The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-28
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THURSDAY, JUNE Is, 1850.

Izs British bark Gr,ei1n arrived on Sunday afternoon. 1874
days from London, consigned 10 Nessrs. Janion. Gry,n & Co.
A portion only ofhsr cargo abou. $50 COO IN vaIue) Is Er tE.
port, the balance beirs destined Tor Victoria. 4 question IA.
aHsen In regard to the duties necessary % be paid on the in
ports BY her IL Wa generally und.r,ooi tina, the new tariff
va { go into effect on the 18th o. ine, but a reference TO the
-ordfng % the one y"ars notice given ~ the Minister % Finance.
daied June "a lsS9. appears o. leave u Questionable wheth-r
The new tariff cogd ~ enforced heforr the 18th. That uo,ie-
Is the only authority king the time -h-n the tari1 should take
eject The 10 pr cent duties were paid u1ier protest. pending
the decision of the Minister % Finance. Which vas yesterday rem
feTd In favor Of the importers, algsing the goods 20 - en-
tered Mt 5 per cent duty We are permitted to give the decision
Of Mr. Gregg. which i certainly equitable, especially As The
vessel arrived 90 the zt;hs
at il char u my mind that tie dav d, the f..B. q, n. ,o,t-.
san os ANen mo account in computing twelve calendar
1t s1lo<-, Jh~n. thai .n,--. 4aIsr - "a - NJ -
bic up TO the close % the 25.h las;.r
As the tea per cent. ;ars 5 now a Iz, We publish it, provis-
ionsbeiOw, together with the charges a. the Custom Hon..
Ibo-e Who wish 70 study the ne~ revenue law in it, relation.
With the treaties viii End the whole Published in par1phIe, form
and obtAEAbis e. the Office o. thi. paper.
The importatLOus b. the Greci41 are not Larze. but well -
ieetef- and adaPs7d 20 the wants Of the traI-. We have been
shown some samples o. prints from new pattem., got NJ ex-
pressly 70 suit th- tastes q the natives. An auction ..Ieo II a,ge
chotcs goods from this vessel will take place on Tu.-dav next
The clipper ship Torrent. Capt Cove, passed this psr, on |
Saturday bound 70 Houzkoag. He left a I'll. o. San Francisco
papers up % June 8, which, however, contain very Ir,Ie Of i'm
portanec- The bark la y s-e-s - aouce a sale O,
% bales Of pulu BY her at 49, ,n improvement, on pr.yi,,,
adviees- The Ysakse had no; yet arrived. b; would be- dari
about the lo;h- She sailed hence on the 2d ut-
u question has arisen regarding the payment Of frefghts on
shipments per Boston packets. The custom hitherto has been
to d-iiEeynepchandise and then call for freight. It is proposed
now q abolish this rule and substitute that requiring the PEE
payment Of freight, before delivery Of gods n eases where
The freight bill is snail, this may make very little difference to
consisnees, and may be aceeded to without scrupIe,. hut in large
amounts, = must naturally create some opposition, as il is con-
er.ry 70 usage In Eastern American or English ports The pre-
payment CT freight is understood To have originated in San
Francisco, where il was called in to protect the ship against ire
sponsibie eonsisnees, who in many cases obtained their goods by
fraud causing frequent losses % the ship. This system went 20
far at one time, that the rule Of prepayment Of freight before the
goods vent on board was sough; to be enforced. and Va. done in
the case Of several ships loaded NJ New York. The application
81 either rule - unnecessary at this port in the case Of the Bos-
ton packets As many arguments can be brought up IN favor q
the old custom, as Of the new, and the change, unless it became
universal the world over. would work no good result
The Yerron sailed on Saturday for TeekaI-t in ballast. The
Constitution sails today with a small cargo. She will be kent
On ;hs route To run as n regular packet With the Jenny Ford.
and has excellent cabin accommodations, which ar the
same as <hsn enc was engaged as a steamer. With two such
vessels . We now have, a considerable trade must spring I'D
between this port and Puget Sound.