The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-29

the japanese constitute 22.11 per cen
and the Portuguese 1914 per cent, an
the Chinese 1e45 per cent.
Industrial work has been emphs
sized and interest aroused and sus
tanned. Last year, out of 770S girls
the schools, 7425 We're instructed /
, rolled were engaged in agriculture
work of some sort 1t is hoped dun
!, ing the next year to establish cookin
departments in several of the school!
}. Wherever possible. schools will b
equipped with tools, and all minor re
pairs on buildings and fences will
made by pupils under the direction o
the teachers. Elementary instruction
in manual work will be given"
A summary of the legislation Great
] ing the College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Ats is given and what ha
been done under tf.at legislation. TIL
Public Library Act is summarized
while concise statement of what tn,
| archives are and what is being don'
with them is given.
THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
Among other things, Governor Car.
ter says these concerning the Judi.
| ciary:
For several years. owing mainly tC
| changes in the personnel of the higher
courts, the enactment of needed legis-
lation, and improvement in conditions
generally. the courts have run smooth
ly and effectively. One change in the
appointing power may be mentioned
ferred the appointment of district
magistrates from the Governor to the
Chief Justice.
1.-The work of all the courts is prac-
tically up to date. The first circuit
court, which, for a longer period, was
farther behind in it's work than the
supreme curt, has practically caugh.
up with it's calendar. At present a
case begun in any court may pass
with dispatch through the court of
original Jurisdiction and the higher
courts of appeal. In perhaps no juris-
diction is litigation more expeditions,
inexpensive and assured of just re-
suit, in so far as care and honesty Of
purpose can secure such an end, than
in Hawaii"
LITIGATION IN HAWAII.
1.-THE amount of litigation In Hawaii
is perhaps greater in proportion to
population than in most other jurisdic-
TONS With a population of, say, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000, there are
tried annually On an average in the
supreme court about 125 cases. mostly
civil; in the five circuit courts about
1900, of which 1000 are civil and 500
criminal, and in the twenty-nine dis
trict courts about II 1000, of which 1900
are civil and $500 criminal. The per-
centage of convictions in criminal
cases is large, being about 10 per cent.
This is true even in homicidal cases.
In 1906, in which the number of such
cases was larger than for any previous
year, there were thirteen convictions
in fifteen trials for murder, and seven
convictions in eleven trials for man.
During that year there was
a falling off of about % per cent. in
criminal cases in general, due ap-
W d uCCICdSC III tiO OAAASAOAiCJ
of the county police systems that was
perhaps in part a result of the cleo
ton of county sheriff and deputy
sheriffs after the Inauguration OF
government. 1t is hoped that
in time this tendency will be over
come, and that all elective officers of
these classes will be as efficient as ap- |
0ff7carS have heen.
LAW LIBRARIES.
Much attention has been paid to the |
up of law libraries for the use
of the courts and members of the bar. |
The library of the supreme court now
contains nearly 5000 volumes. An UNI
usually large appropriation has re-
Gently been made by the Legislature.
and special arrangements have been
effected for exchanges of sets of Ha-
waiian reports with publishers. The
library will soon have practically all
the English and American reports, be-
sides mary volumes of textbooks, en- |
cyclodedias, statutes and digests. The
second, third, fourth and fifth circuit |
have small. well-selected Ii
braries which contain in the aggregate |
more than $500 volumes, and the ap-
for the purchase of law
books for them have recently been in
creased.
WATER RIGHTS.
"The jurisdiction of commissioners
of private ways and water rights was
to the circuit judges by the
last Legislature. This was step in
the direction of the simplification of
the judicial system by doing away
with one class of courts. 1t leaves the
cost of litigation in connection with
private ways and water rights low, as
it was before, and even reduces it; 1t |
also preserves the elastic jurisdiction |
of an equitable nature which such |
courts possessed; at the same time it
secures a higher class of judges for |
the exercise of such Jurisdiction. The |
courts OF the commissioners were es-
tablished half a century ago under
conditions which have largely passed |
away, and thus there is no longer
need of special tribunals for the set
Element of controversies over subjects
IF this nature"
COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION.
In speaking of the Court of Land
Registration, its purpose, and problems,
md results, Governor Carter says: