The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-30


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understood that on these efforts q be-
ing directly tn she induccmcni rf im
migration Of persons who are readv
within The United States
The general immigration Act of 1907
prohibited the further Introduce ln Of
European immigrants bv means AZ pri
Nato contributions made 90 sth % or
territorial boards Of immigraiirn by
corporations. While b. h eNcec ingly
desirable that Congress should thor
lie continuance Of such assistance
with funds contributed bv indy duals
or corporations, IL seems impro liable
AT the present time, that any relief
may be obtained through congres -innal
action. The Immigration Act % 1907
does not. however preclude such immi-
grafton conducted by the territorial
board of immigration with funds de
rived from the general revenues " the
Territory. Therefore. IL has become
necessary IL such immigration Is t. be
continued that the territorial leglsla-
ture should afford the means for the
purpose.
General.
There will he no withdrawal from
the policy first inaugurated by this
board, and every effort will be made
to obtain for this country an increase
in the number of persons who will per
manently settle upon the land anu build
up the country and its citizenship. All
the plantations are in sympathy with
this movement and have given "a il
their moral and financial support Dur
ing this period, and co.extensive with
the movement to induce such emigra-
ton. all plantations have used every
effort to induce laborers to take up
lands on the several plantations and
plantation, the McBryde Sugar Com
pany, has projected a most successful
homesteading scheme by which the
lands above the cane belt of the plan
tation, known as the Kalaheo lands.
are being rapidly settled by Spanish.
Italian and Portuguese laborers. At
the same time considerable activity
has been shown by the government of
In
settlement purposes under agreements
more favorable to settlers than hither-
TO, and without lesseniDg the safe
guards against mere spectators.
If funds are secured from the general
revenues of the Territory for the fur
ther conduct of the work of the board.
and the same policy is continued by
the plantations in regard to settling
lands, and particularly along the lines
of the KalaheO homestead settlement,
and the territorial government con
tinues its policy of opening mp lands
for settlement purposes under the
agreements above referred to, there APP
pears every assurance that the policy
of substituting Anglo-Saxons and
Latins for Orientals and settling the
lands of the Territory with a perma.
nent and desirable class of agricul-
turists and laborers will be successfully
carried out.
For complete statistics showing all
receipts and expenditures of the board,
also cost of different lots of immigrants
and statement Of arrivals and depar.
lures for 1907 and 1908. see report at
tached hereto of John Guild, account
ant of the board.
Respectfully submitted,
Il. A. M0TT-SMTTH
Superintendent, Board of Immigration.
Honolulu, T. H., March 90. 1909.
Hon. f. A. Mott-Smith, Superintendent
Board of immigration. Honolulu.