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5 1 2 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
ous and respectable than a sound and judicious code of laws. The
chiefs were early aware of their deficiency, and as soon as their new
legislative forms came into operation proposed to execute the task;
under any circumstances a difficult one; but in those of their Kingdom
doubly so from the mixed population, foreign and native, that they
were called to govern. The first volume of statute laws was issued in
1846.
"The departments are subdivided into numerous bureaus, comprising
the duties enumerated under their several heads. By this system
the business of government and its machinery have become methodized
on a simple and not expensive scale, for although the subdivisions are
numerous, yet one clerk suffices for many. The judiciary act and the
criminal code, on the new basis, are not yet completed. As in every
other step forward which the Hawaiian nation has taken, unwarrantable
abuse and unreasonable cavil have been showered upon it for
this, chiefly upon the specious pretense that the system was too cumbersome
and altogether beyond its growth. An impartial examination
will doubtless detect points which can be amended with benefit; this
is to be expected, and the intention of the Legislature is rather experimentative
than final, to feel their way as it were to a code simple and
effective. But to do this experience must be acquired in legislation
and the practical operation of laws. In the transition of the nation,
with its rapid growth from foreign sources, it has been found that there
has been felt a want rather than an overplus of system. The machinery
of government, being of a liberal and constitutional character, provides
in itself for checks on excess and remedies for evils. If 'let alone' by
foreign powers, there is ground for the belief that Hawaiian legislation
will in no whit in character be behind that of numerous new countries,
offshoots of the old, now budding into existence on the shores of the
Pacific.
"The executive government was constructed as follows:
"'His Majesty King Kamehameha III.
'"Cabinet council created October 29, 1845.—His highness, Keoni
Ana,* premier and minister of the interior; B. 0. Wyllie, minister foreign
affairs; G. P. Judd, minister of finance; William Bichards, minister
of instruction; John Bicord, attorney-general.
" 'Nobles.—M. Kehauonohi; A.Keliiahonui, chamberlain; Keoni Ana,
premier; Alapai; A. Paki, judge of supreme court; Konia; I. Kaeo,
judge of supreme court; Iona, judge of supreme court; Paulo Kanoa;
Namauu; M. Kekuanaoa, governor of Oahu; W. P. Leleiohoku, governor
of Hawaii; Buta; Keohokalole; 0. Kanaina, judge of supreme
court; Ioane li, guardian of young chiefs; Iona Piikoi; Beniki Namakeha;
K. Kapaakea; James Young Kanehoa, t governor of Maui.'
" The governers are honorary members of the privy council.
"Besides the 4 cabinet officers of foreign birth, there are 5 Americans
and 4 Englishmen, naturalized subjects, commissioned as judges in
foreign cases, collectors, director of Government press, heads of bureaus,
etc. In addition to these are a number of clerks transiently employed,
and officers connected with the several departments, who depend upon
fees for their recompense.
" In no one respect have the Government shown more laudable zeal
than in educating the young chiefs, who, by birth, are destined to fill
important posts. For the purpose of bestowing upon them a solid and
* Son of Mr. Young, Kamehameha's favorite.
t Son of Kamehameha's favorite, Mr. Young, of the Elenora, who landed in 1790
and died in 1835 at the advanced age of 93 years, highly respected by all classes.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 513
practical education in the English language, embracing nc* only the
usual studies pursued in the better class of seminaries in the United
States, but to engraft in their minds the habits, thoughts, moral and
domestic education which children of their age and circumstances
receive in civilized countries, in 1839 they were taken from their native
parents and out of the sphere of mere Hawaiian influences and incorporated
into a boarding school, under the charge of Mr. and Mrs.
Cooke, teachers of the American mission. During the seven years the
school has been established their progress has been rapid, and they
are now versed in the common branches of an English education, besides
being practically acquainted with the tastes, household economy, and
habits of refined domestic life. The annual expense of the school is
now about $5,000. The number of scholars 15.
"''Moses Kaikioewa, son of Kekuanaoa and Kinau, bom July 20.
1829, expectant governor of Kauai.
'"Lota Kamehameha, son of Kekuanaoa and Kinau, born December
11, 1830; expectant governor of Maui.
"'Alexander Liholiho, son of Kehuanaoa and Kinau, born February
9,1834, heir apparant, by adoption, of the King.
"'Victoria Kamamaln, daughter of Kehuanaoa and Kinau, born
November 1, 1838, premier by birth.
" 'William C. Lunalilo, son of Kanaina and Kehauluohi, born January
1, 1835.
"' Bernice Pauahi, daughter of Paki and Konia, born December 19,
1831.
" 'Jane Loeau, daughter of Kalaniulumokee and Liliha, born 1828.
"'Elizabeth Kekaniau, daughter of Laanui, born September 11,1834.
"'Emma Booke, daughter of Fanny Young,* born January 2, 1830.
"'Peter Young Kaeo, son of Kaeo and Lahilahi,* born March 4,1830.
"' James Kaliokalani, son of Paakea and Keohokalole, born May 29,
1835.
"'David Kalakaua, son of Paakea and Keohokalole, born November
16, 1836.
"'Lydia Makaeha, daughter of Paakea and Keohokalole, born September
2, 1838.
"'Mary Paaaina.
'"Kinau Pitt, son of W. Pitt Kalaimokee.'
" The rapid progress of the Hawaiian group in commercial importance
is best illustrated by their commercial statistics both before the
organization of their present Government and since, when under
improved auspices their value has more rapidly developed. The
facilities which they afforded the American vessels engaged in the
lucrative Northwest fur trade, to which was soon added the equally
profitable one of sandal wood, gave them such good repute that previous
to 1820 the hardy whale fishers resorted to them for recruits and
men. As early as 1823, from 40 to 60 whale ships, mostly American,
were to be seen in the harbor of Honolulu at one time.
" From January, 1836, to December 31, 1841, 358 vessels belonging
to the United States, of which four fifths were whalers, touched at
Honolulu; an average of 71f annually, besides 17 men-of-war. Of
English vessels during the same period there were 82 and 9 men-ofwar.
Those of France and other nations numbered not over 20. The
average annual imports for those years were to the value of $365,854,
one-half of which were American goods, one-quarter Chinese and Cali-
* Daughters of John Young.
S. Doc. 231, pt 6 33

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 " ' ''Cabinet council created October 29, 1845''.—His highness, Keoni Ana,{{*}} premier and minister of the interior; R.C. Wyllie, minister foreign affairs; G. P. Judd, minister of finance; William Richards, minister of instruction; John Ricord, attorney-general.
-" ' ''Nobles''.—M. Kehauonohi; A.Keliiahonui, chamberlain; Keoni Ana, premier; Alapai; A. Paki, judge of supreme court; Konia; I. Kaeo, judge of supreme court; Iona, judge of supreme court; Paulo Kanoa; Namauu; M. Kekuanaoa, governor of Oahu; W. P. Leleiohoku, governor of Hawaii; Ruta; Keohokalole; C. Kanaina, judge of supreme court; Ioane li, guardian of young chiefs; Iona Piikoi; Beniki Namakeha; K. Kapaakea; James Young Kanehoa,{{&dagger}} governor of Maui.'
+" ' ''Nobles''.—M. Kehauonohi; A.Keliiahonui, chamberlain; Keoni Ana, premier; Alapai; A. Paki, judge of supreme court; Konia; I. Kaeo, judge of supreme court; Iona, judge of supreme court; Paulo Kanoa; Namauu; M. Kekuanaoa, governor of Oahu; W. P. Leleiohoku, governor of Hawaii; Ruta; Keohokalole; C. Kanaina, judge of supreme court; Ioane li, guardian of young chiefs; Iona Piikoi; Beniki Namakeha; K. Kapaakea; James Young Kanehoa,&dagger; governor of Maui.'
 " The governers are honorary members of the privy council. "Besides the 4 cabinet officers of foreign birth, there are 5 Americans and 4 Englishmen, naturalized subjects, commissioned as judges in foreign cases, collectors, director of Government press, heads of bureaus, etc. In addition to these are a number of clerks transiently employed, and officers connected with the several departments, who depend upon fees for their recompense. " In no one respect have the Government shown more laudable zeal than in educating the young chiefs, who, by birth, are destined to fill important posts. For the purpose of bestowing upon them a solid and
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 {{*}} Son of Mr. Young, Kamehameha's favorite.
-{{&dagger}} Son of Kamehameha's favorite, Mr. Young, of the Elenora, who landed in 1790 and died in 1835 at the advanced age of 93 years, highly respected by all classes.
+&dagger; Son of Kamehameha's favorite, Mr. Young, of the Elenora, who landed in 1790 and died in 1835 at the advanced age of 93 years, highly respected by all classes.
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