The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-01-25
new Immigrants
COST LARGE SUM
From Special Fund
Total More Than
100000.
$4,000 FOR THE PORTUGUESE
Interesting Figures Show What
Is Being Done With Public
Money.

1t cost the Territory of Hawaii con-
siderably more than $4,000 to recruit
and bring from the Azores the S74
Portuguese who arrived here on the
steamer Swanley some weeks ago. Just
how much in excess of $4,000 the total
viii prove to be can not be stated at
this time as not all the bills are in,
but the figure will probably be a good
deal more than the amount mentioned
above
Up to December 81, when the books
of the auditor S office were closed, there
had been received a total of $147,-
207.93 credited to the immigration ac-
count, this being three-fourths of the
amount collected under the special i'm
migration and conservation act passed
by the last legislature, imposing>a a spe-
cial tax of two per cent. on all incomes
in excess of $4,000.
OF this total, $94,044.SS had been
expended up to December 81. The
greater part of this went to pay the
expenses of getting the last bach of
Portuguese here. Large amounts were.
cabled to Special Agent A. j. Camp
bell in London on several occasions.
One amount thus forwarded, on, Sep
tember Z, was $19,4S5.25. On October
Z "a second remittance was sent Mr..
Campbell, $29, 1866. Later the local
authorities cabled to David Bruce &
Co. of London for Mr.. Campbell the
sum of $40 ,4S490, and short time
later 1000 pounds, more, or $4,s74.9o,
was forwarded.
In addition to these large sums there
were many smaller amounts expended
locally on account of the Portuguese
scheme. William Savidge, secretary of
! the board of immigration, draws a
salary of $3.50 month. Printing, sta
tionary, rental and incidental bills run
well into the thousands.
Atkinson $4,000 Man.
Jack Atkinson, who is now in Man.
churia with A. Perelstrous, collecting
Russians for Hawaii, is on a $4,000 a
year basis. That is, he is paid at that
rate for the time he is engaged in the
work of gathering Russians. 1t is TN
derstoed that the board proposes to
keep him at it for at least year,
should he meet with success this time.
What Mr.. Perelstrous is being paid
can not be stated, as but few of the
bills for the Russian expedition have
come in as yet. But the figure will
probably become public property later
on when the later bills are sent to the
auditor for approval.
On January 10 the sum Of $15,076.60
was sent to Atkinson, to be used to-
ward defraying expenses.
The Russians brought in recently cost
much less per individual than did the
Portuguese. On November 4, $7S97.5(
was paid the Pacific Mail as passage
money of Russians from Kobe to Homo
lulu. Atkinson turned in voucher fo
$4,000 expenses at Harbin. His salar!
for sixty-five days, at $4,000 a year
was $lO65.05. Another item was $4,000
cash advanced to A. Perelstrous. Their
is one item of thirty-nine dollars fo
tips. meals and other incidentals. An
other expense item is for $2095. Tips
meals and incidentals again are put il
at ninety-one dollars. Still another til
item is for $4766. The Pacific Mai
was paid an additional amount of $40
4 passage money of twelve Russians VIII
. came later than the main body. Seve
others cost 500, and $393.75 was pai
for the fares of eleven more who cam
still later.
, There is nothing on the auditor
summary of expenditures from the in
migration fund to show the salary re
ceived by A. j. Campbell, but it
known that he was engaged at salar
of $4,000 a year.