satisfied that
I have done justice to your feelings as they have this moment
been expressed. I and my house have, indeed, a great deal for
which to be thankful to Divine Providence, and on this
twenty-seventh anniversary of my birthday, I cannot but be
sensible of the debt I owe to the King of Kings. Any occasion
which is converted into an opportunity for the expression of
satisfaction and cordiality on the part of those who represent
great external interests, must be gratifying to one whose
position is a difficult one, even when things are at the very
best, if due allowance be made for the number of conflicting
interests to be respected, and more than that, fostered.

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".

Page 34: "Prince may develope" changed to "Prince may develop".

Page 34: "child is your's" changed to "child is yours".

Page 36: "Prorogueing the Legislature" changed to "Proroguing the
Legislature".

Page 36: "an Hospital in Honolulu" changed to "a Hospital in Honolulu".

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