The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-02-09

THCRsDAY. FEBRUARY .. Iseo.

IL . q establishing a packet between Hio ans san
Fnaef~S .4s several times been talked a. but & IS only quite
r--enty that the suject appear, To haze been seriously enter
taiaed. This enterprise has some favorable features no doubt
At least one-5urth Of thu export, Gn bulkJ now shipped - that
port comes from Hawaii, snd lit could alb secured, ~ouh 10
doubt well sustain a vessel. Nearly all the pull auf fungus, 4
IsEe quantity Of sugar Csay 10000 b. or msre perhaps This
s=asouy With wool, hides, skins. koa lumber, DC, &C, arr pro-
due-I on that i-aqd, aad there Is no doubt that = large portion
~ { would b. shipped to San Francisco direct instead q via
Honolulu, rs at present, sgbiecE also under the present mode to
a double nreish-. extra Commissions, loss, &c. In respect % the
pulut however, Ne are informed that Il ia shipped 70 Honolulu
FOR drying, the climate % Iilo rot allowing It to J- pot up in As
good order az from this port This fact would probably pre-
vent- % some extent, shipments o. this article By 4 vr~sei
Ealing from lilo direc; To san Francisco, AMI render question
able the main point whether the establishment Of such a packet
would pay.
Bg; now Il 50 much export produce Is Ofering at HiIo, Why
would not 4 change in the programme Il our packets cover the
whole. instead % bringing in a vessel We have nov three
god vessels running 70 san Francisco, al about the right size
Let ose Of them touch at LiIo regularly On her passage dOTr.
and perhaps or the pasSage back. delivering and taking On
board such freight a. belongs to that port This would IengtheE
the voyage two To four days. but ave a great deal Of expense
10 shippers, who could afford 10 pay more freight on their gods
But 10 carry out this plan, which certainly looks like a paying
experiment, the three packets should work together. and not in
opposition Whichever line falls into this proposed new trade,
sill no doubt, Ind IL rrnuneratfv-- Besides the regular pro-
dues business Of that port, ii is probable that more travellers
from San Francisco you'll embrace the opportunity Of visiting
that Island, which affords one q the greatest natural euHosties
to be found in the Pacific, and -h-eh would be visited ~ more
persons were e. more accessible
Our arrivals during the past week have been eouhnsd TO
coasters, excepting that q the NsTiLas last evening, from Fan
ning's Island. The general dglness may b- judged from the
circumstance that, for three weeks up to yesterday, not q mer-
chant vessel has arrived az this port.
The vha-shIp Hib,rtig, on being examined, was found to
p much decsyed in her stern and bow, rendering il; impossible
% make her ssa-~orthy, except az great expense. The sale %
her hall and effects took Place yesterday. The hull VS. pur-
chased BY Messrz- Bgrns 3 Emme- for $1,000. The sale Of her
ELECTS, which we're not closed out on Wednesday, will be re-
.umei on Friday at the auction room Of 4. p Everett.
Ia bu4neaa osbfu 10. auzrsr-J 18Th r,.;,, r.. =
a general complaint Of a scarcity Of money, much more than il
usual at this season fthe year.