The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-06
To CARRY WORD
BACK To MADEIRA
DR.. Gaspar, Physician of the
KumeriC, to Return
Shortly.

DR.. LUZ Rodrigues Gaspar, of Fun
chal, Madeira, who came as physician
to the immigrants on the Kumeric
has just returned from a tour of the
plantations of Hawaii, and of this is
land, made at the request of the
friends of the immigrants who re-
manned behind in Madeira. So pleased
! is the doctor with conditions here, that
he intends to locate in the Islands for
the practise of his profession, though
he will first return to Madeira to set
tie up his affairs there, and bring his
family here.
Dr.. Gaspar was engaged as physi-
clan to the Kumeric immigrants be-
cause of his knowledge of the lam
guage and the people, as well as be-
cause of his professional skill. The
voyage he describes as, on the whole.
| a very pleasant one. The only rough
weather was the first day out from
Funchal, and after leaving the Straits
| of Magellan. The Straits of Magel-
Ian themselves were perfectly smooth;
the weather was clear and the moon
near the full, so that the Kumeric
distance at full speed without stop
ping, and in twenty-four hours instead
of the three days that are usually
taken.
The first case of smallpox broke out
when the Kumeric was at the Equator
in the Atlantic. There had been an
epidemic of smallpox in FNunchal,
something like two hundred cases,
with forty-six deaths, having occurred
before the Kumeric left. 1t was
brought to F'unchal by the master of
an Italian ship who was sent to the
hospital there and not properly iscla-
ted.
There were four cases of smallpox
on the Kumeric, three of them termin-
ating fatally. There were besides
eleven deaths mainly of children, from
hamilton.
After the discharge of the Kumeric's
passengers from quarantine and their
final landing and distribution, DR.. Gas
par undertook his mission of visiting
the plantations, observing the quarters
provided for the new Portuguese i'm
migrants and those provided for the
immigrants which came on the Suveric
and the Heliopolis and the conditions
of labor in the Islands generally. He
was shown every courtesy by the
Planters Association, which detailed
Joseph Frias, who has lived here since
his boyhood, to accompany DR.. Gaspar.
They were given letters to the man
ayers of the various plantations on
their route, and everywhere they were
given the fullest opportunity to OBJ
serve and investigate.
Wherever 1 have gone,' said DR..
Gaspar, Il have talked not only with
the immigrants by the Kumeric, but
with those from the Suveric and the
Heliopolis as well. Both Portuguese
and Spaniards 1 found well satisfied
both with their work and with the
carrying out of the representations
that were made to them to induce them
to come here. 1 have taken pictures
of the quarters provided for them
which I will take back with me, for
the people of Madeira are awaiting my
return to know how their friends and
relatives were received and are doing
in this strange land. 1 have visited
nine plantations in all, six on Hawaii
and three on this island. 1 have found
the immigrants who arrived by the
Suveric and the Heliopolis, especially
on Hawaii, have already made gar
dens and have raised potatoes, peas,
corn and other products. I visited
Olaa, Waiakea, Pepeekeo, Papaikou,
Onomea and Wainaku on Hawaii, and
Eva, Waialua and Kahuku on this is
land. 1 was shown every courtesy by
plantation managers everywhere.
feel under special obligations to Mr..
r. d. Mead and Collector E. r. Stack
able for courtesies extended.
II sail from here by the Hilonian
for San Francisco. I go to New York.
Paris, London and Funchal. I expect
to be back here by the first of next
year.
DIR. Gaspar is a native of Madeira
but he spent several years in London,
Paris and Brussels where he prepared
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