At a time when our commerce is drooping from causes beyond the control of any Government, it is a source of high satisfaction to me to receive so many well wishes for the continuance of my rule from gentlemen so perfectly adapted as yourselves to judge of the benefits which my reign is likely to bestow. On the part of the Queen and the Prince of Hawaii, I thank you, most kindly and sincerely, for your prayers in their behalf.
Transcriber's note
Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without notice. The following words were spelled in two different ways and were not changed:
birthday, birth-day
preeminently, pre-eminently
interisland, inter-island
A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected and are listed below.
Page 15: "to be regreted" changed to "to be [regretted]".
Page 16: "circumstances that will alway" changed to "circumstances that will [always]".
Page 19: "these island" changed to "these [islands]".
Page 19: "I forsee a high" changed to "I [foresee] a high".
Page 24: "an Hospital established" changed to "[a] Hospital established".