The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-04-26
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The New Custom HoUsE.-This public building,
which has recently been completed, stands in the CEN
ter of the Esplanade on the south side of Fort street.
1t has been erected under the supervision of r a. :.
Wood, Esq, the able superintendent of Public Works.
The building is go by 80 feet in size, and two stories
in height. 1t is built Of coral stone, and in the most
thorough manner, and entirely ire proof, with strong
iron shutters and doors, manufactured in San Fran
cisco. Its external finish is in imitation of brown free
stone. Being intended for the storage of heavy goods,
the floors are heavily t%imbered, and its capacity for
that purpose has been already well tested in the
storing Of forty tons dead weight in the space Of ten
/ feet square, on the first floor. The Collectors Office,
is on the second floor, 10 which access is had by q
broad and easy flight of stairs. The spacious accom-
modations for the Custom House business here provi-
ded, form n marked contrast to the pent-u up quarters
recently vacated. The Surveyor Of the port, Mr..
Miles, and the store-keePer, Mr.. Ward. have their
headquarters here. The Collector has added to his
department, another clerk, Mr. Levi Chamberlain,
whose services will be fully required in the increasing
labors Of the office. In fact, the went of a second
clerk has long been felt by those who have had fire.
queut occasion to call for statistics, and other infor-
nation. The building is covered with the patent
6re-proof roofing, and the view from the roof Is one of
the finest that Honolulu affords. In every respect
the building appears TO be constructed in the most
thorough and substantial manner, and is certainly
n credit TO the government. The mason-work was
done by Mr.. Geo. Thomas, and the carpenter work by
Mr.. Levers. The cost of the building is S10,500,
and every person who visits and examines it, will adj
NIT that for once a government job has been done
faithfully, and quite as economically as if it had been
built for an individual. The Court House is said to
have cost S46, 900, and Of the two buildings, we think
the Custom House the finest. We congratulate the
Collector on having 50 neat and comfortable quarters
provided for him, and doubt not be will continue to
Gil the Office with the credit and ability he has here
tofore shown -
HUNG-The coole sentenced to be hung, was exc
cuted on Friday last, at s A. VI. Before going on TO
the scafold, he declared that the person whose life
he had sought would not live long, that he would be
killed by some Of his fraternity, who would thus re-
venge his death. After the execution, all the coolies
in the chain gang were detailed TO bury him in the
prison graveyard, west of the stone church.
SMALL C~HASGE.-Perhaps there is no place when
the want Of small change Is more felt than at the
p~ost-ofice. 4 correspondent, alludes to this subject
in another column, and suggests a remedy by giving
out postage stamps. One, two or five cent stamps
passed on, a. change, will no doubt remedy the evil,
till some better mode is devised.
THE NEXT MArL.-We know Of no vessel expected
from San Francisco before the Yankee, which will be
due from the sth to the 18th Of May, and will prob
ably bring two mails, those Of March 9th end 10Th.
WHALEs-have been very abundant about the
islands the present spring. \ large school of them,
some forty CT fifty at least, were spoutins OF Waialae
all Friday last