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of money out at interest which belongs to the board of education.
And in the third place there is an appropriation by the Legislature.
They appropriate by the Legislature $190,000 for school purposes for
the biennial period. That is less than they generally appropriate.
Senator GRAY. Was that out of the general fund?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes, besides the school tax. I think you could
add $100,000 more from other sources.
The CHAIRMAN. That would make $290,000 for the biennial period?
Expenditures for education in the Hawaiian Islands for the Biennial
period 1890-1892:
Appropriations for Government schools $304,022
Less unexpended 40, 653
Expended out of appropriations 257,369
School tax 151,906
Eeceipts from other sources '. 38, 662
Total expended on Government schools 2) 447,937
Annual expenditure on Government schools about 224,000
Annual estimated expenditure on Independent schools about- 60,000
Total expended for schools per annum 284,000
E. &. O. E. W. D. ALEXANDER.
Senator GRAY. Appropriated by the Legislature?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Appropriated. Then a number of smaller amounts.
Senator GRAY. What do they aggregate?
Mr. ALEXANDER. For new schoolbouses there was appropriated
$52,500.
Senator GRAY. In addition to those other sums?
Mr. ALEXANDER. In addition to that: Industrial and reformatory
school, by appropriation of 1890, $12,000; expenses of census, $12,000,
and expenses of normal instruction, $2,000.
The CHAIRMAN. IS that the school census?
Mr. ALEXANDER. The census of the islands is placed under the care
of the board of education. Here is a list of the teachers and salaries.
The CHAIRMAN. Ho you think that the interest on the endowment of
the private schools would amount to a sum equal to that of the Government
expenses which you have been quoting here?
Mr. ALEXANDER. NO, I think not.
The CHAIRMAN. You could give, I suppose, a general idea of what
was the expenditure for education in these private schools and these
endowed colleges?
Mr. ALEXANDER. They are not obliged to report their expenses to
the Government.
The CHAIRMAN. I know they are not; but I want your own estimate.
I want to ask you about what were the annual expenditures of the Government
of Hawaii for all other purposes besides school purposes. Take
that same year.
Mr. ALEXANDER. I think their total budget for the biennial period
was about $2,800,000.
The CHAIRMAN. That includes what you have just enumerated ?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Including everything.
Senator GRAY. TWO millions eiglit hundred thousand dollars for the
biennial period ?
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Mr. ALEXANDER. Biennial period.
Senator GRAY. That would be $1,400,000 a year?
Mr. ALEXANDER. I think the direct tax will reach about a million
in round numbers; then the customs dues about the same in round
numbers.
The CHAIRMAN. And the balance is made out of licenses, I suppose?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; besides rents of lauds, etc.
Senator GRAY. YOU say about $2,800,000 for the biennial period of
1890 and 1891. That includes school taxes and all appropriations for
public purposes ?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
Senator GRAY. Does that include municipal expenses?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; I might say it does to a certain extent.
Senator GRAY. Are there any minor districts or subdivisions that
have the right of taxation?
Mr. ALEXANDER. There are not.
Senator GRAY. The city of Honolulu, for instance?
Mr. ALEXANDER. It is governed as Washington is, by the General
Government.
Senator GRAY. The expenses of that city are included in the figures
you have given ?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
Senator GRAY. Are there any outlying districts of the Kingdom
invested with the right of taxation, like our counties?
Mr. ALEXANDER. NO, there is no municipal organization. The school
tax and the road tax are reserved for that district and the board of
road commissioners.
The CHAIRMAN. But that is a question of expenditure?
Mr. ALEXANDER. They elect their own road commissioners.
Senator GRAY. It all comes under the general treasury?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. You have a governor of all the islands ?
Mr. ALEXANDER. They have abolished that office.
The CHAIRMAN. YOU have no local councils to regulate anything?
Mr. ALEXANDER. NO. The duties that formerly belonged to the
governor are divided between the sheriffs and tax collectors. The
main duty of the governor was to collect taxes. He was a representative
of the King, a politician and wire-puller—managed elections.
The CHAIRMAN. Now, I want to ask you
Mr. ALEXANDER. It is a rather centralized government.
The CHAIRMAN. I want to ask you about the manner in which the
general population of Hawaii are supplied with clothing; whether they
are now comfortably and decently clad?
Mr. ALEXANDER. They are generally decently clad. The climate
does not require a great deal.
The CHAIRMAN. They do not use much woolen goods?
Mr. ALEXANDER. NO. The population is generally near the level of
the sea, the lowlands. The upland is not inhabited much.
The CHAIRMAN. The people do not have much occasion to use woolen
goods?
Mr. ALEXANDER. NO.
The CHAIRMAN. Cotton is the chief article for wearing apparel?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes, among the lower classes.
The CHAIRMAN. AS a rule are the people well supplied with clothing?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes. There is no suffering from cold in that
country.

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 of money out at interest which belongs to the board of education.
-And in the third place there is an appropriation by the Legislature.
+of money out at interest which belongs to the board of education. And in the third place there is an appropriation by the Legislature. They appropriate by the Legislature $190,000 for school purposes for the biennial period. That is less than they generally appropriate.
 They appropriate by the Legislature $190,000 for school purposes for
-the biennial period. That is less than they generally appropriate.
+Senator GRAY. Was that out of the general fund?
 Senator GRAY. Was that out of the general fund?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes, besides the school tax. I think you could
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes, besides the school tax. I think you could add $100,000 more from other sources.
 add $100,000 more from other sources.
-The CHAIRMAN. That would make $290,000 for the biennial period?
+The CHAIRMAN. That would make $290,000 for the biennial period? Expenditures for education in the Hawaiian Islands for the Biennial period 1890-1892:
 Expenditures for education in the Hawaiian Islands for the Biennial
-period 1890-1892:
+**** Jere fix table below here; includes some OCR errors. ****
 Appropriations for Government schools $304,022
-Less unexpended 40, 653
+Appropriations for Government schools $304,022 Less unexpended 40, 653 Expended out of appropriations 257,369 School tax 151,906 Eeceipts from other sources '. 38, 662 Total expended on Government schools 2) 447,937 Annual expenditure on Government schools about 224,000 Annual estimated expenditure on Independent schools about- 60,000 Total expended for schools per annum 284,000 E. &. O. E. W. D. ALEXANDER.
 Expended out of appropriations 257,369
-School tax 151,906
+**** Table ends here ****
 Eeceipts from other sources '. 38, 662
-Total expended on Government schools 2) 447,937
+Senator GRAY. Appropriated by the Legislature?
 Annual expenditure on Government schools about 224,000
-Annual estimated expenditure on Independent schools about- 60,000
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Appropriated. Then a number of smaller amounts.
 Total expended for schools per annum 284,000
-E. &. O. E. W. D. ALEXANDER.
+Senator GRAY. What do they aggregate?
 Senator GRAY. Appropriated by the Legislature?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. Appropriated. Then a number of smaller amounts.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. For new schoolbouses there was appropriated $52,500.
 Senator GRAY. What do they aggregate?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. For new schoolbouses there was appropriated
+Senator GRAY. In addition to those other sums?
 $52,500.
-Senator GRAY. In addition to those other sums?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. In addition to that: Industrial and reformatory school, by appropriation of 1890, $12,000; expenses of census, $12,000, and expenses of normal instruction, $2,000.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. In addition to that: Industrial and reformatory
-school, by appropriation of 1890, $12,000; expenses of census, $12,000,
+The CHAIRMAN. Is that the school census?
 and expenses of normal instruction, $2,000.
-The CHAIRMAN. IS that the school census?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. The census of the islands is placed under the care of the board of education. Here is a list of the teachers and salaries.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. The census of the islands is placed under the care
-of the board of education. Here is a list of the teachers and salaries.
+The CHAIRMAN. Ho you think that the interest on the endowment of the private schools would amount to a sum equal to that of the Government expenses which you have been quoting here?
 The CHAIRMAN. Ho you think that the interest on the endowment of
-the private schools would amount to a sum equal to that of the Government
+Mr. ALEXANDER. No, I think not.
 expenses which you have been quoting here?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. NO, I think not.
+The CHAIRMAN. You could give, I suppose, a general idea of what was the expenditure for education in these private schools and these endowed colleges?
 The CHAIRMAN. You could give, I suppose, a general idea of what
-was the expenditure for education in these private schools and these
+Mr. ALEXANDER. They are not obliged to report their expenses to the Government.
 endowed colleges?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. They are not obliged to report their expenses to
+The CHAIRMAN. I know they are not; but I want your own estimate. I want to ask you about what were the annual expenditures of the Government of Hawaii for all other purposes besides school purposes. Take that same year.
 the Government.
-The CHAIRMAN. I know they are not; but I want your own estimate.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. I think their total budget for the biennial period was about $2,800,000.
 I want to ask you about what were the annual expenditures of the Government
-of Hawaii for all other purposes besides school purposes. Take
+The CHAIRMAN. That includes what you have just enumerated?
 that same year.
-Mr. ALEXANDER. I think their total budget for the biennial period
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Including everything.
 was about $2,800,000.
-The CHAIRMAN. That includes what you have just enumerated ?
+Senator GRAY. Two millions eiglit hundred thousand dollars for the biennial period?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Including everything.
-Senator GRAY. TWO millions eiglit hundred thousand dollars for the
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 biennial period ?
-HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 633
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Biennial period.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Biennial period.
 Senator GRAY. That would be $1,400,000 a year?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. I think the direct tax will reach about a million
-in round numbers; then the customs dues about the same in round
+Mr. ALEXANDER. I think the direct tax will reach about a million in round numbers; then the customs dues about the same in round numbers.
 numbers.
 The CHAIRMAN. And the balance is made out of licenses, I suppose?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; besides rents of lauds, etc.
-Senator GRAY. YOU say about $2,800,000 for the biennial period of
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; besides rents of lands, etc.
 and 1891. That includes school taxes and all appropriations for
-public purposes ?
+Senator GRAY. You say about $2,800,000 for the biennial period of 1890 and 1891. That includes school taxes and all appropriations for public purposes?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
-Senator GRAY. Does that include municipal expenses?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; I might say it does to a certain extent.
-Senator GRAY. Are there any minor districts or subdivisions that
+Senator GRAY. Does that include municipal expenses?
 have the right of taxation?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. There are not.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; I might say it does to a certain extent.
 Senator GRAY. The city of Honolulu, for instance?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. It is governed as Washington is, by the General
+Senator GRAY. Are there any minor districts or subdivisions that have the right of taxation?
 Government.
-Senator GRAY. The expenses of that city are included in the figures
+Mr. ALEXANDER. There are not.
 you have given ?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
+Senator GRAY. The city of Honolulu, for instance?
 Senator GRAY. Are there any outlying districts of the Kingdom
-invested with the right of taxation, like our counties?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. It is governed as Washington is, by the General Government.
-Mr. ALEXANDER. NO, there is no municipal organization. The school
-tax and the road tax are reserved for that district and the board of
+Senator GRAY. The expenses of that city are included in the figures you have given ?
 road commissioners.
-The CHAIRMAN. But that is a question of expenditure?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. They elect their own road commissioners.
-Senator GRAY. It all comes under the general treasury?
+Senator GRAY. Are there any outlying districts of the Kingdom invested with the right of taxation, like our counties?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN. You have a governor of all the islands ?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. No, there is no municipal organization. The school tax and the road tax are reserved for that district and the board of road commissioners.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. They have abolished that office.
-The CHAIRMAN. YOU have no local councils to regulate anything?
+The CHAIRMAN. But that is a question of expenditure?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. NO. The duties that formerly belonged to the
-governor are divided between the sheriffs and tax collectors. The
+Mr. ALEXANDER. They elect their own road commissioners.
 main duty of the governor was to collect taxes. He was a representative
-of the King, a politician and wire-puller—managed elections.
+Senator GRAY. It all comes under the general treasury?
 The CHAIRMAN. Now, I want to ask you
-Mr. ALEXANDER. It is a rather centralized government.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
 The CHAIRMAN. I want to ask you about the manner in which the
-general population of Hawaii are supplied with clothing; whether they
+The CHAIRMAN. You have a governor of all the islands?
 are now comfortably and decently clad?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. They are generally decently clad. The climate
+Mr. ALEXANDER. They have abolished that office.
 does not require a great deal.
-The CHAIRMAN. They do not use much woolen goods?
+The CHAIRMAN. You have no local councils to regulate anything?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. NO. The population is generally near the level of
-the sea, the lowlands. The upland is not inhabited much.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. NO. The duties that formerly belonged to the governor are divided between the sheriffs and tax collectors. The main duty of the governor was to collect taxes. He was a representative of the King, a politician and wire-puller—managed elections.
 The CHAIRMAN. The people do not have much occasion to use woolen
-goods?
+The CHAIRMAN. Now, I want to ask you----
-Mr. ALEXANDER. NO.
-The CHAIRMAN. Cotton is the chief article for wearing apparel?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. It is a rather centralized government.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes, among the lower classes.
-The CHAIRMAN. AS a rule are the people well supplied with clothing?
+The CHAIRMAN. I want to ask you about the manner in which the general population of Hawaii are supplied with clothing; whether they are now comfortably and decently clad?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes. There is no suffering from cold in that
-country.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. They are generally decently clad. The climate does not require a great deal.