The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-06
NEW CHINESE
CERTIFICATES
CCOa,iaaea trOm Ease onso


burden Of proving their status. and
were subject 70 all the delay and ia-
eoevenSenee thar such epraea Of prNsos
always fsaposed On them As long as
the exclusion act was in torce there
was no Nay % relieving them from
this burden q proving their status
Ras II the rreos once satisfactorily
given could be perpesuStsd and GER
stscStsS issued which would * Sc-
cepsea as proof wherever prot was
required. the ineOnvsnisncs Of the sit
ration 70 these American Chinese
would es practically eliminated.
The department took the raS,ts- up
along the lines worked ont by Mr.,
Brown and sent back formulated
plan with institutions for Mr.. Brown
petitioners in regard u Il Snd u re
port on the matter. Tasre were Il
number q conferences and the thing
WIS gORs into very fully, Some 81 the
Chinese Objected q having a photo
graph attached 70 the certificate. bat
for the most part. il was recognized
that s certificate without photo Sraph
would be an iulpracticah1e plan, There
was however strong opposition 70 the
TWO Photographs. 81 front view and a
profile. which the plan first formulated
contemplated. ana the department has
yielded On this point and but one
photograph VIII be attached 70 the
certificate, This viii be a fun front
view.
The certificates viii Be about eight
inches long by four wide. handsomely
engraved on good paper. On the front
st one end viii Be the photograph Of
the individual with the number OF the
certificate uOJchsj INTO the photo sr0ph
On one side. on the other side 80 the
Photograph the name viii BE- written.
partly on the photograph. and in addi-
ton the seal Of the department viii
be partly Impressed on the Photograph
Then there VIII be written the name Of
the person certified and an accurate
description OF him including height
and other authropometric measure
mentS-
III III - --A~ - --NA~~--S go
Be a statement Of the issuance OF it
and that il Is TO be accepted as con-
elusive OF the American citizenship OF
the individual 10 whom it is issued by
all officials OF the United states con-
csruet in the execution Of the immi-
grafton laws OF the United States
The certificate viii not be issued TO
any under I'VE years OF age
One OF the considerations urged by
the American-Chinese was that as they
were American citizens, these certif-
Gates ought 70 be issued 70 them with
out expense To themselves. and this
VIII De done \ contract Will be made
with some photographer 10 make the
photographs required OF each photo
graph there will be three prints One
goes on the certificate. \ second goes
% the department at Washington 20
b preserved there, and third. to-
gether with the negative viii be pre-
served At the Immigrant station
here Provision is made for issuing
new certificates when the original IS
lost Or destroyed
The archives Of the Territory show
that about 100 Chinese have been natu-
rallied in Hawaii. since the first one. in
1s45- OF this number II IS believed that
there remain about 500 OF native born
it Is estimated that there are about
ten thousand
The proof required for the Issuance
Of one OF these certificates is cOmpe-
tent proof that the person IS really en-
titled % one by reason OF being either
Hawaiian born OF Hawaiian natural
fIed
The average rainfall for the year Of
the Island Of. Hawaii, as determined
from the records Of IS stations, was
s37 inches. Maui. - stations, sos
inches, Oahu So stations, 5-5I inches;
Kauai. % stations. $50 inches; MolO- Z
kai- stations SIS inches. and for TIN !.
entire section IA stations, 7-55 inches ]
The greatest yearly AMOUNT OF rain /
fall was 267-5a inches az Houomanu 7.
valley. Maui and the least 1900 inch /
e at Eihei. Maui The maximum 4
amount IN - consecutive hours was
% 80 inches az WaiksumalO. Hawaii ]