The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-28
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THURSDAY. MARCH =. l-sI.

Tue spung ..a.un. poor = IL &I b, has fairly opened, and
-e are able to report tie arrival % a number q Hhaen during
the wees frOEl the Coast TIE nHoSing are the arrivals for
this season, up 70 this date
as-AD 81 hip Congress suanburs, from California
March An vh bark CI-one, simmons, from Turtle Bay, With
I55 brs .h oI this season
BEDFORD. sii5 100 %. 500 -h.
.th 100 br. THIS Season SHIPPED 200 barrels a.
@.-Am VII ship Milton, H.l.~y, FIN Iahaan. aui home,
:.-1@ VI !. .% 1a%srf. ABB. I'm L,iaiaa lad cszsrni4
eoa.t- 1000 brs-Cshippei her oil II Mar-lritA
ss-Am VI .hip Diver Croker. Cochran, hn California
s-Am VII barz Era=lnzI, Turner. from Hio. clean.
-9-sm an bark ALICE, Eeebe- from Nar='dta Bay, 80
sz-sm Oh bars Monmouth. Onn-by, from Narzari;A
Bay. 30 br--
At Halo, arr reported
March Ban -h ,hE. Thams- De.lson, s'e~-rt' months
2-am wh ship Calf rLl, West from coast q Cahar-
MIA 100 brs-
At Lahaina
Mach @2-sm sh ship Roer- EI~aris- WOOD, from California
The r-port. fvn the eoa., feet Given below have improved.
though th-se are in some instances zv~n higher than thu actual
catch Were there a vessel here 10 loHi 10 tr home, several
thousand barrel. cogd b procured W notice that The COMET
has hauled alons.5de Of the ohrsr CroeEsT, and will take on
board some 51 or 900 barrels b BE- shipped home via san
francisco. The const viii not .HI I'll aboa, the 1sth proNmo-
Tho ~haIeship goEpsr. q New L1nl1n, has had 4 survey
held on her and been cordsmnsd ~ Bns-a~orthy. 4 sale q
her stores. gar, Sc took place yesterday on the e.pIsnaie.
The >. sppeaas % BE- a very oil ship, and would require extern
awe repairs % make her serveeabbe.
large sale % staple Englsh goods tooE place yesterday a,
the auction room % A. p. Everett, and though prices obtained
II los, the re-alt % the sale came fully mp % expectations
IL local trade, extreme dains-s prevails
COyyEE-Ia liza annual review % the eoE-= tFaie, the Se-
YeEr Shipping Lar has some Interesting remarks on the pro-
duction Of this article, the tenor Of which Is, that the annual
product throughout the world Is decreasing We quote a p0r-
ton Of The remarks
The cultivation q the coffee plant Is necessarily c1ufreI 10 a
narrow tropical belt, beyond wheh ~ culture cannot b. profit
ably pursged- IT. production IN the climates suitable for it,
its utmost extent In Java AMI the East Indie generally. the
quantity gathered increases very slowly, u At all indeed, in
some parts Of the East, " e understand that the cultivation u
this plant has, In many INSTANCES, been abanlonsd for that Of
the sugar cane, the latter being Considered much the .grr-t, and
for the past i've years, there has been rather a dimiuutiOn than
an Increase 81 Domingo seems 70 be at a stand, AMI the only
considerable extent, are Venezueia and the Island ofCeyIOu.
The consumption % the United States the past year, : We
and the Contlent IL estimated at I5 az 10000 tons, making
total consumption in 1850 in Europe and the American states
been increasing FOR ten years, az the annual rate Of about ! z
eent, and that Of Europe At over = eeut-
These figures are not barren q thought TO the statistical stu
dent, eyid-ncing ~ they 30 that the time must arrive. and that
il cannot b. far distant, when the consumption % the world
must overtake it. production The question 10 be solved must
b- 70 what atituhe must prices attain IN ORDER 70 chrck me
consumption and squaHze the supply and demand, There are
those, whore opinion are entitled to weight. who advance the
view that that point has Deer arraiy t0ncfei- pointing Z" te
fact that the importation AT the principal ports 81 Europe, taken
AZ a whole. the past year, have been insufficient for their con-
sumptiye wants, the year closing with a considerably reduced
stock, and that after deiuctiug the exports from the United
Stairs, a similar state Of things is witnessed here and to this
cause may b. attributed the continually advancing price, of the
past few years, the eject Of which 10 seen, as far as this country
IL concerned. in the serious define in the deliveries for consump-
ton, attended, with a vigorous search for, and increased .ale Of
The annexed statement shows the receipts and consumption
for the past six years