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Excerpt from Hearing: Before the Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives on Revenues Mr. Powers, chairman pro tempore. There is something concerning Hawaii for the committee now to consider. Mr. Kalanianaole. We have a delegation here to appear before the committee on House bill No. 14015. We do not want to come here in the midst of matters relating to Alaska, but if you are ready to hear us we will be glad to proceed. I shall not waste any time by making a statement. There is a delegation here from the Hawaiian Islands, and 1 suppose the committee would like to hear from all of them, and I would like to have these gentlemen given all the time they need. I will call on the chairman of the delegation, Mr. W. O. Smith, to introduce the members of the delegation. Mr. Powers. I understand that there is quite a delegation here of the leading men of Hawaii in reference to this bill. Mr. Kalanianaole. Yes, sir. Mr. Smith. I reside in Honolulu, where I was born. I am a lawyer by profession!1 will state, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, that the object of our being here is with reference to this bill, which follows the suggestion of the President in his message, that 75 f)er centum of the customs receipts and other Federal revenues colected in Hawaii should be set aside as a special fund to be used for public improvements, public buildings, and naval and military defenses. Before speaking further on the subject, I would like to call the attention of the committee very briefly to the location of these islands, as there are a number of the members who have not previously had Hawaiian matters before them. This is the Hawaiian map indicating map on side wall showing the Hawaiian group of islands. These islands are situated 2,100 miles nearly southwest from San Francisco. There is a group of four main islands and three smaller ones. It is a too common error in thinking that there is simply one island of Hawaii. It is a group of islands. The largest is down here indicating to the southeast, the island of Hawaii, which is 4,000 square miles in area. Then there is here in the Kaieie Channel the island of Oahu, and to the westward the island of Kanai. Honolulu is on the island of Oahu. Honolulu is not on the island of Hawaii. It is the capital city, has the best harbor, and is the center of trade. Next to Honolulu in importance is the town and bay of Hilo, island of Hawaii. It is on this largest island that the volcano is located. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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