The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-06
To. CARRY WORD
BACK To MADEIRA

D-. Lniz Ro3risoes Gasrs<, o. Fan
ohal. Msisirs. wAo came as physician
{ 10 ths Immigrants 81 the Kuuseric,
has Jus. returned from : tour % the
T Plantations ~ Hawaii aai % this is
LSa6. made az the request ot the
friends o. the Immigrants who re-
manned eshiaa n Madeira So pleased
i the doctor with conditions here. thar
he intends - loc&5a in the Islands for
the practise u his profession. though
Re viii frs return To Madeira - set
tie III his affairs there. ana bring his
family here
Dr.. G2Sp&r was engaged SIS phySi-
ciz2 70 the kums-1e immigrants BE-
cGnss u his knowledge u the Ian
su&ss and the people. as well as be
cause 0. his professional skill The
voyage he describes IS. On the whole.
: very pleasant one The only rough
U7sGIhsr VAS The 6rSr day out from
FunchaL. and after leaving the Straits
q Magellan The Straits % Massl-
TIE weather Was clear &ni the moon
rs2- The full. 50 that the kumeric
came through the straits. the whole
distance 81 1uu speed without stop
ping. aud n swsn1y-tOur hours instead
q The three days thar are usually
taken
The first case % smallpox broke our
when ne kunleric Mss 81 the Equator
in The AIl2n,sc. There had been sa
epidemic 81 smallpox in Funch2I.
something Ike two hundred cases,
WIKI torIy-six deaths. having occurred
before the hums-Ic Left. II was
brought 70 Funch2l by the master OF
an Italian ship who wSS sent 10 the
hospital there and not properly iScla-
ted
There were four cases Of smallpox
OF the kumeric, three OF them termin-
2tins fatally There were besides
eleven deaths mainly Of children, from
hamilton.
After The discharge Of the Kumeric'S
passengers from quarantine and their
rn2l landing and distribution. Dr.. Gas
Q2- 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 HsEopolis and the conditions
q labor IN the Islands generally. He
Vas shown every courtesy by the
Planters Association, which detailed
Joseph Fri2S, who has lived here since
his boyhooi. 70 accompany DR.. Gaspar.
They were given letters 70 the man
ase-s Of the various plantations on
their route, and everywhere they were
given the fullest oppo- Iurity 10 OBJ
serve and investigate.
Wherever ! have gone" said DR..
GaSp2r, 7 have talked not only with
The immigrants by the humsric. bur
with those from the Suveric and the
HsliOpoliS IS well. Both Portuguese
and SpsCi2rGS found well satisfied
both with their work and with the
carrying OUT Of the representations
70 come here / have taken pictures
% me quarters provided for them
which I VII take hack with me. for
The people Of Madeira are awaiting nv
return % know how their friends and
relatives were received and are doing
n this strange land I have visited
nine Plantations in all, six on Hawaii
and three on this island. I have found
the immigrants who arrived by the
Suveric and the HsIiopolis. especially
on Hawaii. have already made gar
ders and have raised potatoes. peas.
corn and other products. I visited
o-aa, Waiaksa, Pepeekso. Papaikou.
Onomea and Wainaku on Hawaii. and
Eva WaiaIua and Kahuku On this is
land was shown every courtesy by
plantation managers everywhere I
fee under special obligations 10 Mr..
R D Mead and Collector z. R Stack
able for courIesieS extended.
7 san from here by the Hilonian
for san Francisco I 90 70 New York.
Paris, London and FunchaI. expect
70 O. back here by the first of next
year
Dr. Gaspar is a native Of Madeira
but he spent several years in London.
Paris and Brussels where he prepared
for his profession