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EXTRACTS
TH E MIN UTES
G E N E R A L
M E E T IN G
SANDWICH ISLANDS MISSION,
HELD AT HONOLULU,
MAY AMD JUNE, 1844.
M IS S IO N P R E S S .
1844.
��M f P¥ IJ T E S ,
In consequence of information from the United States
of the designation and departure of helpers to join this
mission, viz: Rev. Messrs. H u n t and W h i t t l e s e y and
their wives, and Rev. Messrs. A n d r e w s and P o g u e , and
Miss M a r cy W h i t n e y , the decision of a biennial meeting
was altered, and a General M eeting was convened in the
School H o u se at H onolulu, on Friday, M ay 31st, 18 4 4,
and continued by adjournments until Ju n e 15th. M e m b e r
present:
Rev. D. B L y m a n ,
Hilo,
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Rev.
Mr,
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T i tus C o a n ,
J D. P a r i s ,
M ark I v e s ,
A sa T h u r s t o n ,
L orenzo L y o n s ,
D. T . C o n d e ,
W m . H . R ice,
E p h . W. C lark,
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Kau,
Kealakekua,
W a im e a,
Hana,
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A S. C o o k e ,
H . O. K n a p p ,
E. H . R o g e r s ,
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enry
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imond,
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ishop,
A. B. S m i t h ,
M aii
Honolulu,
L o w e l l Smith,
L e vi C h a m b e r l a i n ,
S. N . C a s t l e ,
E. O H a l l ,
Rev. D a n i e l D o l e ,
4< B. W . P ark e r,
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W ailu k u ,
Bailey,
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S heldon D i bb l e ,
Lahainaluna,
J . S. E m e r s o n ,
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Wm. P . A le x a n d e r ,
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D wight B a l d w i n , Laha ina ,
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Kailua,
Rev. R i c h a r d A r m s t r o n g ,
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Oahu.
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Punahou,
K aneohe,
E w a,
Waialua,
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S TANDING
( 1844*
COMM ITTERS.
Rev. S amuel W hitney,
“ J . W . S m i t h , M. D .,
a G e o . B. R o w e l l ,
Mr. E dward J ohnson,
W aimea,
Koloa,
Waioli,
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O rganization o f the M eeting.
Rev. D. B . L y m a n , w a s c h o s e n Moderator.
Mr. L e vi C h a m b e r l a i n , Scribe.
JList o f Overtures.
Committee consisted
T h u r s t o n and W h i t n e y .
The
of
Messrs.
A
rmstrong,
1. Committee to write the General Letter.
2. Standing Committees.
3. R eports of Stations.
4. P a y in g D uties to the Government.
5. Mission Seminary.
6. Boarding and Select Schools.
7. P u n ah o u School.
8. Hilo Boarding School.
9. Common Schools.
10. Support of P asto rs by their People,
1 1. Location.
12. Appropriation of Funds.
13. Engraving.
14. Correspondence.
15. Assignments.
16. Medical Dispensary.
1. General Letter.
T he Committee to write the General Letter, consisted
of Messrs. D i b b l e , A l e x a n d e r and B a l d w i n .
2. Standing Committees.
P rinting Department at Honolulu.
Account of printing from April 1st, 1843, to April 1st,
1844:
�Harbor L a w s, A p. to H aw . H ist.
For govern m en t,
For govern m en t,
F or m ission, - - -
■
•
•
•Advocate,----- * ■
Jot>3 eqaal to - -
194,710
E x p e n se s .—660 re a m s p aper at $ 3 10, $ 2 , 0 4 6 GO; 75
lb s . ink at 78c , $ 5 8 5 0 ; paid w ork m en , and a few inci
d ental e x p e n se s , $ 1,2 2 2 0 0 ;
rep airs o f office, $ 116 2 5 .
T o ta l ,
$'3,442 75.
R e c e i v e d . — J o b work, in cluding sto ck, $ 5 3 0 0 9 ; avails
o f b ooks sold at the stations, including N o n a n o n a and
S a n d w ic h is la n d H is to ry , $ 3 3 0 92
T o ta l,
$921 01
P a p e r on h a n d , April 1st, 2,1 1 1 ream s.
P rin tin g D epartm ent at L*ahah a'una.
Works.
mo rp. Copies. Tota^ pp
A ssistan t in Studying E n j (fin.) . . ...................16
C italo-'U e o friem in u y , .................................... . .
H istory o f Sand. Islds. ( f i n . ) .................................
O com e r y , ....................................................................
lo g a - it h m ? ,.....................................................
E lem en ts <>t‘ B is-o r v ..................................................
.Isuw. & E ng. F ic tio n a r y ,....................................
H aw . & E n g G iu u im a i, (rep. in p a r t,) . .
A lgeb ra , ( t i n . ) ........................................... ...
Job w o rk , ............................ ...
.rt)b w o rk ................. ........................................................12
S i a i l l job 3, ship liht3, Go-, em in en t p rotests, h e
104
400
^
8
800
600
1,5’JO
4 27 1,000
12 60 j 600
8 40
600
8 40 f 400
ft
6 1,000
12 144
6i)0
36
250
40
600
U 221
£•] 10S
£37
7,750
4;,600
2,400
134,400
162,000
27,000
£6,000
24 „000
16,000
6,000
86,409
9,000
20,00*0
561,809
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ft ft P O R T S
OF
STAfld&H.
(1844.
B indery at Honolulu.
B ind er’s report for the year ending April 1st, 1F44*.
Now on
Bound the Dis
hand.
past year. tributed,
9,700
238
Octavo Bible* . k . . .
. . .
350
410
51
Quarto Bible, . . . . . . . . .
100
268
1,532
Old T estam ent, vol. I. . ■ . . .
250
Old Testament, vol. I I. . . . k .
3,000
12mo Bible
150
150
Ai o ka la for 1844, . . . . . . 12,000 12,000
6,100
800
P ilg r im ’s P r o g r e s s ....................... ...
1,800
1,800
200
3*25
1,800
300
H y m n s with N otes, > > » . . .
500
300
800
H i m eni Kamalii^ . . . . . . . .
3,000
5,000
8,000
K u m u M u a , .................. . * . 6,000
4,000
10,000
K u m u L u a , ...................... ...
11,800
200
H elu N aau , (part 1st,) . . . . .
1,000
460
H e lu N a a u , (complete,) . . . .
2,000
1,000
2,000
H o p e o ka H elu N aa u , . . . .
9,000
4,000
H e lu Kamalii, ...................... * .
13,000
i -'
150
1,000
H a i loa a , ................................
1,500
500
2,000
Ao kiko, . . . . . . . . . . v .
250
500
250
K um u Kahiki, . k .................. .
218
Jo b s of various sizes, . . . . . .
E xpenses.— W a g e s of the w o rk m e n ,$728 25; sundries,
$53 35; binding materials, $313.
Total, $1,099 50.
R ece iv ed .— F o r job-work, $82 96.
3. U p.p orts o f Stations.
M issionary Sem inary at L a h a in a lu n a , M a u i.— N um ber
o f scholars at the commencement of the year, 22 in the 1st
class, and 50 in the 2d class. A new class of 57 was re
ceived at the commencement of the year, and a theological
class was formed at the same time. 135 pupils.
Health of the school good, till near tlie close of the year*,
When a large number were suddenly attacked with fever,
in consequence of taking improper food .
D eaths among the pupils 2, both absent from the Semi
nary; 3 others were dismissed on account of ill health,'
and 3 expelled for bad c o n d u c t .
General deporrnent of the scholars good.
�18 i i . )
REPORTS
OF S T A T I O N S .
?
Rev. E. W. C lark removed to take the pastoral charge
of the church at W ailuku; was succeeded by Rev. Wm.
P . A lexander, who entered upon his labois in the Semina*
ry in the latter part o f July.
T h e r e has been but one regular examination during the
yea r; and that in J a n u a r y — continued during three days,
and in the following branches: writing, music, arithmetic,
scripture geography and exercises on the globe, algebra, ge
ometry. natural theology, moral philosophy, composition and
declamation: the select class, in English; and the theologi
cal class, in didactic theology and composition of sermons.
T hirty were regularly dismissed at the close of the year.
N o new class will he taken into the Seminary the coin
ing year, as it is much desired the efforts of the teachers be'
concentrated on a smaller number.
Female Sem inary , at W a ilu k u , M a ui.— T he health of the
school has been better than usual. A few were removed
from the school on account o f ill health of long standing.
T w o of them have since died. T he general health of the
school has been good.
T h e course of studies, much as formerly; thorough irt*
struction has been attempted in the rudiments of geogra
phy. m ental and written arithmetic, moral philosophy, nat
ural theology, C h ild ’s Book on the Soul, reading, writing,*
and a few lessons in drawing.
T w o hours are employed each day by the pupils in study.
T h e buildings, are now complete, and will accommodate'
10 scholars.
Received into the school the past year, 21; rn&rried, 8f
present number, 47; of whoin 5 are church -members.
Boarding School for Boys at H ilo , H aw aii.—-The health
of the scholars has been g ood. T e n left the school at this
commencement of the yea r; fifteen others were sent to the
Mission Seminary; and a new class of twenty-seven were
received; so that there were sixty-eight scholars during
the year; of whom thirty-seven are members of the church.
T h e studies were much as in former years. T h e disci
pline and government of the school were easy.
The
whole number who have been members of the school, during its existence of eight y ea rs, is 183; of whom 55 have
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R E P O R T S OF S T A T I O N S .
( 1844 .
entered the Mission Seminary, and 14 others have become
teachers.
Although the school appears to be held in high esteem
by the people, their contributions have been very few for
its support, amounting in all to but little more than $2G m
three years.
Boarding School fo r G irls at H ilo , H aw aii.— This school
has been unusually prosperous the past y ear; has consisted
of 26 scholars, nil in good health; no death has occurred
among the pupils from the commencement of the school.
T h e attention to study has been good, and proficiency iii
acquiring some of the domestic arts commendable
A
large part of the food of the scholars has been furnished by
the native church-m em bers; their clothing has been fur
nished by contributions from friends of the school; 2-1 o f
the scholars are members of the church
T h re e were
married at the close of the year to scholars of Mr. Lyrnan’a
school.
M anual L a bor School at W a ilu a , 0 ahu.— T his school
has been discontinued on account of the death of Mr.
Locke, its lamented teacher.
Chiefs’ Children's School.— This school has been pros
pered— no de-’th has occurred in it; and but three cases of
sickness, during the pa3t year.
T he scholars have been orderly and obedient; have mane
good proficiency in study, which has increased in rapidity
in proportion as their knowledge of the English language
has increased.
Studies in school, much as last y e a r ; the youth orderly
and attentive to religious instruction, but none are pious.
T h e school and teacher have been supported the past
year by the chiefs, abating certain advantages of the de
pository and the herd.
Mrs. C o o k e’s health, although feeble, has been better
than during the year previous.
Punahou School, for M issionaries' Children.— This school
was in operation 36 weeks the past year. H ealth o f all
present at the commencement of the year, good, to its close.
T h e school was prosperous; studies much the same as
in the year previous.
T h e children generally made good proficiency ia studjr*
�1844 )
R E PO R T S
OF S T A T I O N S .
9
but little h a s been done in the department of manual labor,
for the want of suitable supervision.
T h ere were 17 boarders, and 7 day school scholais, m a
king in all 24.
F our new rooms have been built for the accommodation
of the boarders, at an expense of about $600.
T h e expense of boarding the children, has been about
50 cents per week; which has, in most cases, been de
frayed by the parents.
T h e death of Mrs. Dole, which occurred just after the
close of the school for the year, has thrown it into great
embarrassment; as her labors in the school and superin
tendence out of it, were of great service, and to us seemed
indispensable to its management.
T h e report contemplates an increase of boarders in the
school, and additional help in the labors connected with it.
Select School.— M r. J o h n s o n ’s Select School a t Waiole,
on K auai, has been in operation during the year, embra
cing from 55 to.63 boys, who have made commendable
progress in study. Some instruction in English has been
given to 18 in the school.
M anu al labor has been connected with this school, by
which the boys have been able to obtain a part of their
means of support, without detriment to their studies. T h e
people also have contributed a part of their food
Select School at H onolulu.—-Mr. K n a p p ’s S elect
School has been in operation most of the year; but owing
to the feeble health of the teacher, it has been almost e n
tirely under the direction and instruction of a native
teacher.
School fo r Teachers at H ilo.— T h is shool has been
continued much as last year, and with similar success; 70
scholars the last term. T h e school has been interrupted
by sickness in the teachers’ family.
Select School at K ohala .— T h is school has been in
operation during* the y e a r ; number of boys 12. Two hours*
labor per day are required of each scholar.
A clas3 of teachers also has been taught by Mr. Bond,
two days per week, through the year.
Select School at H ana, M a u i.— T h is school, co m p o
sed of boys from different parts of the island, has been
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RE TO R TS
OF S T A T I O N S .
( ! 84
4.
kept in operation by Mr. Rice, during the year, with a va
cation of one month. T h ere were 25 scholars the first
term, and 35 the second term. Design of the school, to
raise up teachers and prepare scholars for the Mission
Seminary. Several from the school have become teachers.
Common Schools.
H ilo & P una .— T h e schools are reported as not so
prosperous as in preceding years. M a n y scholars have
left the schools. T h e teachers are poorly remunerated,
and consequently take little interest in their work. L'nder
a new school superintendent, however, the schools are b e
ginning to revive. T h e Sabbath schools for adults and for
the prisoners have been continued with good results.
K oh ala.— 1 he examination of the schools indicated an
advance in general intelligence. T h e number of scholars,
however, has somewhat diminished, in consequence of the
indifference of the people to schools, the emigration to
O ahu, nnd the influence of popery. T h e attendance of
the pupils at the schools has been very irregular.
T h e T e a c h e rs ’ School has been continued. It is held
on W ednesday and Saturday of each week. T h e studies
are geography and arithmetic.
W a i m e a — T h e schools in Wairnea have greatly de
clined during the year. N um bers of the scholars h a v e
gone to the Catholics. At some of the out-stations, how
ever, the schools are as prosperous as in previous years.
K ealake kua — P opery has made inroads on this field.
T ea ch e rs are not paid; consequently, they can hardly be
persuaded to continue at their posts. N one of them, how
ever, have as yet forsaken their schools.
K ailua .— T he schools are as prosperous as last year.
They receive, however, little encouragement from the
Government, or from the people. T ea ch e rs are but par
tially paid, and are inclined to leave their work.
K au .— T he school-teachers are incompetent and ineffi
cient. T h e schools hosveverare, on the whole, more pros
perous than in the previous year.
T h e school for teachers has been continued one day m
each week.
Thff Sabbath schools are reported as prosperous
H ana.-—T he schools have been more prosperous in
�1844.)
REPORTS
OF S TA TI O NS .
11
som e parts o f the field than they vveYe the previous year.
A few o f the pupils have gone to the C atholics.
Sabbath school, w ell attended and interesting.
W a i l u k u . — T h e schools in this field have som ew hat
increased in efficiency during the y ear, also in the number
o f scholars.
N early one hundred teach ers from all parts o f the island
assem bled in convention , at W a ilu k u , in M arch. T h e
convention continued four days, and was conducted with
great order and propriety. V ariou s matters relating to
the school interest w ere d iscussed; a memorial to G overn
ment drawn up; and an association formed, which is to
m eet once a year.
L ah aina .— T he sch ools have been as flourishing as in
years past.
O w ing to the efficiency o f the school superintendent o f
M au i, the sch ools are better sustained, the teachers better
paid, and the people are more interested in sch ools, than on
the other islands,
K aa na pali .— T he schools are embarrassed for want o f a
good supply o f books. O w in g to the poverty or indolence
o f the people, they are not inclined to furnish their children
with books. C on seq u en tly, the sch ools are not so flourish
ing at this station, as at som e others. M ost o f the teachers,
how ever, try to do w ell.
M olokai .-— T he sch ools are thought to be less flourish
ing than in former years. T h e law s requiring the attend
ance o f the children are not enforced.
Sabbath school, numbers over 400.
I s l a n d op O a h u . — T hrough the inefficiency o f the
school superintendent, and the delinquency in paying the
teach ers, the schools at the different stations o f Oahu
greatly declined in the early part o f the year. But in the
latter part o f the year they have revived again, under a new
superintendent. T h e interest o f the people is aw akened,
and the number o f pupils increased.
K a n e o h e . — In the Sabbath sch ool for children, there are
100 scholars. In the one for adults there are 250.
H o n o l u l u 1st.— More than 4 0 0 more pupils were gath
ered at the last exam ination, than at any previous exam
ination for several years.
H o n o l u l u 2 d .— T h e schools at this station have d e
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R EP O R TS
( 1844.
OP S T A T I O N S .
Writers.
Arithmetic.
Geography.
545
77
447
119
100
1,496
453
643
329
316
254
207
159
135
254
32
25
32
25
916
808
467
492
298
45
314
315
178
110
9
15
9
370
959
240
630
147
-
150
420
Kaneohe, - - - Honolulu 1st, - Honolulu 2d, - - Ewa and W aianae,
W aialua, - - - -
10
20
5
16
11
15
27
7
17
11
444
1,000
350
598
293
186
65
216
32
175
67
187
42
143
260
111
286
138
19
19
21
19
598
509
324
322
154
108
298
153
70
81
346
294
12,678
6,569
2,290
H
a w a ii.
Hilo and Puna,
Kolia la, - W aim ea, - Kealakekua, K ailu a,- - Kau, - - Ma
-
-
53
32
21
23
16
20
35
572
u i.
Hana, [N ostatistics.]
Hamakua and Kula,
W ailuku, - - - Lahaina, - - - Kaanapali, - - Mo l o k a i,
- Oa h u .
K
Scholars.
1,285
453
586
410
469
276
STATIO NS.
Teachers.
25
27
24
1,783
731
1,000
917
847
555
Schools.
Readers.
clined and revived again with those of the other stations
011 the island.
T he attendance also at the Sabbath school has diminish
ed and increased with that of the day schools.
W a i l u a .— T h e schools have suffered for want of teach
ers. T o supply the deficiency, some of the oldest and best
scholars have been selected and made teachers; by which
means the number of schools is kept good, and somewhat
increased. T h e incompetency of the teachers, and the
failure oftheir pay, are great embarrassments to the schools.
W a i o l i &. L i h u e . — The schools have all been contin
ued through the year, and have been as useful as could be
expected, considering the poor qualifications of the te ac h
ers, and their meagre remuneration; which, generally, has
not amounted to one half the wages of ordinary day labgrers.
W a i m e a . — N early all the children of a suitable age
have been enrolled, and have attended the schools reg u
larly. T he number however is a little diminished from
that of the previous year.
auaf.
W aioli, W aim ea, -
-
- - -
T otal,
6,014 1,986
�1844 )
R EP O R TS
OF S T A T I O N S .
IS
Slate o f R elig io n .
T he changes which have occurred in the political affairs
of the nation, during the past year, have seriously affected
the state of religion at nearly all the stations. Some of the
churches have suffered more than others, especially those
which are nearest the centre of op^triions. Those more
remote have suffered in conseqtfence of the defection of
members, the removal of many to the metropolis, and a
spirit of worldliness which has pervaded the churches g en
erally.
T here have been no seasons of special interest in the
churches. T h ere have however been indications of the
influences of the Spirit at some of the stations.
Popery.
As a general thing, no advance has been made by the
Catholics the past year, in respect to numbers. Waimea,
Kohola, K e a la k e k u a o n Hawaii, and Koloa on K auai, are
the only stations where the Papists are reported as having
been particularly active, and as making any advances.
Contributions , fyc.
H i l o . — Food, Sac. have been contributed for M r s r C o a n ’s
School. One stone meeting-house has been built in Puna.
W a i m e a . — A b o u t $"2 2 8 .
K a u . — F r o m $ 1 5 0 to $ 2 0 0 .
L a h a i n a . — For the completion
of a house for church
and prayer-meetings, $400.
F o r the A. B. C . F . M ,
$100; and several hundred dollars, it is supposed, have
been subscribed for this purpose.
H aiku .— $ 112 14, mostly for the meeting-house at
H ana. T h e church have resolved to support their pastor;
and more than $50 have been raised already for this purpose.
H a n a — About $200.
M o l o k a i . — T he meeting-house has been completed and
paid for, and a balance remains on hand of $230.
H o n o l u l u 1st.— For support of pastor, $106 12£.
To
pay the debt of the meeting-house, $124 50. F o r meeting
house at H a n a , $22 50. For meeting-house at Molokai,
$22 50. F or an accordeon for the choir, $ :0 . In all,
62J.
E w a , $42; W a i a n a e . $130; for a meeting-house at
the latter place.
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�1844 .)
M IS SI O N
SEMINARY.
15
4. P a y in g Duties to Government.
On this subject, a report was presented, embracing a
memorial addressed to the King, the sentiments of which
were approved; and a Committee was appointed consisting
of Messrs. A r m s t r o n g , B a l d w i n , C h a m b e r l a i n and
C a s t l e , to whom the document was referred, with in
struction to use the same, as in their judgment should
seem best calculated to secure the object desired, either
by presenting it to the National Council, or to such Offi
cers of Government as might be able to use a favorable
influence.
5. M ission Sem inary.
Resolved, T h a t the article in the laws of the Mission
Seminary requiring that the Board of Directors be chosen
from the brethren on M aui and Molokai, be so altered
that they may be chosen from the whole Mission.
Voted, T h a t the number of T ru stee s be increased to
five, and that they be a Committee to report to this m eet
ing on the general subject of the Seminary.
T h e y consisted of Messrs. C l a r k , W h i t n e y , A r m
s t r o n g , T h u r s t o n and L y m a n ; and their
report was
as follows*
T h e T ru stees of the Seminary would submit the follow
ing as their report, in regard to a few things, bearing upon
the interests and prospects of the institution:
1.
T hat scholars of very little promise be dismissed
fro n the Sera, at an early date; and that at the close of
the first three years, all who do not give special promise of
future usefulness, be dismissed.
Jl. T h a t the English language be not taught in the
Seminary, till the close of the three first years of the
course,— when all the members of the class, who shall
not be dismissed, (except such as for special reasons shall
be exempted,) be expected to enter upon the study of the
English, as a prominent branch of the remaining course;
and that the whole course, including the study of theology,
be extended from eight to twelve years.
3, T h at to teach successfully the English language in
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BOARDING
A ND
SELECT
SCH OOLS.
( 18 4 4 .
the Mission Seminary, is a work that will require the en
tire time and strength of one teacher.
4. T hat the examination in Ja n u ary be attended, if prac
ticable, by all the T rustees; and that their expenses be
defrayed from the funds of the Institution.
o.
T hat we approve of the incipient measures taken in
the Seminary to teach a theological class, and recommend
that increased attention be given to that department.
6. In regard to the theological students, that at the
close of their course, their location and the kind of their
labor be designated by the Mission.
7. T h at the accumulation of studies in the Sem., and the
ill health of one of the instructors, and the care of the pr.
office, now devolving upon them (in consequence of the
removal of Mr. Andrews,) require the location of another
man at the Institution, as soon as one can be obtained.
8. T h a t in consequenee of the ill health of Mr. A lexan
de r’s family, he be at liberty to remove to the house for
merly occupied by Mr. Andrews.
6. Boarding and Select Schools.
T h e Committee on Boarding and Select Schools, report
ed as follows:
I.
T h at Boarding and Select Schools were never more
important than at this moment.
2. T hat we deem it highly important that there he a
well sustained Boarding or Select School on each larger
island.— whose special object it should be to furnish teach
ers for the island.
3. T h a t no new Boarding School should ever be un
dertaken without more adequate strength than has hitherto
been applied.
4. T h at we deem it important that Government be urged to
establish and support a National Institution, whose main
object it shall be to teach agriculture in connection with
the sciences.
5. T h a t a Delegate be appointed to present the subject
of schools and education in general to the Hawaiian G o v ’t.
V oted, T hat this Delegate be one of the Committee
appointed to act on the subject of paying duties to G ov
ernment, to be designated by themselves.
�( 13 14.
SUPPORT
dF
JPAS fdRS
!iY
T H E IR PEOPLE.
17
7. Punahou School.
T h e T ru stee s of this School recommended as follows;
1. T hat the price of board for children over ten years of
age, be fixed at seventy-five cents per week; and for
children under ten years of age, at thirty-seven and a half
cents.
2. T h at the sum of five hundred dollars be granted for
the purpose of paying the present debt of the establishment,
of making necessary repairs, and enlarging the accommo
dations.
8. Hilo Boarding School.
*.
T h e T rustees of the Hilo Boarding School, presented the
following items for the action of the General M eeting:
1. T h a t the Mission take measures to obtain an addition
al piece of land, to be cultivated by the scholars, and for
the residence of native teachers, employed in the school.
2. T hat a letter requesting a physician to be located
at Hilo, with reference to the medical wants of Hawaii,
and to aid in the school, be prepared and forwarded across
the continent, by the first opportunity.
Votedy T hat the T rustees be a Committee to prepare the
letter above recommended.
9. Common Schools.
A committee on this subject was appointed, but finding
nothing to report, they were by tbteir own request dis
charged, this department of schools coming more directlv
tinder the cognizance of the Government than of the
Mission.
10. Support o f Pastors by iheir People.
T h e Committee on this subject, reported as follows:
1. T h at we regard the subject one of great importance
to th e prosperity of C h r i s t i a n institutions in the islands; and
that it is peculiarly gratifying to learn, that some churches
and congregations have resolved to make the attempt to
support their pastors, and are actually taking measures to
effect the object.
2. T hat considering th e increase of means, and the ad
vance o f correct principles among the people, we believe
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�18
l oc ati on.
(1844,
the time has come, when several of the more able congre
gations might be induced to support their pastors wholly,
and many others might do it in part; and we believe the
present is a peculiarly favorable time to present this sub
ject to our several cong-egations, inasmuch as there is
already, in many intelligent natives, an interest awakened
to this subject.
3. T hat every pastor take great pains to instruct his
people, and especially the chh. members, in the right use
of money; to teach them to curtail all useless superfluities,
such expenses as are incurred merely for show and orna
ment; and to induce them to appropriate their means to
useful objects only, such as will secure to them all the ad
vantages and comforts of complete civilization, and espe
cially to sustain among themselves all the institutions of
the Gospel as the foundation on which their temporal and
eternal welfare must depend.
4. In order to bring this subject in the most advantage
ous manner before the congregations which are able to
support their pastors, in whole, or in part, we recommend
that the pastor, together with such two members of the
Mission, and perhaps such influential native C h r i s t i a n s as
he may call to his aid, be a committee to present this sub
ject before the people, and in concert with them, to devise
such practical and efficient measures as will secure the
object; and we recommend further, that these efforts be
made as soon as practicable after the close of the present
General M eeting, or, at least, before the 1st of Sept. next.
1 I. Location.
T he action of the M eeting on this subject was as fol
lows:
1. T h at Mr. and M rs. Rice be transferred from H a n a
to Punahou, to act as assistants in the school of missiona
ries^ children.
2. T hat Mr. Conde, in consequence of the health of
his fa-nily, be allowed at his discretion to reside at L ah a i
na; and that, while resident there, he be expected to assist
in the care of schools and the labor of the out stations.
3. T hat owing to the difficulty of locating the expected
brethren without a previous knowledge o f their fitness for
�1841)
A P P R O P R I A T IO N
OF
FUNDS.
1$
the posts which they are to occupy, the Mission choose a
suitable committee, whose duty it shail be to meet, consult
with and locate them at the following Stations, viz: H a n a
on Maui, Koloa on Kauai, Kau on Haw aii and K alu aah a
on Molokai.
4. T hat Miss W hitney be allowed to G h o o s e her location
the present year.
5. T h a t in consideration of the urgent need of an addi
tional laborer at Lah;iinaluna, and in view of the fact that
this laborer should be one of peculiar qualifications, and as
a person of the requisite qualifications may possibly be
o b t a i n e d for the Seminary who would not otherwise be
come a foreign missionary,— that therefore, the instructors
of the Seminary be authorized and recommended to appeal
to the Board for such a man, to be sent directly to the I n
stitution, and with as little delay as possible.
6. T h a t Mr. Wilcox, wi t h his consent, af t er h a v i n g been
consulted with on the subject, be transferred from Hilo to
W aialua, to take charge of the Boarding School there.
Voted, T h a t the brethren on the island of O ahu, be a
committee to confer with the new brethren, and decide
their specific location, in accordance with the present
designation of places.
12. Appropriation o f Funds.
T h e report on this subject was as follows:
T h e committee on “ appropriations,” beg leave to pre
sent the following report:
W h e reas, the grants of the prudential committee are for
a year, and that year commences on the first day of J a n u
ary; and as we cannot know what will be the sum for a
subsequent year, until the decision of the Prudential Com
mittee is communicated to us, it does not seem expedient
that oul appropriations should be for a greater sum or for
a longer time than those of the Board: your committee
therefore recommend,—
1. T h a t the appropriations of this meeting extend only
to the 31st of D ec .; which will reduce the time to nine
months, and the sum to be apppropriated to $25,800.
2. T h a t as the salaries of the missionaries are fixed, and
therefore not affected by any variation of the gross amount
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A PP R O P R IA TI O N
OF F U N D S .
(18 44.
o f the annual grant, the secular agents be authorised to
credit to each family at the commencement of i lie year the
appropriate salary, including the allowance for children.
T hat the grants to the institutions and departments
be continued after the 1st of Ja n u ary in the ratio of the
present y e a r ’s allowance, modified by the amount of the
B o a rd ’s grant for the next year, until a new appropriation
o f the mission is made.
4. T h at the special grants, and grants for buildings, so
far as they do not contemplate expenses already incurred,
be continued and regulated according to the above prin
ciple.
5. T hat any balance remaining from the contingent fund
of last year, after an adjustment shall have been mnde of
the exoees of appropriations beyond the sum allowed by
the Board for the current year, be applied to meet the
contingencies o f the expected reinforcement, and all
others for which provision should herein be made.
6. T hat the accountant of the mission be requested to
adjust all-the accounts and balances of his books to corres
pond with the spirit of this report.
T h e sum allowed to this mission for the year 1844, to be
received in supplies, remittances, &c., is $.34,400: this
your committee recommend to be appropriated as follows:
F am ily Support*
�A PP R O P R I A T IO N
For a year.
Alexander,
5
Andrews, S. L.,
2
Armstrong,
5
Bailey,
3
Baldwin,
2
Bishop,
Bond,
1
Castle,
1
Chamberlain,
3
Clark,
4
Co an,
3
Conde,
3
Cooke,
3
Dibble,
3
Dimond,
5
D ole,
1
Emerson,
5
Forbes,
3
GuIick,
j
4
H all,
j 4
H itchcock,
2
Ives,
2
Johnson,
4
Knapp,
Locke,
3
Lyman,
4
Lyons,
3
Paris,
2
Parker,
3
Rice,
1
Rogers,
4
R ow ell,
I
Smith, A . B .,
Smith, J. W .,
1 1
Smith, Lowell,
Thursron,
1
W hitney,
W ilcox,
3
Brown, Lydia,
Ogden, Marin,
Smith, M. M.,
Expected.
Andrews,
Hunt,
P ogue,
W h ifilesey,
W hitney, Maria,
I
____i
Total for
Children.
Total.
m
1 220 450
60 450
150 500
90 450
2 200 450
450
30 4j 0
30 500
2 230 500
2 260 450
90 450
90 450
90 500
1 160 450
150 500
30 450
1 220 450
1 160 450
2 260 , 450
1201 500
I 130 450
60 450
120 450
500
90
120 450
1 160 450
60 450
1 160j 450
30 450
120| 500
1I
30 450
450
30 450
1 500
1 100 450
450
90 450
175
175
175
For nine months.
i
Childien
under 10.
Over 10.
l o t a l for
Childien.
NAMES.
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
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67000 165
5 000 45
650 00 112
54000 67
650 00 150
45000
48000 22
530 00 22
730 00 172
71000 195
54000 67
54000 67
590 00 67
610 00 120
65000 112
480 00 22
670 00 165
61000 120
710 00 !195
620 00 90
580 00 97
510 00 45
570 00 1 90
500 00
90 00 67
570 00 ! 90
61000!I 120
510 00 45
610 00' 120
480 00! 22
620 00 , 90
480 00 22
450 00
480 00 22
500 00
55000 75
450 00
540 00 67
175 CO
175 00
175 00
00
00
50
50
00
50
50
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501
50|
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337
337
375
337
337
337
337
375
375
337
337
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337
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337
337
337
337
375
337
337
337
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501
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50
50
50
50
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50
50
50
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50
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50
50
50
50
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50
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50
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337
337
337
337
337
375
337
337
337
375
337
337
337
131
131
131
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1
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126
194 79! 194 79
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206
318 751 318 75
126
194 79 194 79
1
206
318 75! 31875
80
123 96| 12396
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04
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21
OF F U N D S .
Salary.
1844. )
502 50
382 50
4S7 50
405 00
487 50
3o7 50
360 00
397 50
547 50
532 50
405 00
405 00
442 50
457 50
487 50
360 00
502 50
457 50
532 50
465 00
435 Qr'l
382 50
427 50
375 00
67 50
427 50
457 50
382 50
457 50
360 00
465 00
360 00
337 50
360 00
375 00
412 50
337 50
405 00
131 25
131 25
131 25
75 16173
1
04 126
25 1 206
04 126
2,3j 206
211 80
75
04
2£
04
25
21
54 16718 54
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(1844-
APPROPRI ATI ON OP FUNDS.
Special Grants.
D epartm ents and Institutions.
1-2 d
Alexander,
Armstrong,
Bailey,
Baldwin,
Bond,
Clark,
Coan,
Conde,
Dibble,
Dimond,
Emerson,
Forbes,
Gulick,
Hitchcock,
Johnson,
Knapp,
Lyman,
Lyons,
Paris,
Parker,
Rice,
Rogers,
R ow ell,
Smith, A. B ,
Smith, L .,
Thurston,
W hitney,
W ilcox,
W hittlesey,
269
100
50
50
88
200
50
50 100
12mos. 9 mo9.
Mission Seminary, - 2,500 1,875
Female Seminary, - - 800
600
Boarding- School, Hilo, 800
600
Missionary School at
Punahou, - - - - - - 500
375
Printing department, 2,000 1,500
Medical department, 1,000
750
* ’
- 500
500
General”Meeting
. - 300
225
D ep ository,----1,000
750
Contingent fund,
9,400
120
7,175
<i0
100
150
58
Summary.
A p . 1, 1845. Jan. 1,1845.
12mos.
9 mos.
Family sup
port, - - - 22,716 04 16,918 54
Deprtm ’ts &
institutions, 9,400 00
7,175 09
Special gr’ts, 3,931 00
3,981 00
100
300
40
250
400
250
m
110
40
25
300
80
50
501
360:
30
36,097 04
28,074 54
i !
j _ i __
38011100 30
J 50 3981
The funds for meeting the above appropriations, are
derived from the following sources:
Grant o f the Board to Jan. 1, 1845, - - - - - 25,800 00
Grant for three months by anticipation, - - - - 8,600 00
P art of contingent fund for last year, - - - - 1,697 04
36,097 04
Voted, That in case of the removal of any one by death,
for whom the annual appropriation has been made, the
balance of the year shall be available to the family of
whom the deceased was a member.
Voted, T h a t the printing department at Lahainaluna be
allowed to expend one fourth of the amount appropriated
to the general department of printing.
�1844.)
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ASSIGNMENTS.
13. E ngraving.
T h e following is the report of the Committee on this
subject:
1. T hat the copperplate press now on the way to these
islands, and any accompanying apparatus for engraving,
be committed, when they arrive, into the hands of Mr.
Dimond; who, by vote of the General Meeting of 1841,
was requested to take direction of the engraving, which
was then placid on the same foundation as the printing
establishment. (See Minutes* 1841, p. 19.)
2. T h at the brethren of the Mission be requested to give
in their names for the number of globe maps, for which
they, severally, are willing to become responsible; in
order that an application may be made to Mr. Andrews
for the requisite number; and that, if needlul to secure
the execution of the work, the payment be made in ad
vance.
3. T h at should Mr. Andrews feel himself unable to fur
nish the maps within a reasonable time, the secular agents
be a committee to make a proposition for the purchase of
the plates, and any other plates which the Mission may
need, and Mr. Andrews be willing to dispose of.
14. ,Correspondence.
/
On this subject the Committee recommended as follows:
1. T hat the letter from the H arvey Islands be answered
by M r. Alexander.
2. Mr. T hrelk eld’s letter, by Mr. Baldwin.
3. L e tte r from Basle, Mis. Inst — Mr. Coan.
4. L etter from Rev. Jonas K ing, D. D., A thens— Mr.
Dole.
15. Assignments.
T h ese were reported as follows:
1. Bible Dictionary by M r. W hitney, continued, to be
reviewed by Mr. Thurston.
2. N atural Philosophy by Mr. Alexander, to be contin
ued.
3. Comp, o f Universal History by Mr. Dibble, to be
continued.
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M ISCELLA N IES,
( 1843-
4 English & Hawaiian Dictionary by Mr. Emerson,
continued.
5. Ai o ka la for 1845, L. Smith.
6. Hawaiian Spelling Book by M r. Johnson, to be re
viewed by Mr. Rice.
7. A work on Astronomy by Mr. Clark, to be continued.
8. Geography to be revised and adapted to the Atlas,
by L. Smith.
9. A new Arithmetic to be substituted for the H eluka kau, by Mr. Bishop.
10. Messrs. H a ll, Arm strong, Bishop, L. Smith, and
Lyons, a committee to receive contributions of new hymns,
revise the old ones, and prepare a new edition of the
H y m n Book.
11. T h e Moral Philosophy to be revised, by Mr. Dibble.
12. Hawaiian R eader to be revised fora Reading Book
in schools, by L. Smith and Armstrong.
13. A Concordance of the Bible, by Mr. Thurston.
14. N onanona continued, by Mr. Armstrong.
15. T he revision of the Bible, Mr. Bingham.
16. M edical Dispensary.
Mr. Armstrong showed reasons why relief should be
afforded him in this department, and it was
Voted, T h at Mr. R ogers be requested to assist Mr.
Arm strong, in the Dispensary.
Miscellanies.
Religious M eetings.
T h e Committee of Arrangem ents for religious purposes
consisted of Messrs. A r m s t r o n g , C o a n and L. S m i t h .
A meeting for the children of the families was held every
morning, in the school-house, at eight o ’clock, conducted
by the brethren in rotation.
W ednesday, Ju n e 5th, was observed as a day of fasting
and religious exercises, and F riday, 14th, was set apart
lor religious purposes and the administration of the L o rd ’s
Supper.
*
�1843.)
M ISCELLA N IE S.
25
N ext General M eeting.
Voted, T h at the next General M eeting be held at H o n o
lulu, to commence on the 2d Wednesday in M a y f 1846.
Standing Committees.
F o r P re s s at H onolulu: Messrs. Armstrong, Bishop,
Chamberlain, H a ll and L. Smith.
F o r P re ss at Lahainaluna: Messrs. Alexander, Dibble
and Emerson.
T rustees of Mission Seminary and Female Boarding
School: M essrs. Dibble, Alexander, Em erson, Bailey,
Clark, W hitney, Arm strong, Thurston and Lyman.
T ru stee s of the School at P u n ah o u : Messrs. Dole, A rm
strong, Castle, Chamberlain and Hall.
T ru stee s of the Boarding School at H ilo: Messrs. L y
man, Coan, Bond, Lyons, Thurston, Forbes and P aris.
T ru stee s of the Boarding School at Waialua: Messrs.
W ilcox, A. B. Smith, Bishop, P a r k e r and Cooke.
�26
(1844.
LOCATION OF T H E
N EW B R E T H R E N .
T he missionaries constituting the tenth reinforcement to
this mission, of whose embarkation in the brig Globe we
received notice previous to the time of our general meeting,
having been preserved from the perils of the ocean, to
which they were exposed in the early part of their voyage,
arrived in good health and safety on the loth of July.
O n the 23d, the brethren of O ahu, in pursuance of the
vote of the general meeting, designating them a committee
o f location, met to assrgn to the new brethren their stations.
After some discussion and consultation, a sub-committee
consisting of M essrs. Bishop, P a rk e r and Chamberlain
was chosen, with a view to consult further and bring in a
report. T h ey reported as follows; and the report, after a
full consideration of each article separately, was adopted:
T he sub *comniittee appointed by the Oahu brethren to
consult with the newly arrived missionaries, and nominate
them to the different stations designated by the mission,
beg leave to report:
1. T h at they recommend M r. and Mrs. Whittlesey to
be stationed at H ana.
2. T h a t they recommend M r. and Mrs. H u n t to be
stationed at K au.
3. T h a t Mr. P o g u e be recommended to Koloa.
4. That Mr. Andrews be recommended to Molokai.
�27
1844.)
H A W A IIA N ASSOCIATION.
>
E xtracts from the M inutes of the Hawaiian Association,
convened at Honolulu, J u n e 1844:
V o t e d , T h at the appointments o f last year b e con
tinued.
V o t e d , T h at those brethren who have no appointments,
be at liberty to choose their own subjects for the coming
year.
V o t e d , T h a t the Rev. M ark Ives be the pastor of the
church at Kealia.
V o t e d , T hat the brethren on M aui be a committee to
license David M aro to preach the gospel.
R e s o l v e d , T h a t it is the sense of this association, that
the Rev. Lorrin A ndrews devote his entire labors to seamen
at Lahaina, provided a competent support can be procured
for him for that purpose.
V o t e d , T h a t the Rev. S. C. Damon, and Rev. D.
Baldwin, be a committee to confer with the Rev. L. Andrews on this subject.
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