In addition to the foregoing salaried officers are the following boards and commissions, the members of which serve without pay:

Board of immigration.-Comprising the minister of the interior, ex officio, chairman, and 5 commissioners appointed by the President, with the approval of the cabinet; term of office, indefinite.

Board of health.-Comprising the attorney-general, ex officio, and 6 members, 3 of whom are laymen and 3 physicians, appointed by the President, with the approval of the cabinet; term of office, two years. Commissioners of public instruction.-Comprising the minister of foreign affairs, ex officio, minister of public instruction, and 6 commissioners, appointed by the President, with the approval of the cabinet; term of office, three years.

Board of prison inspectors.-Comprising 3 inspectors, appointed by the minister of the interior, with the approval of the cabinet; term of office, two years.

Board of equalization.-Comprising the minister of finance and the

several assessors.

Board of inspectors of elections.-Comprising 3 inspectors of election for each precinct, appointed by the minister of the interior; term of office, indefinite.

Board of registration.-Comprising 3 members in 5 districts, appointed by the President, with the approval of the senate.

Council of state.-Comprising 15 members, 5 elected by senate, 5 elected by house of representatives, and 5 appointed by President with approval of cabinet. Members of executive council sit and take part in meetings, but can not vote.

Labor commission.-Comprising 3 members, appointed by the President; term of office, indefinite.

Road board.-Comprising 3 members in each district, appointed by the minister of the interior; term of office, indefinite.

Pound masters.-Consisting of 1 in each district, appointed by the minister of interior; term of office, indefinite; a system of fees charged. Commissioners of public lands.-Composed of a board of 3 commissioners, including the minister of the interior and 2 persons appointed by the President, with the approval of the cabinet, 1 of whom is designated agent of public lands; term of office, indefinite.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.

Hon. SHELBY M. CULLOM,

HONOLULU, H. I., September 12, 1898.

Chairman of the Hawaiian Commission.

SIR: Your committee on claims respectfully submit the following report:

1. Claims for damages have been presented against the Republic of Hawaii, on behalf of persons arrested and confined for complicity in the insurrection of 1895, as follows:

Mr. A. G. S. Hawes, lately Her Britannic Majesty's commissioner and consul-general, expressed the opinion that the claims of the British subjects might be compromised for one-half the amounts claimed. The government of Hawaii denies the validity of each of the above claims, and has refused payment thereof, excepting in the case of Charles Dunwell, whose case differed from that of the others in that he was confined in order to compel him to testify. This claim has been paid. The British Government has now suggested arbitration as to the other claims of British subjects, and the correspondence in regard thereto has been turned over to Mr. H. M. Sewall, special agent of the United States under the State Department, the functions of the Hawaiian foreign office in this respect having ceased.

Another claim growing out of the same insurrection is that of H. A. Juen, who claims to be an American citizen. This claim was presented to this commission, with a request that it be referred to the State Department, after an unsuccessful presentation thereof, made previously at the State Department at Washington by the claimant. 2. Japanese claims.-The principal claim presented against the Hawaiian government, namely, that which grew out of the refusal of the Hawaiian government, in 1897, to allow certain Japanese immigrants to land in Hawaii, on the ground that they did not possess the necessary qualifications, was settled, after the approval of the joint