Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1878

No. 253.
Mr. Comly to Mr. Evarts.

Legation of the United States,
Honolulu, July 8, 1878. (Received July 25.)

No. 44.]

Sir: I have the honor to transmit intelligence of a change of ministry in the Hawaiian Government, His Majesty having demanded the resignation of his former ministers. The new ministry is as follows:

S. G. Wilder, minister of the interior, vice J. Mott Smith, resigned.

J. M. Kapena, minister of foreign affairs, vice H. A. Peirce, resigned.

Simon K. Kaai, minister of finance, vice J. M. Kapena, transferred.

Edw. Preston, attorney-general, vice Alfred S. Hartwell, resigned.

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I have, &c.,

JAMES M. COMLY.