We are happy with the announcement that the Government abandoned its idea of bringing back Matthew M. Makalua, the Hawaii youth learning medicine in England, and he will continue to seek medical knowledge at the expense of the Government. It is the right thing to do, and not bringing him back here to be unproductive.
(Makaainana, 12/17/1887, p. 2)

Ka Makaainana, Buke I, Helu 41, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 17, 1887.