The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-29

the Japanese constitute 22.11 per cent.
and the Portuguese 1914 per cent, and
the Chinese 1915 per cent.
industrial work has been empha-
sized and interest aroused and sus-
tanned. Last year, out Of 1908 girls in
the schools, 7425 were instructed in
sewing and one-half of the pupils en-
rolled were engaged in agricultural
work of some sort. 1t is hoped dur
ing the next year TO establish cooking
departments in several of the schools.
Wherever possible, schools will be
equipped with tools, and all minor re-
pairs on buildings and fences will be
made by pupils under the direction Of
the teachers. Elementary instruction
in manual work will be given.
4 summary of the legislation Great
ing the College of Agriculture and Me-
chanic Ats is given and what has
| been done under ti.at legislation. The
| Public Library Act is summarized,
while a concise statement of what the
| archives are and what is being done
| with them is given.
THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
Among other things, Governor Car
| ter saws these concerning the Judi
| ciary:
| For several years, owing mainly 10
/ changes in the personnel of the higher
/ courts, the enactment of needed legls-
lation. and improvement in conditions
generally. the courts have run smooth
ly and effectively. One change in the
appointing power may be mentioned
| Two wears ago the Legislature trans
| 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
s,,nreme ourt, has practically caugh0
; m with it's calendar. At present
; case begun in any court may pass
) with dispatch through the court OF
original Jurisdiction and the higher
courts of appeal. In perhaps no jurls-
diction is litigation more expeditions
inexnensive and assured of just re-
sult in so far as care and honesty OF
nurpose can secure such an end, than
| in Hawaii"
LITIGATION IN HAWAII.
siThe amount of litigation in Hawaii
is nerhaps greater in proportion TO
| nopulation than in most other 1urlsdlc"
! lions. With a population of, say, be-
tween 1876 900 and $4,000, there are
p tried annually on an average in the
n supreme court about 125 cases, mostly
: civil. in the five circuit courts about
: 1900 of which 1000 are civil and 50t
| criminal. and in the twenty-nine dis
: trict courts about 11000, of when Ioo'
: are civil and $500 criminal. The per
1 centage of convictions in crlmlna
: cases is large, being about 40 per cent
=. This is true even in homicidal cases
: Tn 1906 in which the number OF sucf
= cases was larger than for any previous
e wear there were thirteen conviction:
: in fifteen trials for murder, and sever
J, convictions in eleven trials for man
l slaughter. During that year there wa
,. a falling off of about % per cent
Il criminal cases in general, due ap
) narentlv to a decrease in the ethclenc!
y of the county police systems that was
! nerhaps in part a result of the eiec
p" tion of county sheriff and deput!
;. sheriffs after the inauguration o
- county government 1t is hoped tina
in time this tendency will be over
n come and that all elective officers Q
v these classes will be as efficient as ap
pointive officers have been.
a LAW LIBRARIES.
i "Much attention has been paid 10 IN
i building up of law libraries for the US
"a of the courts and members OF the pal
,s The library of the supreme court nov
% contains nearly 5000 volumes. An un
d usually large appropriation has re
r. cant1v been made by the Legislature
n and special arrangements have pee
m effected for exchanges of sets OF Ha
l. waiian reports with publishers II
a. library will soon have practically a
Or the English and American reports, DC
re sides MANY volumes of textbooks, Ell
e. cvclodedias. statutes and digests. IN
~ second. third, fourth and fifth circu
a courts have small, well-selected
b. braries which contain in the aggrega'
I'd more than $500 volumes, and the az
ne rronriations for the purchase of la
ge hooks for them have recently been II
creased.
ne WATER RIGHTS.
- "The jurisdiction of commissions
of nrivate ways and water rights WI
transferred to the circuit judges by II
last Legislature. This was a step
IT. the direction of the simplihcaflon
the judicial system by doing ava
ne with one class of courts. 1t leaves q
OF cost of litigation in connection WI
ne private ways and water rights low
OF If was before, and even reduces II;
on also preserves the elastic jurisd1cu'
TX of an equitable nature which SUI
he courts possessed; at the same time
&C. secures a higher class of judges /
M the exercise of such jurisdiction.
tic courts of the commissioners We're 6
OF tablished half a century ago una
conditions which have largely pass
lat away. and thus there is no long