The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-04
COMMERCIAL.
rHUKsDAr, osroBER :. $3.50.

OrE only arrival during the past reek has been that Of tbs
brig C0Hsort, Wirh . cargo ofIanber from Port Madison She
eo1ses Consigned % Mr. II. y. LuiinRtou, Who has charge u
TIE ianoz yard oFpo-lse % that % Nr. O. q. Hove
The -haleship JEbaH sailed yesterday for a cruise South,
intsndins to touch n Tahiti, ami thence proceed - the New Ia
land ground During her stay here, she had a new maiumast
AID bo~sprit pot IL, with other repairs, the work being executed
eIPelhiousiy and satisfactorily By Ne-.rs Emmes L Burns.
she was in as condition A. she Iet Tart- and ~e hope ~ll make
a good report q her cruise South.
Th- FraHeeI Palma, sAiIeI 90 TUESDAY afternoon last, bs
iHg ohtalaed = bt % Goals. which made her a full car-o. She
lad but sw pAasenzsrs. however This IL tse dulIesi season Of
the year for travel 10 Tie coast the tide being the other way,
during the fail
The almost entire absence o. shipping from our port : a
matter % frequent remark, anil duTins The pat ten years. our
reeoris do not Afford an instance % the molth OF OctSber open
ing with such a general -taEnation in the Commerce q Homo
lulu 1t Is true that, 80 far as the whsIers sre concerned. II j. a
good oGaen, and We trust that by their staying Later than usual
At the North, they viii obtain a larger quantity q oil, a. IL i
proverbiaI tina; the last fx weeks % The cruising season are the
best, and those vessels which have r=aaiued out Iong-st have
obtained the best catches We are, then, fail o: hope that a fair
aH season Is before Us, notwithstanding the present depression.
Naeh dissatisfaction has been s1Pr,s.eI by importers, since
the arrival u the RIEHg1, rvgariiHs the custom. rules under
the aes tarie, OF rather. the absence % regulations where thy
are neeted- Ia the application - the new regulations, it was
% b. expected that questions WodId arise but much veSa;ioH
misht haze been avoided hal th- Minister of Finance, a. was
his duty, given 10 the Collector, a detaiI.d explanation mr their
guidance, particularly respecting tie numerous tIss goOds- Bat
it you'd appear as IL the Minister was determined not only 20
annoy inPsrters BY his dllasOry course, but even % EihhOd
from the revenue officers the Instructions which they require.
FOR instance, the nnii-apparatus for the Haiku plantation las
been only in part admitted free, the duty On some Of the fsture.
having been pail, thauzh under protest., the Miui.lsT being IN
able 10 eoapreh.nd that all the machinery requisite % produce
sugar Is part % q sugar-miH, which the law admits free
Among importers, there : but one opinion about the Minister
AMI that IS, tina: he Is utterly incompetent % act as head % the
revenue department., however, uaifed Le may BE- to judge Of
the quality Of Scotch whisky or Schiedam schnapps-
Local trais shows ~ markell Improvement, though . god
Jobbing business Il being done with the ether islands Auction
sales, however. which are perhaps the farest Indication % the
wants Of retailers, are duh, sales being confined TO extremely
snail lots. The amour; of produee sent forward by the Palmer
will be seen by her cargo published below.
REAL EsTArE-The premises lately occupied by Capt. Green,
mar the rheatsr, and known as the French premises. were sold
Al auction on Thursday last for sI,T25. This Is a large falling
OF from the price paid for the same property three years ago,
that time
ExcHAsGE-The bills Of the Honolulu Consulate (about 81 1000
have been taken a; 1 "a 2 per cent discount.