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Title: [Biennial report of the Minister of the Interior to the Legislative Assembly of 1890] - wrapper title, not present on this copy Author: ** Place: [Honolulu] Publisher: [Robert Grieve, Steam Book & Job Printing] Date: 1890 Description: 365 pp. With 7 folding tables & 1 folding blueprint map. 22.2x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾"), recent wrappers, cloth spine. Rare report from the Hawaiian government - Forbes notes, "The main report, by Minister Lorrin A. Thurston, lists departmental receipts and disbursements (pp. 277-349) and shows government land sales and government leases (1888-1890) on two folding tables (at p.286). Thurston reviews the subject of lands under the control of the Interior Department and discusses difficulties in carrying out the homestead law. He says he is reluctant to open up crown lands to homesteaders, as the 'comprise a very large proportion of the choicest lands of the country.'" In addition to the main report by Thurston, there are 16 reports from departments under his control, including the Surveyor General, Superintendent of the Insane Asylum, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, Marshall of Prisons, Government Electric Lights, etc. The folding blueprint map is "Honolulu Water Works. Map of Upper Part of the Nuuanu Valley System" by G.F. Allardt. No copies of the 1890 report are listed individually by OCLC/WorldCat, though Stanford University is indicated as having a run of the reports. Forbes 4163 locates six copies. Lot Amendments Condition: Lacking the original wrappers, else very good. Item number: 226965