Polynesian., 1854-03-04
controlled by the San Francisco market, un-
less there should be failure in the crop Of

controlled by the San Francisco market nm.
less there should be a failure in the crop O,
cane.
Within the past four months, or since nv
arrival here. the best quality of syrup has
ranged from twenty -four to thirty-iye cents
and coffee from ten to twenty-five cents nv
the quantity. These prices are based upon
tne speculative prices at your market, and
GePend upon your advices from the coast.
FIFTY per cent has been added to the price
OF syrup In a single week, and more than
seventy-five per cent upon coffee in single
day!
The Islands of Kauai and Maui produce
the largest quantity of sugar and coffee.
None is produced on this Island for export.
Stock and poultry are purchased by the
head and swine by weight.
The present market value of some of the
leading articles you enumerate is as follows:
sugar from 3 to cents, regulated by qua]i--
ty; syrup from 25 to 80 cents; hogs 6 cents
per pound; cattle 10 to Sis per head; sheep
to So; turkeys IS cents each; chickens S3
to S4 per dozen; fresh butter 40 cents per
pound.
beg to add, that gross injustice has been
done to the merchants, shippers and United
States Consuls at these islands by an article
In the Times and Transcript, of your city, of
Dec. 5th. 1t shows that the writer. who de-
nounces the former as ''perjured" in making
oath to the cost and quantity of their in
voices, is as regardless Of private reputation
as he is ignorant of the fluctuations Of trade.
The shipper or merchant makes oath before
the Consul as to the cost and quantity of the
n cfI Ia h. L
the fact, certifes that his Statement is enti
tied to full faith and credit"
The merchants and shippers of Honolulu
are principally American citizens, and they
compare favorably in point of integrity and
character with those of any city in the Uni
ted States, and l am not aware of any at
tempt to defraud the United States revenue.
In the instance referred to by the Times
and Transcript, leading and highly res
pectable American merchant here shipped
some of Torbert's syrup, at an invoice price
of tlrenty:four cents, ,rhich ras ,rhat Il cost
him, and ,ras then the current rate here for
thu article. The newspaper states that it
was advanced by the United States Apprai-
sers to fifty cents per gallon" Their igno-
rance of the market is best exempli6ed by
the fact that Honolulu retail dealers, who no
charge hundred per cent upon the
price, are now selling first quality
of Torbert's syrup, by the single gallon at
fifty cents, and this is the highest figure at
which it has been sold at retail for the last
five months.
Your ob't serv't,
b. F. ANGEL, U. S. Consul.
To o. P. SUTTON and P. A. Roach, Esqrs.,
U. S. Appraisers.
Next follows a letter from Mr.. A. p. Ever
EFT to Messrs. G. B. Post s Co., enclosing
three afidavits from w. B. Rice, Thomas
Spencer and H. Hackfeld, respectively, re-
yarding the price of syrups in Honolulu,
each certified by Ashur B. Bates, principal
Notary Public of the Hawaiian Islands, and
IN endorsement of his handwriting and ca
,acity by David L. Gregg, U. S. Commis-
'ioner. These three gentlemen first named
swear to the prices prevailing at Honolulu
Turing December, as ranging from twenty
i've to thirty cents for Island syrup. The
lffidavits are in our possession, but it is not
bought necessary to publish them. The U.
). Appraisers may have been msinformed
is to the price of syrup at the Islands, but
10 one who knows Phillip A. Roach and o.
p Sutton will suspect anything except strict
integrity in their conduct.