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Besides the sugar-mill spoken of above, which is placed a few rods out of the town, Lahaina boasts a Court-House and Post Office, and one twostory warehouse with a conspicious sign-" Consulate of the United States," over which the head of the present incumbent may be seen at any hour of the day, gazing into the offing for vessels that rarely cone. The amount of business may be inferred from the office furniture, consisting of a spy-glass, the consular seal, and a pipe. Besides these, the prominent public buildings on the beach, are a native church, a Catholic cathedral, and a Seamen's Bethel, grog-shops innumerable-once flourishing but now all deserted; and, in consequence, the tumble-down old jail in sight, is not over-crowded as it used to be.

The Seminary of Lahaina is on the side of a mountain, about two miles distant from the town, but as this well-known college of the Pacific was closed, to allow the students to attend the yearly gathering at Honolulu, it was not worth while to climb the sultry road, where the fine dust penetrates the clothing, like that of which we are told by men who have taken the overland route to California, where they dare not wash their faces, lest the alkaline properties of the dust should carry the skin off with the dirt.

There is an air of decay and neglect about Lahaina that makes it very unattractive, especially when it is found to be the sultriest place in the Sandwich Islands. The thermometer is rarely below 83°, and six hours rain does not occur in as many months. The pleasantest hours of the twenty-four are between day-break and seven o'clock, when a plunge in the surf prepares the whole man for the sultry day. Even this pleasure must be taken with caution; innumerable sharks prowling near the shore, give the surf of Lahaina a reputation almost as bad as that of the west coast of Africa.

A ride of ten or fifteen miles over the mountains behind Lahaina, brings us to an entirely different country. The passage of the mountains is rugged in the extreme; the winding roads lead along the sides of lava precipices, and to positions where there is room for only a single animal to pass, and then only with great caution. From their summits we look down upon a vast plain, covered with sand-dunes, across which the trade winds are always sweeping, raising whirlwinds of dust and sand, and beyond the plain is Haleakala, the "House of the Sun," the largest crater in the world. The plain between is so smooth and unbroken that it is evidently formed by the gentle flow of the lava from each opposing mountain spread out and swept bare by the winds and waves. So smooth is it that one can almost imagine that he sees where the tidal waves of lava have met on its surface. Descending to it, it is found to be marked with the same ripples and whirl-pools as are found on the road to Kilauea. The level rock is swept and kept clean by the strong prevailing winds. and then, for miles again, we are laboriously plodding among sand-dunes, thrown up to the height of fifty or sixty feet. In this desolate waste there is a single heaven-forsaken village, called Kalepolepo-a mere cluster of native huts, around a few stunted chcoa-nut trees-not a sign of cultivation of-nothing but sand, heaped up on the very houses, lying on their straw roofs, and drifting over the canoes-a dreary scene, that but for the fierce sun beating down upon his head, would make the traveller believe that the dazzling sand-heaps were snow-drifts, and the

scene and time a Russian winter. Even the dogs have a gaunt air, like wolves.

All the way across this arid plain, the top of Haleakala is seen over the clouds, and seems but a short distance off, although the ride would occupy the entire day. Thick clouds cover the sides of the mountain, and make the distance deceptive. The road is not bad, and the traveller is well repaid for his trouble, by the grandeur of the view that bursts upon him from the summit. Well is it called "the House of the Sun," at sunrise and sun-set the prospect is magnificent. The three great mountains of Hawaii are plainly seen over the clouds; Maui, Molokai, and Ohau, are spread out below; Lanai and Kahoolawe, and the rock Molokini, would scarcely make a respectable sugar-plantation, while under us is that immense crater, which is ten miles from side to side.

The craters of Haleakala and Kilauea are like, and yet unlike. They both have walls of great height, enclosing a vast surface of ground; but Haleakala is three times the size of Kilauea, and has long been silent. Great cones, or extinct volcanoes, in it, look like ant-hills from the walls, but on near approach are found to be hornitos of considerable size. On one side of the crater is a vast opening left by some old outflow of the lava, through which the clouds rush from below with a grand sweep, now partially obscuring the pit, and again quite hiding from the view the vast plain within the crater, while on the brink of the walls above, all is serene. Currents of air bearing clouds with them, are distinctly seen rushin and out of the crater through this breach in the wall; and yet it is never the same, according to the testimony of all who have been there more than once.

Judging from the size of the crater, and the area of its base, as well as the innumerable cones upon its side, which have evidently been active volcanoes, probably at periods when the fires of the crater burnt low, the active volcano of Haleakala was, at some remote period, the most stupendous among the mighty works of nature. It is difficult for the imagination to grasp the proportions of so grand a scene-a burning lake, more than thirty miles in circumference, walled in, so that the beholder could look down calmly upon the turbulence below; jets of liquid fire tossed up a thousand feet, and yet falling back into the mighty cauldron; mountains within a mountain, all smoking and vomiting more than sm oke-a horrid molten mass, thick and viscid, glowing with infernal heat. It is not often given to man to look upon scenes of such grandeur as an eruption of Haleakala. Vesuvius would be swallowed up within its walls, for its fires would cover a greater area than the cities of New York, Philaadelphia, and Boston. All London might find room there.

FINANCES OF THE STATES.

(Continued from Page 449, Vol. 50.)

NEW JERSEY-CALIFORNIA.

NEW JERSEY.

By the provisions of the act entitled, "An act to change the termination of the fiscal year," approved March 24th, 1863, it is made "the duty of the Treasurer to close his accounts on the 30th day of November in each year, instead of the first day of the meeting of the Legislature, as heretofore required." This change was made to enable the Treasurer to furnish the Governor a synopsis of the financial transactions of the State, to be presented to the Legislature at the commencement of each session. The increasing business of the Treasury rendering it impossible for a Committee of the members of the Legislature to examine the accounts of the Treasurer during the session, without almost entirely neglecting their legislative duties, a Committee of the members of the last Legislature was appointed by concurrent resolution, to make such examination previous to the organization, and report at the opening of the next session. The Committee thus appointed entered upon the discharge of their duties on the 15th day of December, and have now presented their report, from which, and the report of the previous year, we have prepared the following statements.

An examination of the civil account, or State account proper, shows that the total receipts for the fiscal year ending the 30th of November, 1863, and for the previous fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1862, excluding the cash balances on hand at the commencement of each year, were as follows:

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ember 30, 1863, were as follows:

The receipts and disbursements, in detail, for the year ending Nov

Balance Sheet of the Receipts and Disbursements of the State Fund Proper, for the Fiscal Year ending Nov. 30th, 1863:

RECEIPTS.

Balance on hand at last settlement, January 1, 1863...

$92,084 57

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road and Transportation Company..... 21,989 00 Tax on capital Stock of Patterson and Ramapo Railroad Company.

Forfeited recognizances.

Commissioner of Deeds of other States....

Civil commissions...

Pedlars' licenses...

Assessments on private acts.

Total receipts...

1,241 12

932 18

200 00

439 00

710 00

1,986 00

48,311 05

$346,430 10

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Showing a cash balance in the Treasury of $104,654 96.

THE DEBT OF NEW JERSEY.

At the close of the fiscal year, the indebtedness of the State was: To Bank of Savings, New York City, for loans in 1846, 1850, and 1854....

To Trenton Banking Company, for warrants given for
appropriation to Lunatic Asylum, March, 1857.....
Balance of appropriation of 1863 to Normal School....
On appropriation of 1863, to Counties for Public Schools

Credit by cash in hand, as before stated, to liquidate debt
Leaving amount of debt, November 30, 1863.....

On the 1st day of January, 1863, the debt was.....
On the 30th of Nov., 1863, the debt, as before stated, was

Amount of debt paid from January 1, to November 31

$95,000 00.

9,000 00 500 00 30,000 00

$134,500 00

104,654 96

$29,845 04

$76,420 37

29,845 04

$46,575 33

Showing a reduction of the indebtedness of the State, in eleven months, of the sum of forty-six thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-three cents.

Since the accounts of the Treasury were closed, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars of the tax levied in 1863, has been paid on State account, which not only liquidates the debt, but leaves a balance in the Treasury, after the payment of all indebtedness, to the credit of the State account proper, amounting to the sum of about seventy thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

The Treasury is in possession of the following available assets, the property of the State:

1,000 shares Camden and Amboy Railroad Co., par value 1,000 shares Delaware and Raritan Canal Co., par value Six per cent bonds, Joint Companies..

Bond and mortgage.

$100,000 00

100,000 00

44,000 00

2,300 00

$246,300 00

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