The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12

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SALARY Question.
i'Fof instancei an huih6fiana O.
expcnd $4,000 per month on toaahafs'
salaficu at a schedule thht has long
been Fixed. Am / spending that muck
per month"; lIete are tho figures. Sep
TENDER S42,i35, October tf3,3ft, No.
vcmbef s4s,703, December a4s 1873. The
figures for January will not Do more
than those for December, probably q
little less; and this In spite cf the fact
that recent emigration has added eos
names to our school enrollment. We
have now a total school enrolment Of
22,9os, the largest in our history.
II should also be remembered that
we are now paying teachers upon the
basis Of our June enrolment which was
20,597. This at the rate or thirty-nvo
NAHAAn w ~ NNHIutN MllONN0 ~ 900 |NoACns
ere, the number at present upoa The
salary lists. This is eighty-sevan. moro
teachers than were in the department
last year.
Not stinting.
fsNow then as a matter OF fact We
are not spending all the. money tho
law allows US to spend, for the ample
reason that while we do not believe
in stinting when it comes to a matter
Of the public schools we do believe in
making every dollar go as far ,aas lie
will. - @
Mr.. Pope stated that while it, had
been said in certain quarters that the
Territorial auditor would not issue GER
tain warrants above given amount for
the reason that while the appropriations
allowed $4,000 per month for, salaries
there was not that much money in
lsight, he had nothing to do with That
part of 'it---that it was not up to him
to collect taxes or to see that the money
was in the treasury. Ts''
| Denies Charge.
GAS to the silly charge that / have
lbeen boosting salaries, - continued the
superintendent, 81 win simply refer to
the reports Of by-gone years to prove
THAT long before came into this Office
large majority of the teachers were
receiving the same pay that they are
now getting. In a few instances where
supervising principals have. been APP
pointed $50 per month has been add
ed to their former salaries; but IN ev-
lery. one Of these cases the work and
worry of the teacher has been Easily
Increased. Some of these principals have
had four and five schools added to their
leharge, others eight, and in one place
as many as sixteen schools. This means
that the supervising principal must not
only look after and teach his own school
tbut see to 1T that all the Others are
being properly conducted"
Auditor Talks.
Colonel Fisher, Territorial auditor,
when seen at his office in the capitol
said the whole affair was a sort of tenn
pest in a teapot.
sit is true,' said Colonel Fisher, -
THAT we see in round figures only about
100000 for the department of public
instruction for the fiscal year ending
june 80, and it is also true that the
Expenses of that department arc such
las to figure mp perhaps as much az $780,
l000 more than that amount; but pre-
lsume the tax rate will be so fixed as
to meet any apparent deficiency"
The auditor declared that he had
mever authorized anyone to quote him
las saying that he would in April or
May or any other month refuse to pay
the salaries of teachers.
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