The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-27

1900 1850. 1857 1854
Inport.si sOe,sss 50 s1,I5asGss % sl,1so,1 jos Il s1,oss, 500 os
Pc. sa4s'4ia .ss.aas:o .a-sosm sa.sss IL
5s:as saasns sss,sAa s.ssss 10 1s7,oss os
In this connection We would observe that the Collector Gen.
erai, as heretoSors, includes in his list Of . domestic exports- an
estimate a supplies furnished to vhalers, merchantmen and
Den-of war" At 90 much per vessel This procedure We have
never regarded as strictly legitimate, and We know Of no other
country in the world where such an item is suffered to find its
way into the trade schedule, q permitted to give weight on either
siie in estimating the balances Of traden It strikes Us that
it would be fully - reasonable to estimate the amount Of foreign
goods. boots, peajackets and sou'wes:en purchased in the mar
kes by whaling seamen, and inciude IL In the item Of aforeign
goods exported-D
II is q striking fAct that the imports from the United States
Pacific side, which in 1855 fell short Of those from the Atlantic
side, have ever since hat year considerably exceeded them, and
the excess seems to be enlarsing Itself from year to year-shus,
in 1855 ve have @4S,oiI more from the Pacific than from the At
ianfSc side. he imports from Great Britain show . material
falling Oh from those a former years
Ofour domestic exports, the most striking Improvement is in
the article Of sugar, which In 1855 runs up TO / ID, O61 rs, a fig
ue which has never before been reached in the history Of the
Islands the nearest approach to il was in 1855, when the sugar
export footed up 1,1lss0l0 Ds.
The comparatively large sugar export Of last year wa not oc-
casioned BY any sudden speculation, neither by an extraordinary
yield Of old fields, but by an awakened interest manifested by
cur producers and capitalists towards this hitherto neglected
branch Of our agriculture, resulting in the extension Of old PLAN
tasio1s and the establishment Of new ones on q permanent and
solid basis There 10 jet vast room for Improvement, and we
nope ere many years 20 chronicle the yearly export Of ten mil
lion pounds. instead o. . tife over one million, y at present.
fhe export Of co9ee, it vfn be perceived, shows . falling Oh
from 1857 OF 2ss,6se rs but this discrepancy excites no sur
prise, as from the commencement ofti,at year our planters have
been struggling t vain against the whitening effects Of the
blight" There b every reason 10 hope that future years may
display \ decided improvement. and We trust that those inter-
ested viii not tire Of their efforts In The coffee culture, since t has
been proved that our soil produces the finest coffee on the globe
The San Rrancisco papers received by the bark Franees
Palmer, arrived on Sunday, TEEN with statistics and yearly
schedules Of all descriptions in any manner affecting the trade
and traffic Of San Francisco From these tables we CLEAN the
following facts relating to our Sandwich Island intercourse with
that city and the other Pacific ports Of the United States:
The exports from ssn Francisco to Honolulu for 1855. as col
lated from the Custom House books, we're S27sy60, which was
$4,000 less than in 1857, and $4,000 more than in 1855
The arrivals at San Francisco from Honolulu numbered rs
being that Of the Yankee, In IL days, and the longest the JOHN
MsysAau, in 30 days The to<ai amount Of the freight lists Of
these IS vessels Footed up So, 500.
The export Of lumber from the Coast to Honolulu. amounted 10
about 2-oo.o 900 fe4, which vas about the same rs in 1857, and
somewhat less than in lsss and 1856, as near As ve can aseer-
tain $50
ne passenger movement, rs given by the San Francisco pa
pers, Is usioubtedy wong - regards Honolulu IL il given at
- departures and 70 arrivals; the true number would be nearer
20 each way, With = trining excess Of arrivals over the depart
us-
The treasure imports into Honolulu for 1855, are differently
given in three California papers, viz: the SAipping List, Mer-
camille Advertiser, and the AHs calfornia-the three state
nents pheias te sa.is at s7sysos, ssee72. and sl72lss-
rhe last statement 10 from the Alta California, and We are in
cin-d IN think th.s IL ID the correct one We are at . loss to
know how the discrepancies appearing in the three different
papers could have occurred.
me following table win show the difference in our import Of a
few seading articles for the years 1857 and 1858
FLoca-I,Is2 bbla Teas in 1855 than in 1857
sAIMos-eD6 g I"
$50 cases 9
BAsLKY 500 bags more in 1s5s than in 1857,
SuxeLE s-71SM .
Lrxsn-4so "a tim S. Francisco)
OArs-2+56 500 bags
PoTAroE-500 bags "
Take it all in all, one years business, as shown in the above
tables and extracts, appears very favorably, though not more 70
than it should, coasideriDg the falling OF in trade and increase
Of competition which We have 50 oRen noticed.
The Franees Palmer, from San Francisco, brings a light
freight Both the Palmer and Metifa are advertised for San
Francisco. and VIII sail about the same time, competing for what
li,tle freight is nov offering, and which would no more than half
I'LL either one of them.
The MariLza, a fne little schooner Of about 90 tons, arrived
on Friday last from New London, after q long and stormy pass
age She viii probably engage in the coasting trade among the
Islands, and viii no doubt become as much Of a fzvorite as the
Moi, Marin OF K1ioma.
The other arrivals since our last, have been the Melifa and
HENRY Brigham, from San Francisco. and the Morning Star,
from MArquezzs- The Mehfa brought a fair freight for this
port, AMI the Henry BrigAam, in ballast for Jarvis Island,
merely came TO anchor outside
In general business this last week, there has been but little
doing, AMI no animation at an in the market We quote:
~sUGAR-Saies Of 10000 Bs Nc 1, for export per Angenef
Sx yaneeuvers IAand, on private terms The stock az ciosng
IL light; crushed ID quite iow, jobbing at l2lc.
oATs-Saks At auction, ex Mshfa, at 2ic, a good figure
PorAroEIBoiesa potatoes, per Heiifa, sold on the wharf
at .a23c-
RAIsIS6ne market Is much ovestocked, and sales could
not he made except at a loss
CIGARITherca are no best quality Of Manila in the market,
and . ar d<mand-
BUrTER-The supply Of native has again given out.
MARKE