The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-14

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sN.uoad q Lsssr y oe Of considerable Importance, A.
feaing = = dos The sufurs eonnerciai prosperity Of our slands.
- ben asserted BY some that II Is dimcuE to procure
ehesrsst % work on our plantations, and that a there IL no
posPefo resut icing again had to the importation Of CooHe
nS~sb our plantations and other agricultural interests cannot
iaesese 70 any great extent Laboren in every branch Of In
cus1y ge IN shsotufe necessity. Hitherto, our whaling inter-
e2s hsve not suffered from any scarcity, and We have been able
euan NOT only our own whaling and coastins fleets, but also
spare An the seamen called for for foreign vhalers, at the usuxi
1924 In Tins branch there has been no scarcity, and We are
quite - eonndenf that there win be none in other branches.
xEe are on this island alone large numbers Of able-bodied men
vnhnf steady employment, who. IL satisfied as to their wages,
are ready to engage as laborers on our plantations In fact, We
have be.-d h stated that natives about Honolulu in some cases
ss starving sr want OF employment Their mode Of living on,
- rather begging their living from, their more industrious reIa-
tives prevents foreigners seeing and hearing more Of thedestitu-
tton that actually exists
Bat a few weeks ago, the agents here Of one Of the Chinese
plantations At Hiio, engaged some thirty or more hearty laborers,
- huu ave to six dollars per month, for a term Of two years,
eey 70 be furnished with tenements. An agent Of one Of the
foreign plantations on that island. also. made a similar shipment
ofk6oers By the last packet thither on similar terms, and we
are assured that no difficulty exists In procuring all the laborers
vanfed- And where plantations re conducted with judiciors
management OF the native iabor-r, it is probable that no trouble
can arise in the question Of labor Indeed, il Is likely that
twenty new plantations could be supplied with al the workmen
nssdsd
M pst week has exhibited some OF the activity Of our re-
turning busy season. Arrivals have been frequent and the har-
boz has assumeii its autumnaI aspect. Two whaiers arrived at
this pot-both With small fares and meagre reports from the
KoIiAck ground. Their reports viii be found under our marine
had
Up sS4ast evening, no further arrivals at Lahaina or Hlo had
occurred Two whalers Ire reported as in the channel yester-
day bound in, and will probably arrive to-day.
IN clipper ship Flying Eagle arrived from San Francisco
on the 10Th. with q few days later intelligence. She comes seek
Ing freight and viii probably load oil or take up a guano char
ter
The Radzga. now discharginF cargo, win proceed to Hlo Ina
few days, there to load oil and bone for .he United States
We nosice that our contemporary Is busy opening mp a new
branch Of trade, and investigating the market value Of whale
sks3esouAcvhichi in the "renned state" are said to be worth
A4nC e. IT, sna-a asr1pp rhaf anne N
con vhalenen don't jump at the opening, and secure their for
tune In this new business, instead Of making sternwsy, bIubber
hunffnE.
4 survey vas held yesterday on the whaling bark Caroline
Il ersenpor, but the surveyors came to no conclusion in regard
shex. They ordered her cargo TO be discharged, when the sur
vy yin be resumed She 10 an old ship, butt about 1928. and
b poor eondhion- The probability is that she wiz be condemn
ed - unseaworthy-
SAN FRANCISCO
Our market .dvices by The Flying Eagie are to the 2eth Of
August
II KlorR-Domestc 80 a s.; Haxan 90 So
sceAn-McRuer 4 Merrill sold at auction on the 26th, 1000
mss g. l. dark at IS 50 % IS so. 500 half barrels do at IS IS
q - 90 The latter figure may be quoted as the cash price
for brss quality.
MoIAssrsEThe same firm sold at auction 125 bbls at s2sc;
- - kegs do At 3Sc- Also. 20 barrels 5. l. syrup AZ 4ic-being
- advance on last previous quotations
sAIr-3s tons bar salt sold on zi for SIS So
OArs-saIes at 81 IS % 81 Is y 100 D.
BARIEy-S1 20 % 81 IS y 100 b.
POrxroEs-tish lie; sweet, dull ut DC |
P,x-sales Of clear $40; meas s1s.
CoTTrr-McRuer 4 Merrill sold Is bsps s. I. q, auction On
1&h, ~ Isle Fair quotation 14c- |
PrLr-Quek st "a q 1sc- |
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