The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-04-07

M tss.ees Palmer arrived on Monday with the New York
naih q February n, and two weeks later advices from all parts
a cshArnts and the East. She brings a fair cargo and but few
pe.seneers- San Francisco market quotations win be found be-
low Ihsy show very little change from previous rates.
ne spring Season for whalers at these islands may now be
eoossdesed as nearly closed, and we present our usual Summary
efns catch Up to this date, april a. there have arrived at
M dnerent ports Of the group, ninety -one whalers, against one
hundred and ten last year at this date. or these, t~wenty-one
were rom home potts; thirty-two from New Zealand; eleven
from Line cruise, and twenty seven from the bays Of Lower Cali
fornia- The following IS the average catch on each ground:
S.ascrnia Bay: "a vessels 42 bbls- each
From Home, q vessels. "A rerage 81 sp, 81 VIII, IT6 lbs bone
The sotai of oil brought into port the spring season. is as follows;
New Zealand -ss5 Sd. ass VIII. =. a7s lbs. bone.
Home and Lin -.------I.34 $40 sp-, 1,4e5 VIII 200 lbs. bone.
To<al spring season, 2,0o7 sperm. 49, 351 whale. 25,e 10 lbs. bone
Seven whaier, principally brigs, fitted from and owned in
Honolulu, have cruised this season among the bays of Lower
California, and have met with very good success, the aggregate
oftheir catch being 5es3 barrels, or an average Of about SAT
barrels to each vessei-the whole catch, at present prices, worth
about 5000.
The Custom-House statistics q the trade OF the port for the
first quarter OF the current year have not yet been made out.
The abstract In the last Poiynesian purporting to give a por-
ton Of such data is not official, and may or may not be correct
We shall publish the official tables as soon as prepared by the
Collector.
rs ship cAepfn arrived from Lahaina on Tuesday to complete
her cargo Of oil She has on board about $500 bbIs- There
VIII probably be 1900 to 1000 bbls Of oil yet to arrive for ship
menG
The schooner Manuokatrai has been chartered, and sailed
to-day noon on a secret expedition supposed to be to
10 take possession Of islands visited by the Ell Frost, or make
arrangements To work them We understand that Captain
Hooper takes charge Of the expedition
Advices by the mail state that Capt Pendleton, long
known ~ the pioneer and commodore Of the guano feet, has
been promoted to the agency Of the united States Guano Com
pany," which We understand has been organized in New York
In opposition to the " American Guano Company" and which
lays claim to Christmas, Arthur's, Howiand's and Malden's
Iaands- Capt PendIeton is expected to arrive in the clipper
ship Iranhoe about the end Of April. That vessel has been
chartered to ioed guano by the .. 8. Guano Company. From
present prospects, the world at large IS likely to be well supplied
With the article in future
The ship A@y Bradford, belonging to Grinnell, Minturn &
Co, has been chartered by the American Gsano Company to
bsd In Dew York with buoys, anchors, chains, railway cars,
houses, and supplies generally for Jarvis and Bakers Islands
She gs receiving cargo on the 10th February. The Company
appear to be prosecuting their business with vigor.
Trade has been lively during the past week, but confined
mostly 10 retail and jobbing- Auction sales have been dull, and
prices low We make a few quotations:
SUGAR-The demand for the supplies OF shipping has been
active The Jensy Ford took some 1900 rs No stock in
MARKET, except . little dark-hari to quote
MOLAssEsLEeh at LIE a 15c, without containers
OLA sale Of n 900 gallons Coast oil, now on the way to
New Bedford, has been made at Ale 30 gals dark blacifsh
sold At auction far &c 60 gals clear polar sold at &c.
CIGARSIManiaN No. 2, firm at s22-
~HLOUR-Sales Of domestic at SO a $I2-
POrAToEs-Insh have ruled high the past two weeks, ships
having had TO pay as high as 81 so. We understand that the
best of sweet potatoes can be had at KolOa at 81 Per bril-
-BKER-Hawaiian, $12 "a s4-
YREwOOD-&14 "a SIS per cord.
ExCHANGE-A considerable amount Of exchange has been
thrown On the market, which has had the effect to depress rates
o. 8. Consular bills, Is days sight, were taken up, by tenders,
- follows 5000 at par, $1,000 at i PEI cent discount, and
1850 at per cent dis 5000 drawn, by tenders, on account
Of the ship Abby Broun, closed at 5 per cent dis The quota
ton cannot be made at over par for first class bills, and from
that to 2 per cent discount
SAN FRANCISCO
Our sdv1ces Of the market are up to the 18th Of March Raw
gu1zY Of the better qualities show a decline Of fully I per Cent