The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-06-16

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49,. ~sADx-Pshaps there Is No branch Of n Acme.
sAsnAry which has grown more r,u,d,~ ....s1.s-Nnu~
capital invested in Il, than the pulu trad. Auhn,.,
-" pen ir pillows, etc, has been known .mour IN. ma.
-.- - mmemodai, and though 1t may have been ex.
!. s..4 quantities for many years prior to 1851, yet as
"H'e OF tade il only dates back to that year.
~ Eo'ug over the records of the cuucm-Uuu.. a. -.
'"""ms amounts exported each year:
,sxfFs4sa u.rrr Lbs In
iissss--------sssosss 1855 a,ias 5.i..5 est. as sIsss
ao os9 1881 1881 g s ss2 ssIs:) ..t. ESQ sSs 500 500
mus the pull trade has been steadily growing from 2 47e lbs
= : q is Present state Of about 900, 1000 Ibs. per annum. 1t
sxPossna principally 70 San Francisco, but not confined
Ns :" tn@s port some being sent to Australia, yancouver's
- oher places Messrs- A. Harris Il Co. are the
FA7P> dealers I'm pull, and probably furnish three-fourths Of
A~ons exporsed- IL vas by mere accident that they be-
@ engaged IN the trade In 1854, we believe, they had q
- sIn = sforekeepsr On Hawaii, and Judgment being rendered
" "eif as'rs some 5000 fbs- o. more Of pull we're all they
I ooud obtain to satisfy the judgment. Pulu was then worth lit
0sEs<hieg ~ an article of merchandise at this port. They,
ho"eser, - te puia and shipped IL TO San Francisco, where,
sner some 'eiAy, il realized Is cents per ID. This circumstance
aecHied them to conusnce the trade in it.. lt- e -ta
.afesof os readers, although they hear it frequently spoken
o., know how pzlu Is produced. Ii grows o the fern, a species
fthe same plant that is found in swamps in the United States.
rms phff dt IS not a tree grows on all the high lands, comnenc-
ING AZ an elevation Of about one thousand feet, and extending up
TO about bur thousand in height, and in size frequently attains
to fifteen feet in height. Though found more or less on the five
principal islands, the trade in IL is confined chiefly to the dis
t7nets OF hho, Hamakua and Puma, on Hawaii The pull is pro-
aueed around the stalk, where the leaf or stem shoots out from
the stock OF the fern, and only a small quantity is found on each
plauf, perhaps amounting in weight to two or three ounces. 1t
takes about four years for a plant to produce this amount
Owing to the large quantities which have been picked in late
years he article is becoming scarce in the Hlo district, though
in the Hamakua and Puma districts large quantities still remain.
But as q Is farther for the natives to go to obtain it, and as
more expense and fatigue is encountered than formerly, the cost
ofthe article has been gradually advancing, and the probability
10 that il must continue to advance each year a cent per pound,
or even more The number Of persons engaged in pull gather
Ing varies muchi including men, women and children, probably
from two to three thousand are nov Dependent. on it for a livel-
hood receiving generally from five to six cents per b on delivery.
The labor Of gathering puu is very tedious and slow. When
picked il IS wet, and has TO be laid out to dry on the rocks or
on matsL Ithe weather is favorable, it will dry in a day or
two, but generally in the pulu region, wet and rainy days pre-
val, 10 that frequently the natives do not get their pull dry
even aftsr several weeks, and then often take it to market
IN too vet . state. With this inclination Of the natives to
zen get pufu, the dealers have constantly to contend, as itmakes
considerable difference In the weigh. when dry
1hs beIhdes for drying, packing and shipping pull are i'm
proving every year, and the article now shipped away is gener-
ally In . Dig state, and closely pressed in wool bales The
trade In Il has become reduced to system, and will probably
CONTINUES, though there can be no great increase i'm the amount
annually exported |
Since our lax issue, the only foreign arrivals have been, the
Aarilda With 400 bbts eocoznut oil from Ranning's Island, and
the ye..y Ford with . fun cargo az lumber. The clipper an
aoancei a. sser.Phsd vhe1 vent to press, was the ship
fsdnsfry, bound to Hongkoqk = nc then stated Ii might be.
She touched % procure . few supplies |
Ths currency question appears TO be quietly setting down on
the bass exed bf the Chamber Of Commerce We notice that
the 0sverum<nf, In is organ, takes ground against the i've
hsnc piece but 50 sr as We can learn, our merchants are
ss&nisess In hvor % retaining Il Is the representative Of the
danA<- I'D jadgbg foa tie f<iing expressed on the subject,
noeAsnge VIII be mads vnho - esin, unless IL Is done By the Gov
srnnens- One thing = W.in, that les place cannot Be supplied
scarcity az silver exists on the coast, IS q now the case
wh~nsver the eonmunisy arr prepared to do without the silver
dollar, then Il wH be time 70 depreeiAfe the nve-h.nc-
Win regard 70 Knsfhh, Spanish and socth American halves,
quarters and reals, there Is Justly a diversity Of opinioo, and the
probability Is that so soon a. AIRY influx OF these coins Is noeced,
Csnd Il vrn doubtless take place by and byJ they viii be imme-
di.s<iy deprecated to 20. Is and 10 cents respectively We no
tie that the Friend Is out quie spiritedly on the currency
and h dsfermined % give them mo quarter" We also hear
-she O. snt at It's treasury declines to take the United
statesra xAea exesSsg- sccount, at the deprecated
rates. These coins N current at q discount Or fSeSShye
cents from each piece The same Is true Of the Kellogg coin
private coinage) Of which, however, there are very few here
DEPRECATED CrRkEScY.-The bankers refuse 20 take the
t-eniy-doIar pieces Of Kellogg & Co, for more than nineteen
dollars and sventy-hve cents, but the Mint charges, for RECON-
ng- amountto nearly one per cent
By the return Of the Jenny Ford, We learn that the live stock
shipped to Victoria by her realized a handsome hgure-some Of
the cattle hringi ing over $50 per head She has been chartered
again FIR Victoria by Mr.. George Riseiy, sho has just visited
that port, and intends to make another shipment As we antici-
pated ut the time, this trade cannot be otherwise than remunera-
ting though IL may not last a great while
The lumber brought by the JeHng Ford comes in very timely,
when Certain descriptions had been entirely consumed, and
building operations stopped on that account
We notice that the coasters arriving and departing are mostly
well filed and doing a brisk traie- The favorite packet E1eei
has been chartered, foe a term Of years, to Capt. james Smith, i
and win soon be Withdrawn from her route. For the present.
-he viii run to Kauai as before We understand that her place
rl soon be supplied by another vesseifrom San Francisco
The bark Metropolis, formerly a whaler from this port, has
been sold in San Francisco for $4,000. The sum realized for the
4fagenet, sale Of which we announced before, was $1,000
h Is reported that a considerable amount OF sovereigns and
silver coin was purchased for China by passengers on the ship
Industry - SIS was the sum paid for English sovereigns, but
what amount was taken up we do not learn, as the purchases
-srec confined to the Chinese
In trade we notice some animation. A large auction sale,
amounting to about SIC 1000, over $4,000 of which was ale, the
bziznc- consisting mostly Of choice English goods, took place
on Tuesday at the rooms Of A. Z. Everett. Considering the
season, the prices realized were very good
We note = few quotations
SUGARS arriving freely from the plantations and is princi-
paly shipped to San Francisco We quote 6 a 7ic 2 h, a-
sording % quality. No considerable amount in the market
and on plantations about COO bbls.
COPTEE-Saies at "a a 1c.
PULU-saIes Of about 100 pressed bales at DC since our last
issue
sALMON-wen notice a shipment to Hong Kong on owners
account
PoTAroEs-loo bbis sweet fm Kauai and 20 bbls do I'm La
haina, mostly go forward by the FeEir. We quote 81 v Dbl.
T-LOUR-Dosnrsdc SO % sI2; foreign s13.
ALE-A large sale Of Bass pyramid ale took place on the
18th. ss casks quarts averaged 81 IS; e5 casks Of pints
averaged 81 3i y dA-
oIL-The importation by the NUida, about 1900 gals,
has been sold at Soc v Ean and viii be exported in the Palmer.
CIGARs-Importafons per Palmer amount to about 45O, 900.
We quote Manila No. 2 at SIG % $50 Sale Of 10000 at auction
SIS 50 q SIS 81.
sPECIE-sovereigns are being purchased for export at "a 90.
ExcHANGE-2i q . per cent. premium on Boston 1 per
cent on San Francisco.
--latest DATE seeeiveA .s sAf. Oacc.
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