The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-07-01

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With The exception OF some considerable transactions In lum-
ber, business, the last week, has been very limited, with feu
sales worth reporting. The retail trade has also been quiet, and
dea}en have ample stocks for present purposes OF most de-
scriptions Of goods the supply in the market is large a few ar
ticies only are scane and in demand, such as prints, and certain
goods for the native trade ; hut the market would not at present
bear any .ery large accessions of the most desirable goods
The Mehfa. now fully due from Boston, or days ouf0 VIII
bring some fresh goods to hand a large proportion Of her cargo
has however been sold "to arive-n
Tie bark Frisndship, from Puget Sound, and brig Emma
nom the Columbia River, have arrived during the week, bring
Ing nun cargoes Of lumber, amounting in the aggregate to BAN
rests nearly all Of which has been sold as quoted below The
cargoes which have come to hand recently from Puget Sound,
have been very badly assorted, the proportion OF scantIing,
psckets, &c, being much too large As a consequence, il is
now almost impossible to dispose OF parcels Of scantiing in this
market. The stock Of north west. lumber in hands OF dealers, is
nov about 65o,ooo feet, Of which over $50 1000 consists Of scant-
ling. On accounted the large importations, recent sales OF ium-
Der have not been remunerative; the consumpionis quite iarge,
however, and appear TO be on the increase
Tbs schooner L p Foster is due AZ Hnc, with q cargo Of
lumber contracted fog at that port
The schooner Yaquero sailed for San Francisco on the 18th
inst, wish . fun freight, valued as folIows.-Native produce,
t7.664 a. transhipped, $2,191 00:-Totai. Se,s55 g.
Tia shipment Of sugar was large, amounting to nearly 1000 900
lbs. Hreighs for the Yankee offer slowly but she viii proba-
bly, obtain q fair cargo, consisting mostly Of pull, sugar, salt,
oil and pork The bark Friendship is chartered to take a flock
Of sheep, some 800 in number, from Kawaihae to San Francis
islands that we remember Of for several years. and may prove
profitable to the shipper, as good sheep are worth in California
from 81 to s. per head. by the flock though the policy Of ship
ping away our woorprciucing stock, when we possess abun-
dance Of pasture for hem, may be questioned.
~Yaquero cleared the market. and as we write
the stock is quite small there is n quantity OF mat sugar due
Hilo. and some parcels from East Maui. which will proba-
bly, meet ready sales Next adsices from the Coast are looked
for with interest, "a 1t is thought prices viii have receded.
LUMBER-The cargo ex Friendship, consisting Of 100000
feet assorted, was sold as follows Timber I" to arrive" on pi-
vxse terms boards at $50 per 1000, part cash, and scanting at
SO per 1000, long time. Sales ex Emma, have been so 900 feet
assorted on private terms
SYRUP-Therci Is hut a small supply on hand, and jobbing
" 81 % 4c = gallon nc demand for molasses. A superior
Article Of Golden Syrup" for family use would he a desidera-
bum in this market much needed. but as yet unsuppEed. The
San Francisco Refined Syrup cannot be excelled, and as the duty
. but S per cent. We are surprised that an Importation Of IL s
not tried
coFFEE-we note a sale to-day Of about $500 lbs Prime
Roma to the trade, at 13c.
FEED-The supply Of corn and oats is running low jobbing
u 8 cts. No barley in the market |