The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-06-25

tor ADVERTISEMENTS L Will dIcV y - O
respects. We have already received from the other
islands, a number of new names net before on our
list. Subscribers, we truss, will be prompt in renew
ing their subscriptions. The outlay for conducting
this paper is heavy, amounting to between $500 and
$500 per. month but with the liberal patronage
received during the past year, its permanent continu-
ance will be placed beyond a doubt.
FROM AUsTRAL1A.-The Vaquero arrived on Sum-
day last from Melbourne. We are indebted to Capt.
Newell for Melbourne dates to May 6. Trade of all
kinds was brisk and prices of merchandise low. For
a few quotations, see our commercial column. The
gold fields, from the accounts in th@ papers, appear
to yield as largely as ever. The papers ere mostly
filed with local political articles. The Taquero
would have brought a much larger nuLaber of passen-
gers for. California, but ehe colonial laws restricted
the vessel TO the nuA4ber she brought.
KAUAI correspondent, under date of Lihue,
Jure Is, writes: "We have Just closed 4 tedious
tern Of the Ci4cuit Court, a report Of which / pre-
suule the Clerk will furnish in dne time. We have
fine growing weather ana irrigation works like i
charm. The rust which we at one time feared wa
going TO do US much damage has almost entirely dis
appeared from the cane. We are able to irrigate we'll
100 acres Of cane once in two weeks, which ought to
tell something towards a good CROP
His Ma rEsrY's SUMNER REsIpENCE.-The late res
idence of Capt. Makee, in Nuuanu Valley, since its
purchase by the King, has undergone extensive
repair, and every thing in and around the premises
wears a charming appearance. The garden and
grounds have been placed under charge of MIR. Hol-
stein. We notice that Mr.. Young's country seat,
just opposite the Kings, has also undergone consid-
cradle changes. During the dry summer months
these are pleasant retreats.
HAWAIIAN BEEF.-We are requested to contradict
the statement in the last Polynesian that fine beef,
packed by Messrs. Spencer & Louzada of Waimea,
will be sent on to San Francisco by the Fanny
.Major.'' Messrs. Spencer & Louzadas beef being
of a superior quality and well put up, we suppose
that it will improve by the fall and command, as it
did last season, a sale beyond their ability to supply.
The NUUANU PALI.-The Government have recent
ly taken up the improvement of this road, for which
a distinct appropriation of $4,000, was made by the
Legislature. For the past week, two or three
foreign and about twenty native laborers have been
at work on it, aud in about four weeks more it will
be placed in better condition than it has even been
yet. The work was begun, we are informed, only
after q formal petition from the inhabitants of koolau.
FROM PUGET SoUND.-The brig L. p. Foster ar
rived on Tuesday last from Teekalet. We are obliged
to Capt. Moore for IL file of the Washington Repuoli-
can, a well conducted spirited paper recently started
at Steilacoom, Washington Territory. Oar papers
are TO May 10, but we find little of interest for our
readers here besides the market quotation in another
column. -
ANOTHER OF THE MAMNowEs.-Mr. Frank Mauin;
sent up o noble specimen of ochite Watermelon, g
few days Since from his ranch at Waianae. 1t was
a1ung on a horses back, hat aufortunately slipped
cat ofthe net In which it was enclosed for the Journey,
aud cil under the horses heels, who gave it a kick
and ran. AS near as we can learn (for it had not
been measured,) the melon was about three feet in
length. weighing some forty lbs. This white variety
of watermelon will become a favorite fruit in gardens.
We received one a few weeks since from Kauai, and
those wishing seeds can have them. Mr.. Manini also
brought UP, from Waianae a couple of large apples,
about nine inches round from an imported Oregon
tree about two years old, growing on his premises,
which promises to yield we'll. 1t is filed with fruit
not yet ripe. Apples will certainly thrive here, and
we hope to see a further Importation of choice fruit.
THE Volcano, on Hawaii, appears to be restless
again. a correspondent at Lahaina, writes, Jun,
%: "Last night it was very light in the direction
of Hawaii, from 8 O'Clock during the night. It 10
O'Clock, it was very plainly to be seen, and although
cloudy at one time it was nearly as light as when the
moon is half FULL.
ORANGEs.-The crop az Kona, Hawaii, a CORES
pendent informs US, viii not equal last years.
Several trees have been examined, all Of which bore
pretty full last season. Two Of them yielded $500
oranges, but this year viii not turn out 1000, and
the same falling off in the yield is noticed in North
and South Kona. On Kauai the orange crop will be
a good yield. -
LUMBER.-The lumber trade with the natives il
steadily increasing, and is showing itself in the i'm.
proved character Of the native houses erected all over
this island. We understand that more than half O
the jobbing at the lumber yards, in town is to natives
who generally pay cash in their purchases. So lon.
as the price of lumber is low, they will build thei
houses, at least the body of the house, of wood y
preference to grass.
SToLEN.-The sum of $3.50, belonging to tn
Mission Children's Society, was stolen from the sleep
ing room of Mr.. A. F.. Judd, treasurer of the society
ON the evening of Sabbath last, while the family wer
absent at church. The theft is supposed to have bee
committed by a chinaman, but no evidence has ys
I been found.