by the justices of the peace. Justice is administered by a supreme court, a police court, and a marine magistrate's court. In 1898 the police force consisted of 630 men, of whom 112 were Europeans, 226 East Indians, and 292 Chinese.
The public revenue is derived chiefly from land taxes and land sales, licenses, fees of court, the post-office, rent of Government property, light and harbor dues, opium, etc. In 1898 the total revenue was $2,918,159, and the expenditure $2,841,805, leaving a surplus of $76,354. The chief items of expenditure were: Public works, $428,828; military purposes, $519,274; police, $222,163; sanitary purposes, $101,613; education, $72,420; and jails, $57,954. The contribution for Imperial defense is £40,000 per annum. There is an Imperial garrison of several regiments, and a local volunteer artillery corps of over 100. The China naval squadron has its headquarters here, and the defenses are of great strength.
Education. In 1898 there were in the colony 109 educational establishments, with 8522 pupils, and of these 16 were Government schools. Queen's College, a Government institution, had 1344 students on the roll. Besides this there are Saint Paul's College, an Anglican institution, and many missionary and private schools. A number of ably conducted newspapers, both Chinese and English, are published. Consult: Mayer and Dennys, Treaty Ports of China and Japan (London and Hong Kong, 1867); Norman, The Far East (London, 1898).
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, ō̇′nē̇′ swä kē̇ mȧl ē̇ päNs (Fr., Evil to him who evil thinks). An exclamation traditionally ascribed to Edward III. It is said to have been uttered at a ball when the King tied about his leg a garter which the Countess of Salisbury dropped while dancing. The words form the motto of the Order of the Garter (q.v.).
HONITON, hŏn′ĭ-ton. A market-town and municipal borough in Devonshire, England, on the Otter, 16 miles northeast of Exeter (Map: England, C 6). It is famous as the original manufacturing seat of ‘Honiton lace.’ Its manufacture was introduced by the Lollards during the reign of Elizabeth. The Vale of Honiton is famous for its butter. The town maintains its own water-supply. Population, in 1891, 3216; in 1901, 3270.
HONOLULU, hŏn′ō̇-lo͞o′lo͞o. The capital and commercial centre of the Hawaiian Islands, situated on the southern coast of the island of Oahu, in 21° 18′ N. latitude and 157° 55′ W. longitude, 2089 miles southwest of San Francisco (Map: Hawaii, D 2). It is wholly a modern town, surrounded by luxuriant fruit and ornamental trees and foliage, and is famed for its beauty and the loveliness of the region. It has a very healthful and mild climate, especially favorable for pulmonary troubles. The streets are well laid out, and the houses, although unpretentious, are rendered picturesque by their gardens. Honolulu has twenty-five miles of macadam streets. The area of its public parks is 194 acres. Among the public buildings are the royal palace, completed in the Italian style in 1882, the Government buildings, several churches, a museum containing interesting remains relating to the early history of the archipelago, a theatre, and a bank. There are 19 public schools and one high school, with a total attendance of 3345 pupils. Honolulu has several hospitals and a public library. There are manufactures of machinery. The town is equipped with a good water-supply, electric lighting and railway and telephone service. Its water-works plant, costing $1,300,000, and its electric-light plant are owned and operated by the Territorial Government. The city's municipal property had an assessed value in 1900 of about $2,500,000. The budget for that year balanced at $1,131,905. Over one-half of the expenditure was for construction and other capital outlay. There was spent on schools, $128,047. The harbor is well protected by coral reefs. The light from its lighthouse is visible eight leagues. Honolulu has regular steam communication with San Francisco (with which it is also connected by cable), Seattle, Vancouver, New Zealand, Sydney, and Japan. It forms the chief outlet for the trade of the entire archipelago. It is the seat of an Anglican and of a Catholic bishop, and of a number of European consular agents, as well as of the Government officials of the islands. As late as 1815 the present capital was a mere village. In that year, at the suggestion of John Young, an Englishman, then Governor of Hawaii, it was fortified, and in 1820 it became the capital of the archipelago. Population, in 1890, 22,907; in 1900, 39,306.
HONOR. In English feudal land law, an estate or lordship made up of several manors held under one baron or lord paramount. One court baron was often held for the whole estate, but regarded as the court of each manor. It was distinct from the great manor, although the name has been sometimes applied to the latter. See Manor.
HONOR, Knights and Ladies of. A fraternal benevolent society organized in Kentucky in 1877 for social and beneficial purposes. A distinguishing feature of this society is that men and women are admitted to membership on equal terms. The central authority is the supreme lodge, and the chief officer has the title of supreme protector. The Order has sixteen grand lodges and 1160 subordinate lodges, representing a total membership of 63,000. Since its organization it has dispensed benefits to the beneficiaries of deceased members to the amount of $19,000,000, and during the last fiscal year the disbursements for the same object amounted to $1,178,000.
HONOR, Knights of. A fraternal benefit society in the United States, organized at Louisville, Ky., June 30, 1873, by the institution of Golden Lodge No. 1, with seventeen charter members. Its objects are the social, moral, and intellectual elevation of its members, the establishment of bonds of fellowship between them, and the payment of death benefits to the widows and orphans of deceased members. It is incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri, with headquarters at Saint Louis. The supreme lodge is the executive head of the Order, and is composed of the officers and of representatives from the various grand lodges, who meet annually and enact all laws governing the Order. The grand lodges are composed of representatives from subordinate lodges, are governed by officers elected by the representatives, and they control the subordinate lodges, in accordance with the laws of the supreme lodge. The Order has paid to beneficiaries since its organization $78,094,864. The benefits disbursed during the year ending
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