The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-01-05

THURSDAY, J4NUARY S. 1859.

prExc the year 1850, a census OF the Hawaiian Islands
10 10 be taken. 1t Is all important that the arrangements 10 be
made for that purpose, should be more complete than ever be-
fore, and that competent persons only he employed for the pur-
pose A census viii be taken the same year throughout the
American Republic, and we suppose also in most European
countries. Not only is II important to take a correct list Of the
Inhabitants, but also Of the different kinds Of animals, horses,
cattle, sheep, &C. People will be more likely 70 give a correct
return, where the work is not intended for ia xafion purposes
A recent work has been published by Mr.. :. G. Goodrich in
which he gives m estimate Of the number of cattle and horses
In the world. He says:
"The general estimate has been s to 10 horses in Europe for
every hundred Inhabitants Denmark has As horses to every
Great Britain and Ireland have -............ q, 5Oo.ooo horses
Austrian Empire, exclusive Of ITALY. ...".-2,6OO,o "
Russia.
"The United States have 5,0oo,ooO horses. which is more than
any European country the horses Of the whole world are esti-
An extended yiew is also given of the bovine animals, and es-
peciany Of the OK kind, tracing the origin Of the different breeds.
L. respect to them, he give, also coptous tables showing the
number Of domestic cattle belonging to tn. different countries of
the world. From these estimates it appears
Great Britain and HOLLAND. ..-....s,OoO,o
1000
United States Of America ........2 % 10000
The whole world is estimated to contain 90, Ooo, 900. 1t is
supposed that one-third Of them are killed annually, so that we
have about 100000 carcasses, weight, : 2s, oO0. 600 900 lbs;
100000 hides, 140,0 900 horns, annually, to be converted
Into beef, tanov, leather, combs, sc. II the same relative pre-
portion Of cattle exists in these islands, as i'll the United States
VoOook " So every lO inhaDIfaEfs) It ought 70 yield a much
larger export than our annual statistics show. Last year about
$4,000 hides were exported, 5000 horns, and 5s barrels Of tslIow.
We have no foreign arrivals to notice since our last issue,
though . hssh wind has been prevailing. The Comet, with our
Eastern mail, ID behind the tire set for her arrival Her pas
sage h probably heightened by the stoppage ar Hilo. She may
be In any moment.
The ships Black Sea and Daring, both detained several days
BY sesd winds, sailed, the former on Saturday, for New Bedford,
and he latter on Sunday, for Bakers Island. The accident to
the Black Sea proved. on examination. to have resulted In no
damage, but Capt Cate took the precaution 70 guard the inter-
ests Of his consignees by providing himself with tie requisite
certificates from the Consul, should any question arise in reIa-
tion TO e. The Palmer sailed on Saturday afternoon, with a full
freight and passengers-reported below. The bark Pernon
uOsmeris a whaler) sailed on the Sd for Lahaina, there to load
potatoes for San francisco.
or wha,ers. there have,been four departures, reported below,
leaving but three in port-swo of which are laid up We look
for no further arrivals Of whaers till the Coast feet begin to
come in about February Is.
We hear that . sale h. been effected Of $50 tons Of Chincha
Island guano from the Josga AHyon, at $50 Fer ton. This
guano viii be shipped by the Comet to San Franci co, and
thence via Cape Horn, to New York, whore it is worth. at the
last quotations, $50 "a 365 per ton The cost of getting it home
viii nat exceed So per ton, which renders the transaction a
good mode Of remittance.
The report that the bark Soehen (Which took acargo Of guano,
part from this port, and thebslance from Jarvis Islandl had been
abandoned by the American dusno Company neels correction.
That Company did not charter the Sachem, and had nothing to
do vish il, except to sell the suano to the pa-sies who wished to
make . shipment, and Who, we understand, reside in Boston.
bot found no purchasers. The American Guano Company,
howeve, Ne are informed, succeed in selling their guano as fast
~ Il aszses home
WOOL n HIDES-The following from the Poiynesian
vH infxrest those engaged in wool growing:
In regard to the shipment Of wool, etc., recived ex Chopin,
Messss- Grinnel, Minturn & Co. write under date Of Nov. L.
I'VE have examined the wool received per Chaplin, and fEd it
to be dne In quality, and Of description which will always And
q really sale here -ns shrinkage however BY washing viii pro-
baby amount to . . per cent. The hide market continues very
much depressed, and an kinds have declined in price. Those
from your islands uecasnot quote at over lei California dry
hides hsve fallen al n, the hast an outside figure. 1t is
found In shipments from your port that 80 to As per cent. are
BHLEs, which are 81 an inferior quality. ann command a much less
price, Goat skins averaging II to lbs, sell readily at zoe. or
about 3&c per b. Cocoanut oil moving at 1oc "a 1o3c per ID.
Oh Eetai l3ic % 1c!"
tiles ae that she has put into some port. She must have been
Of c6pe Horn about the same time that the Champion was, re- |
fened to IN the following item:
Ship Champion. from New York May 2 for San Francisco, put
into Ro Janeiro Sept. 1e IN distress. Capt hanson writes that
he experienced Oh Cape Horn . succession Of the worst weather
he ever knew, and narrowly escaped destruction on an island of
Ice Carried away head rails and knees, started stem and knight
heads, loosened bowsprt, and started butts all along to idships
crew becoming exhausted, was obliged to bear up from lat 81 s
lon IS 50 W., and arrived ut Rio Janero Sept. 10. The cargo
was supposed to be badly damaged, as she had taken in large
quantities Of water between decks She would commence imme- |
diately to discharge and repair Two men were lest overheard,
end most Of the othen we're sick and disabled.
he holidays and court tials have 50 absorbed pubic attention
that trade is this week Of a secondary moment, and we find
nothing new to repHt-