Even if the three Powers do not remove these gentlemen, their absurd and disastrous government must perish by itself of inanition.

Native taxes (except perhaps from Mataafa, true to his own private policy) have long been beyond hope.

And only the other day (May 6th, 1892), on the expressed ground that there was no guarantee as to how the funds would be expended, and that the president consistently refused to allow the verification of his cash balances, the municipal council has negatived the proposal to call up further taxes from the whites.

All is well that ends even ill, so that it end; and we believe that with the last dollar we shall see the last of the last functionary.

Now when it is so nearly over, we can afford to smile at this extraordinary passage, though we must still sigh over the occasion lost.
* * * * * _Malie_.