HAWAIIAN   ISLANDS.	981
A. I know him by sight.
Q. You know Parker and Cornwell well?
A. Yes; I have known them since 1876.
I have carefully read the foregoing and pronounce it an accurate report of my interview with Mr. Blount.
Claus Spreckels. 
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
June 12, 1893.
In pursuance of the agreement hereto attached, the said laborer did arrive in this country on the --, 1892, and 
in. accordance with the said agreement has been assigned to labor for ---- ---- as a laborer at ---
-, and has accepted such assignment.
Now, therefore, the said employer stipulates and agrees to and with the said board of immigration of this 
Kingdom, that he will faithfully pay to the said laborer twelve dollars and fifty cents per month for said period of 
three years, beginning from the commencement of such service.
And the said employer hereby stipulates and agrees that he will faithfully keep and perform all the other 
stipulations in the said agreements set forth, to be kept and performed by the said board, in favor of the said 
laborer.
And the said employer agrees with the board of immigration, that the contract for the service of the said laborer 
shall not be transferred to any third party during the term of this contract without the consent of the said board of 
immigration or its agent.
And it is further understood, stipulated, and agreed, by and between the parties to this agreement, that it shall be 
the right of the said board of immigration, at any time, during the time in this agreement stipulated for its 
duration, upon the the representation of the said laborer, to cancel this contract for any cause deemed by the said 
board to be sufficient, refunding the said employer such proportional sum of the amount advanced by the said 
employer as the unexpired portion of the time of service agreed upon may bear to the whole time herein above set 
forth.
But if the agreement shall be cancelled by a magistrate, for nonfulfillment or violation of any of the conditions 
thereof on the part of the said employer, then no refunding will take place.
And it is further understood and agreed that all personal taxes levied by the government shall be paid by the 
employer, without deducting the same from the wage stipulated. And further, during the continuance of this 
agreement the said laborer is to be properly lodged and provided with good medical attendance by the employer.
In testimony, we have hereunto set our hands, at Honolulu, Oahu this--day of ----, 1892.
 
The Board of Immigration
By ____________ 

President.
This memorandum of agreement between the Hawaiian Government, represented by Robert W. Irwin, Her 
Hawaiian Majesty's minister resident and special agent of the Hawaiian bureau of immigration, party of the first 
part and ---- ----, a Japanese subject, party of the second part: Whereas, the said party of the second 
part has expressed a desire to proceed from Yokohama to Hawaii as an agricultural laborer; and, whereas, His 
Imperial Japanese Majesty's Government have given their consent thereto; and whereas, the Hawaiian 
Government has agreed to furnish the wife and two children of the said party of the second part, if they 
accompany him, free transportation to Hawaii, and upon arrival there to secure for the said party of the second 
part agricultural employment, and employment for his wife; and whereas, it has been determined by and between 
the parties hereto, in order to avoid any misunderstanding which might otherwise arise, to conclude at once a 
contract for the purposes hereinbefore recited. Now, therefore, this agreement witnesseth:
The Hawaiian Government, in consideration of the stipulations hereinafter contained, to be kept and performed 
by the said party of the second part, covenants and agrees as follows:
I.-To furnish free steerage passage, including proper food, from Yokohama to Honolulu, to ----, his wife, 
---- ----, and to his two children, if they accompany him, which fact is to be noted at the bottom of this 
agreement, and also to procure proper transportation for the said party of the second part and his family from 
Honolulu to the place where such labor is to be performed.   The vessel in which

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