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of this city, showing the principal domestic exports of the Hawaiian Islands for the quarter ending March 31, 1887.

I have, etc.,

[Inclosure in No. 114.]

GEO. W. MERRILL.

CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURNS.

We have been permitted by his excellency the minister of finance to publish the quarterly report of the collector-general of customs, which is as follows:

His Excellency PAUL P. KAnoa,

FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CUSTOMS,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, April 4, 1887.

His Majesty's Minister of Finance:

SIR: I have the honor to submit to your excellency the table of the principal domestic exports of the Hawaiian Islands for the quarter ending March 31, 1887.

The total value of the exports during the quarter just ended amounted to $2,930,358, being a decrease in the value of such exports during the corresponding period of 1886 by $426,687.

With the highest respect and esteem, I have the honor to be, your excellency's very obedient, humble servant,

JNO. M. KAPENA,
Collector-General.

Quantities and values of the principal domestic exports, Hawaiian Islands, for the quarter ending March 31, 1887, by customs districts.

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Domestic exports, Hawaiian Islands, first quarter, 1887, compared with first quarter, 1836.

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SIR: To-day, and since mailing my despatch No. 115, of April 9, in reference to the contemplated visit of Her Majesty the Queen, I have the honor to inform you that I have received from the minister of foreign affairs an official communication upon the subject, a copy of which I inclose.

I have, etc.,

GEO. W. MERRILL.

[Inclosure in No. 117.]

Mr. Gibson to Mr. Merrill.

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Honolulu, April 11, 1887.

SIR: I have the honor to inform your excellency that Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Liliuokalani and General the honorable John O. Dominis, leave here to-morrow, the 12th instaut, to pay a visit to the United States of America and Europe.

It is the intention of Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness to pay a visit to the city of Washington and to pay their respects to the President of the United States of America.

I shall be obliged if your excellency will inform your Government of this contemplated visit.

I have, etc.,

WALTER M. GIBSON.

No. 119.]

No. 370.

Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard.

LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, Honolulu, May 2, 1887. (Received May 24.)

SIR: I have the honor to inclose copies of the Annual Report* of the collector-general of customs relative to the imports, exports, immigration, and navigation of the Hawaiian Islands for the year ending December 31, 1886.

The report shows that the total value of the export and import trade of these islands for the year 1886 amounted to the sum of $15,335,024.31, exceeding that of 1885 by $2,428,906.

It is gratifying to call attention to the fact that of the total export and import trade of these islands for 1886 the United States has received $14,414,751, or 94 per cent. of the total value, being an increase of 2 per cent. over that of 1885.

Of the total export trade of the islands, amounting to $10,457,285.58, the United States has received $10,412,827.47, while of the total import trade, amounting to $4,877,738.73, there has been received from the United States imports of the value of $4,001,923.83.

The duties also show that during the year 1886 American vessels have carried 76 per cent. of the domestic exports of the islands and 71 per cent. of the value of the total exports and imports.

I have, etc.,

No. 371.

GEO. W. MERRILL.

No. 127.]

Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard.

[Extract.]

LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,

Honolulu, July 11, 1887. (Received August 13.) SIR: Availing myself of an opportunity afforded by the departure of a sailing vessel, leaving here for San Francisco to-morrow, I have the honor to inform you that a new constitution for Hawaii, as demanded by the citizens was signed by the King on the 6th instant, and on the 7th instant the constitution granted by Kamehameha V, in 1864, was abrogated, and the new constitution duly promulgated by proclamation of His Majesty.

Since the signing and promulgation of the new constitution the intense feeling existing during the two weeks prior thereto has very much subsided, and business is being resumed.

Mr. Gibson, late minister of foreign affairs, is under arrest, charged with embezzlement and the time for his examination set for to-morrow, but the general impression is the charge will not be sustained.

I inclose herewith a copy of the new constitution, also a copy of the King's proclamation, published "by authority."

I have, etc.,

GEO. W. MERRILL.

* Report not published.

FOREIGN RELATIONS.

[Inclosure 1 in No. 127.]

Constitution.

Whereas the constitution of this Kingdom heretofore in force contains many provisions subversive of civil rights and incompatible with enlightened constitutional government;

And whereas it has become imperative, in order to restore order and tranquillity, and the confidence necessary to a further maintenance of the present Government, that a new constitution should be at once promulgated:

Now, therefore, I, Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands, in my capacity as sovereign of this Kingdom, and as the representative of the people hereunto by them duly authorized and empowered, do annul and abrogate the constitution promulgated by Kamehameha the Fifth, on the 20th day of August, A. D. 1864, and do proclaim and promulgate this constitution.

ARTICLE 1. God hath endowed all men with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the right of acquiring, possessing, and protecting prop erty, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.

ART. 2. All men are free to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences; but this sacred privilege hereby secured shall not be so construed as to justify acts of licentiousness, or practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the Kingdom.

ART. 3. All men may freely speak, write, and publish their sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right, and no law shall be enacted to restrain the liberty of speech or of the press.

ART. 4. All men shall have the right, in an orderly and peaceable manner, to assemble, without arms, to consult upon the common good, and to petition the King or Legislature for redress of grievances.

ART. 5. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus belongs to all men, and shall not be suspended, unless by the King when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety shall require its suspension.

ART. 6. No person shall be subject to punishment for any offense except on due and legal conviction thereof in a court having jurisdiction of the case.

ART. 7. No person shall be held to answer for any crime or offense (except in cases of impeachment, or for offenses within the jurisdiction of a police or district justice, or in summary proceedings for contempt), unless upon indictment, fully and plainly describing such crime or offense, and he shall have the right to meet the witnesses who are produced against him face to face; to produce witnesses and proofs in his own favor; and by himself or his counsel, at his election, to examine the witnesses produced by himself, and cross-examine those produced against him, and to be fully heard in his own defense. In all cases in which the right of trial by jury has been heretofore used, it shall be held inviolable forever, except in actions of debt or assumpsit in which the amount claimed is less than $50.

ART. 8. No person shall be required to answer again for an offense of which he has been duly convicted or of which he has been duly acquitted.

ART. 9. No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

ART. 10. No person shall sit a judge or juror in any case in which his relative, by affinity or by consanguinity within the third degree, is interested either as plaintiff or defendant, or in the issue of which said judge or juror may have, either directly or through such relative, any pecuniary interest.

ART. 11. Involuntary servitude, except for crime, is forever prohibited in this Kingdom. Whenever a slave shall enter Hawaiian territory he shall be free.

ART. 12. Every person has the right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his house, his papers, and effects; and no warrants shall issue, except on probable cause, supported by oath or aflirmation, and describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

ART. 13. The Government is conducted for the common good, and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men.

ART. 14. Each member of society has a right to be protected in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property according to law; and, therefore, he shall be obliged to contribute his proportional share to the expense of his protection, and to give his personal services, or an equivalent, when necessary. Private property may be taken for public use, but only upon due process of law and just compensation.

ART. 15. No subsidy, duty, or tax of any description shall be established or lev ied without the consent of the Legislature; nor shall any money be drawn from the public treasury without such consent, except when between the sessions of the Legislature the emergencies of war, invasion, rebellion, pestilence, or other public disaster shall arise, and then not without the concurrence of all the cabinet and of a majority of

the whole privy council; and the minister of finance shall render a detailed account of such expenditure to the Legislature.

ART. 16. No retrospective laws shall ever be enacted.

ART. 17. The military shall always be subject to the laws of the land; and no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by the Legislature.

ART. 18. Every elector shall be privileged from arrest on election days, during his attendance at election and in going to and returning therefrom, except in case of treason, felony, or breach of the peace.

ART. 19. No elector shall be so obliged to perform military duty on the day of election as to prevent his voting, except in time of war or public danger.

ART. 20. The supreme power of the Kingdom in its exercise is divided into the executive, legislative, and judicial. These shall always be preserved distinct, and no executive or judicial officer, or any contractor or employé of the Government, or any person in the receipt of salary or emolument from the Government, shall be eligible to election to the Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom or to hold the position of an elective member of the same. And no member of the Legislature shall, during the time for which he is elected, be appointed to any civil office under the Government, except that of a member of the cabinet.

ART. 21. The government of this Kingdom is that of a constitutional monarchy under His Majesty Kalakaua, his heirs, and successors.

ART. 22. The Crown is hereby permanently confirmed to His Majesty Kalakaua, and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and to their lawful descendants in a direct line; failing whom, the Crown shall descend to Her Royal Highness the Princess Liliuokalani, and the heirs of her body, lawfully begotten, and their lawful descendants in a direct line. The succession shall be to the senior male child, and to the heirs of his body; failing a male child the succession shall be to the senior female child and to the heirs of her body. In case there is no heir as above provided, the successor shall be the person whom the sovereign shall appoint with the consent of the nobles and publicly proclaim during the sovereign's life; but should there be no such appointment and proclamation, and the Throne become vacant, then the cabinet, immediately after the occurring of such vacancy, shall cause a meeting of the Legislature, who shall elect by ballot some native alii of the Kingdom as successor to the Throne; and the successor so elected shall become a new stirps for a royal family; and the succession from the sovereign thus elected shall be regulated by the same law as the present royal family of Hawaii.

ART. 23. It shall not be lawful for any member of the royal family of Hawaii who may by law succeed to the Throne to contract marriage without the consent of the reigning sovereign. Every marriage so contracted shall be void, and the person so contracting a marriage may, by the proclamation of the reigning sovereign, be declared to have forfeited his or her right to the Throne, and after such proclamation the right of succession shall vest in the next heir as though such offender were dead. ART. 24. His Majesty Kalakaua will, and his successors shall, take the following oath: I solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God to maintain the constitution of the Kingdom whole and inviolate, and to govern in conformity therewith.

ART. 25. No person shall ever sit upon the Throne who has been convicted of any infamous crime, or who is insane or an idiot.

ART. 26. The King is the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all other military forces of the Kingdom by sea and land. But he shall never proclaim war without the consent of the Legislature; and no military or naval force shall be organized except by the authority of the Legislature.

ART. 27. The King, by and with the advice of his privy council and with the consent of the cabinet, has the power to grant reprieves and pardons after conviction for all offenses, except in case of impeachment.

ART. 28. The King convenes the Legislature at the seat of Government or at a different place if that should become insecure from an enemy or any dangerous disorder, and prorogues the same; and in any great emergency he may, with the advice of the privy council, convene the Legislature in extraordinary session.

ART. 29. The King has the power to make treaties. Treaties involving changes in the tariff or in any law of the Kingdom, shall be referred for approval to the Legislature. The king appoints public ministers, who shall be commissioned, accredited, and instructed agreeably to the usage and law of nations.

ART. 30. It is the King's prerogative to receive and acknowledge public ministers; to inform the Legislature by royal message, from time to time, of the state of the Kingdom; and to recommend to its consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.

ART. 31. The person of the King is inviolable and sacred. His ministers are responsible. To the King and the cabinet belongs the executive power. All laws that have passed the Legislature shall require His Majesty's signature in order to their validity, except as provided in Article 48.

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