but S43,-
1891 more than on November so. 1904
Secretary Atkinson cabled on the
18th that Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw had approved the Territorial
issue Of $3.50. 600 bonds on the 9th. He
has been instructed by Governor Car
ter and Treasurer Campbell to sell the
bonds at private sale, if he can get a
price authorized by law, and to try
Chicago if necessary.
The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Oahu have adopted budget
appropriating the 100000 of estimated
revenue for 1906. OF this amount the
road department is allowed $2o4, 900.
The Board of immigration has IN
structed Secretary Atkinson to go TO
the Azores and Madeira islands, or the
north of Italy if necessary, to, investi-
gate the feasibility of obtaining fam
lilies of labor immigrants for the Ha-
waiian sugar plantations.
Action has been taken Jointly by the
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association of Honolulu to send dele
CATION. representing different islands, to
Washington TO work for the adoption
By Congress of the President s recon-
mendation that 10 per cent. OF the Fed
eraI revenues collected in Hawaii for
twenty years be applied to public i'm
provements. defenses and education IN
the Territory.
Such progress Is being made IN the
construction of the kohala ditch as IN
sures the completion of the first section
of fourteen miles by July l next. Nine
miles are in rock tunnel. of which 5000
feet remain to be driven. The ditch
will have a capacity of conveying 10
million gallons of water IN "a hours,
and is expected TO have an average
daily flow OF Is million gallons. Be