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HAUULA STATION REPORTS
C O NTENTS
M. Kuaea, Abstract.............................1861
Unsigned (M. K u a e a ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1862
�H auula
M. Kuaea.
[Abstract 1861]
This church is under the united pastoral care of b r e t h r en E m e r
son & Kuaea.
lier part
There was a good degree of Christian energy in the e ar
of the year, Congregations large, meetings frequent, & atten
tion good.
Contributions to shingle & repair the meeting-house at H a u u la were
promptly made - the church has been peaceable & orderly.
not unlike former years.
Schools
The sabbath school attended by a small
number, w h o are regular attendants.
near the close of last year,
The church largely increased
a few have been added, the present year.
Mormonism not much known, & papacy exerting but little influence.
Contributions of the people in cash the past yea r - - $ 1069.87
�Hauula Station report, May 1862
The Station at Hauula has been sustained the past y ear by the
ordinary amount of pastoral labor.
The public worship of the Sanctuary
has b e e n uniformly maintained on the Sabbath, & daily m o r n i n g prayermeetings have been held at some of the places of gathering m ost of
the year.
The finishing & furnishing of the meeting house at the
Station, wh i c h was nearly completed at the last general meeting, has
been fully accomplished & paid for.
So that we now have at Hauula
the most spacious & well finished house on the windward side of Oahu.
There
is no debt on the
church f o r
the house, but there are funds,
on hand, nearly sufficient to procure a bell, which has b e e n ordered.
There have b een four communion seasons for the chch. the past
year, w h i c h were attended by the
joint pastors.
These communion
seasons ocupy ( !) each about five days of my time including travel
to & f r o m Hauula, & involve more or less labor inversely to the amount
of religious interest in the Church.
There have been no additions
to the Chch. at Hauula the p a s t year, except one by letter,
19 have
been cut off from the chch, 13 dismissed to other c h c h s ., & 4 have
died.
Consequently our number of communicants is 35 less n o w than at
the beginning of the year.
The monies collected at this station the past year were as
follows,
For sup p o r t of pastor,
For foreign missions
" mee t i n g house at Kahana
" Meeting house at Hauula
In all $ 7 4 5 . 80
$134.55
47.12-1/2
35.00
529.12-1/2
of wh i c h $268 were contributed from wit h o u t the
parish at a feast held at Hauula to pay off the debt for the meeting
house.
This feast was a splendid occasion, no doubt,
about w h i c h much
might b e written; but as the senior pastor was not present, he can only
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say it was r e p o r t e d to be a grand affair, & money was h a n d e d in liber
ally.
The Chch. at Hauula,
like many others,
contains too m a n y members
who give to benevolent objects from impulse & not from principle.
They give where a display can be made in giving even where they withhold
fro m a creditor his honest due.
T h e communions of t h i s Chch. have b e e n thinly attended the past
year.
The pastor's salary has not been half paid,
owing in part to
the effort for the meeting-house, & in part to their inability to
dispose of their produce, & in a larger degree to lack of interest.
Changes.
The past year four or five new & foreign families have
entered this part of Koolau loa & are calculating on permanent resi
dences among the people.
Laie, the best land perhaps in Koolau loa, has b e e n purc hased by
Capt. Howland & is occupied b y h i m & Mr. Spencer & their families.
Dr. Ford w i t h one or two families is engaged largely in the cultivation
of Rice at Punaluu.
A Chinaman Aa - ki (?) owns Kahana.
Mr. Wilder
is in possession of Kaawa ( !), & Judge Moffit is at Kahuku.
So that
not far from 3/4 of the land in Koolau loa is owned by foreigners
or is under lease to them.
The native population is extensively employed in the s e r v ice of
foreigners,
as hired laborers,
shepherds,
cattle-drivers,
cooks &
stew a r d s , or else paying a partial service for t h e pasturage of their
many, morse than worthless, horses.
What wil l be the r e sult of this
state of things time will develope.
At present it is obvious that they
are gradually losing t h e i r independance, & their ambition to cultivate
the soil for themselves.
Children are decreasing in numbers & are
more rapidly leaving the schools to do service as shepherds & herdsmen.
Between Waimea & Hauula there were ten years since 8 schools & ten
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teachers where there are n o w but two teachers employed w i t h two schools
each, to w h i c h they devote 12 hours per week.
By a record of the past
I see that in 1846 there were in Koolau loa 20 Schools & 396 scholars
at the
examinations; there are now but 3 or 4 teachers & less than 100
scholars.
Probably the average daily attendance at school is not over
50 scholars as most, if not all, these schools are taught but 3 days
per week.
But 50 scholars daily when there were 17 years ago 300 !
Imp r o vements.
making b ut few.
W h i l e foreigners are making many, natives are
Many of the houses that are built apparently by n a
tives are either on the foreigners land,
or w i t h the foreigners capi
tal, in whole or i n part, so that the foreigner has lien u p o n them, &
can dispossess the native often at his pleasure,
Every n o w & then a native sells his kuleana,
er is generally the purchaser.
if occasion presents.
in which case the foreign
Not unfrequently a native builds a
house in his friends yard in the city, & as a consequent
( !) the
kuleana must be sold to foot the bill & the family remove to Honolulu
or its v icinity, the great Maelstom of the race.
But I have bee n casting about for a bright point with w h i c h to
close this report & here it is.
Our people have to a great extent
ceased f r o m litigation, what one judge in h i s court confirms the next
above h i m is almost sure to destroy by his verdict & so the people have
very generally concluded to leave off litigation & settle their wrongs
in a cheaper & better way.
Habits
of the people.
The number, who are suspected of living
in adultery, is alarmingly great.
the constaple
But if the judge,
the lawyer, &
( !) are supposed to be, & some of them are known to
be, in the same category, it is not an easy matter to get laws executed,
if we have any on the subject;
- & where there is no civil law, it is
not common for ignorant m e n to feel that there can be moral tr a n s
gression.
It is beyond the ability of our people to conceive that, if
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it is right for the government to tax them to raise a p r e m i u m to b e
paid to a certain class, who choose to live in the v i o l a t i o n of the
commandment,
7th
it should he wrong in t h e m to commit the same violation
without a premium for doing it.
The C h c h .organized at Kahuku in 1848 h a d in 1854 increased to
126 members under Kekela.
But it now has no longer a name to live,
& but few of its members are in good standing in any other church.
Meetings
are held with them,
almost every sabbath by some one of our
deacons; yet rarely more than 20 or 30 persons can be collected in any
one place for worship; & on a week day rarely can more than ten or 15
be got together.
Statistics
Wh o l e no recd to the Chch on prof
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on Certif
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past year on Prof
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past year on certif
Total past year
Total dismissed
Dismissed the past year
Total decea s e d
Deceased the past yea r
Excluded the past y e a r
Now in regular standing
T o t a l children b a p tized
Baptized the past y e a r
Marriages
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644
37
0
1
1
73
13
242
4
19
262
168
3
13
(Unsigned)
(M. Kuaea)
�Kahuku Station
[Abstract]
Gen. Improvements.
The people although m u c h cramped (?) in
their circumstances & deprived of the greater portion of their lands
have made commendable progress in industry & improvements.
Benevolent efforts -
A good stone w all about 1/ 10 of a m i l e / in
l e ngth to aid in enclosing a parsonage - Also
(?) a good framed
Meetinghouse w i t h doors & w indows has been erected & p a i d for by the
people
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They have also paid their pastor in cash $117.75 for his
support.
Schools have been w e l l sustained But they have been r e p orted in the
schools in Koolau.
Popery -
This evil has vanished f rom the field - there is no papal
school & only one or two persons now in the field, who profess to be
papists.
State of religion - Attendance on public worship good - sabbath
schools are attended wit h adults & children & are useful Meetings are attended on sabbath & on weekdays with success.
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