No. 365.
Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of
the United States,
Honolulu, January 17, 1887.
(Received February 3.)
No. 97.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herein three
copies of the quarterly statement of the revenue of the Hawaiian treasury,
published “by authority,” showing the receipts and expenditures for the
quarter ending December 31, 1886.
Among the expenditures the $150,366.62 itemized as “special loan” represents
the sum paid Spreckels & Co., being the full amount due that firm for
accommodation loans, concerning which there has been
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some newspaper comments and rumors of repudiation by
the Government on account of their supposed illegality. The only remaining
indebtedness of the Government to Spreckels & Co., outside the subsidy
accruing monthly to the steam-ship line, is on bonds not yet due, which, I
am informed, the Government offers to pay at par, but the holders decline to
surrender.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 97.]
quarterly statement of revenue.
Following is the statement of receipts and expenditures of the Hawaiian
treasury for the quarter ending December 31, 1886:
Receipts and expenditures Hawaiian
treasury for the three months ending December 31, 1886.
|
October. |
November. |
December. |
Total. |
| receipts. |
|
|
|
|
| Balance from September |
|
|
|
$49,132.51 |
| Fines, penalties, and cost |
$4,994.84 |
$2,932.99 |
$2,970.20 |
10,853.03 |
| Interior department |
40,030.38 |
|
33,057.27 |
100,098.18 |
| Customs receipts |
53,234.39 |
50,279.3 |
38,508.00 |
142,021.72 |
| Government realizations |
27.75 |
1.50 |
170.25 |
199.50 |
| Loan fund, October 15, 1886 |
185,000.00 |
115,000.00 |
5,000.00 |
305,000.00 |
| Brands |
37.00 |
|
|
37.00 |
| Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank |
11,000.00 |
11,000.00 |
3,000.00 |
25,000.00 |
| Revenue stamps |
1,589.00 |
1,314.50 |
1,323.00 |
4,226.50 |
| Internal revenue |
|
26,645.74 |
193,747.38 |
220,393.12 |
| Total |
295,868.36 |
234,784.59 |
277,776.10 |
857,561.56 |
| expenditures. |
|
|
|
|
| Civil list |
2,377.00 |
10,625.33 |
9,543.00 |
22,545.33 |
| Permanent settlements |
100.00 |
538.00 |
701.50 |
1,341.50 |
| Judiciary |
7,056.25 |
6,836.25 |
5,298.50 |
19,191.00 |
| Attorney-general |
11,739.11 |
16,541.28 |
8,170.83 |
36,451.22 |
| Department of foreign affairs |
8,242.61 |
19,674.87 |
14,775.21 |
42,692.69 |
| Interior department |
70,705.22 |
58,579.54 |
119,798.12 |
249,082.88 |
| Finance department |
134,112.79 |
29,993.60 |
23,419.74 |
187,526.13 |
| Board of health |
16,759.36 |
22,235.67 |
5,873.46 |
44,808.49 |
| Special loan |
20,000.00 |
51,163.00 |
79,203.62 |
150,366.62 |
| Expense of legislature, 1886 |
6,894.28 |
3,878.10 |
637.17 |
11,409.55 |
| Board of education |
|
6,726.63 |
3,283.00 |
10,009.63 |
| Balance, cash in treasury |
277,986.62 |
226,792.27 |
270,706.15 |
775,485.04 |
|
|
|
|
82,076.52 |
|
|
|
|
857,561.56 |
P. P. Kanoa,
Minister of Finance.
Treasury Office,
December 31, 1886.
