The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-31
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rHURsD4Y. JlNUARr 81. 1901

IRrvrw ToE TIVE Man PacxETJ
sIscx The departure q cur last mail packet on the Dist ul;-
our Commercial reports have been markell with extreme duh
nes-. the weather which has been very stormy and rainy, hav
ing hal a'depr..sing iaf1eee on traI~- This beins our
riEy s~ason, such weather has been 0osuI for. We have,
however, been unusually exempt hrum ksse or damage q cur
cooscing feet and foreign shipping eentsrng here Tie Trsign
arrivals sine. the It Inst, have been As Al0~ss
Jan Am. Nh ship Montreal, soEIe, AMI Am Hh hayk
f1or-nee, sp-Ieer: from a cruise both sailed again
s-Hag sen Marlia- key'e, from EaHnias' Island. With
s-Ka,.laa ship SbsoIai L. KrozigI. 20 days ron siEa,
1o-Am eiPP-r ship Ocean KzPr-ss, Hale, Il day, from
san francisco en- route for Bakers IsL.nd, bung-
ing u. :. nail foo Honolulu. Anchored outside
liam sh ship BasaEzl, Turner, from sea- .ay oE and
IAN GO eI tS1 i- .5ip 1 5.sS,a en- no day i B1 s5S1< 10 day. fin
san EzSei.eo, en- rOute for Pheni1 Island Al
lam clipper barE Comet. smith, Q days and 20 hours
frOn san Francisco, Sith L. mail and cargo q
ls-Am clipper bark Eatiy BiCi, Cook, u days from San
the 2s,h, and sailed again next day. she brought
- bag, oats, ! ssg 'sl'Ps,Ir, and one passenger
2l-An clipper chip Fair Wind. Cr~sH, : days and Il
e2-An clipper ship Worcester. Amy, 81 days from san
Francisco, IN route for China
The departures dadng the same period have been
Jan l-EAn9yedan bark HsrbGrg, Thomson, for Hongkong'
Am ship sista. aier. Tor Jari. Island, to load guAno.
s-Am bark Bherins, GnIia- for New Bedford, with OIL
o-Ha~ big Nsfy Ellen, Bennett, for Victoria AMI Ore
1o-p,6 E:s' hi. hin T : e e SlfI.. .st- SI S Sai q via Tahiti.
with wilson & Co.'S Circus Company, and lamber.
is-oa'r VII BARI Plant. Dsninan, to cruise South,
h-Am .s edIP S:ks ,si? I I.lss1., a Hi,s q E hasahia 10 hhotJrs.
1c-Am clipper ship Ocean Express, Hale, for Bakers
E-Ha~ sch NIarsIa, Key'e, @r Fannins's Island
aS-ks,:s,a 81 .sie e: Sioa AM T. k SorSsIe p, C cG slasss
2O-RGss- ~h ship CRETE Berz, Enb-rg, fr Bremen, with
es-Am sh .hip Emily Morgan, whi,esfIe, to cruise.
2-H. b. NJ. steam;.Icop Alert, Pears, for Fanning''
so-A@- bark Zoe, Bush, fr san Francisco. with coal, pull,
hides, &c
The few arrivals and numerous departures have let our
harbor unusually bare Of shipping for this season Of the year
We have in port hut one ~hseship, one bark, two brigs, and
s;gh, or ten eoastng vessels of various tonnage The clipper
Far HIn6 lies at anchor in the roads. outside the bar Our
eoassing seet has been Su.ny employed in freighting produce
and stock between the various Islands, though generally AZ 10"
freishts. The steamer Eiians1, which il also engaged in the
eoastDg trade, being Owned BY 4 Chartered company, has been
much improved in her sea-gong qualities, and IS believed TO be
admirably adapted TO the service she is engaged in. She came
cut from se~ London under \ bhgsntine rig, with light sPars,
bot has had her ng changed 10 that % a fore and at schooner,
With ne~ and heavy nasis and sails, enabling her To take ad-
vantage % our steady trade uiDis- The introduction % steam
into this group Is sUl m experiment., but il Is behsyed that it
yin prove successful and recommending.
The report Of the destruction by fire % the steam -four mill
With a numb~r Of buildings in its neighborhood, was conveyed
by the extra IssUed from this Office and br~aried by the last
packet, bot will also Be- sund in our issue Of January :, by this
mail A plan for the erection q 4 new steam four mill and
bakery has been completed, and the work will be Immediately
eomEsneeh- An agent % the new enmpany goes forward by the
Comet to procure In San Francisco, the necessary machinery
and apparatus. and &c IS intended to have the whole eOmpIet-I
by May 1st, 10 grind the incoming crop Besides the steam
mill In HonoIula, there arr two mills % Maui. driven by water
ower,-the three being q sufficient capacity TO supply Us
win All the -Four Needed for home consumption
The commercial statistics % the Kingdom for 1900, a. pre-
paretSy the Collector General, have been published, and will
be hund in our issue o. the 2ssh inst The principal items
arr these:
Tocai foreign importatons- tlr223,5s9 O5
domestic
" goreign e1pers--.----- 3O,S32 %
- Domestic 4 Foreign erports----.--- s07,s59 20
" CusLam-hou.c r~cSpt.--.-----... 1882 81
Number % merchantmen ENID ll7i tonnage 4l225 90
- % xhaIeships (-pring e. fall seasOn) 213
Ardent spirits entered and consumed, gals 1895
In nearly every item, n large falling OF Is shown from the
totals % the previous years. The causes Of this decline are
attributed mainly to the decrease in the foreign ~whalsships
visiting the Islands, hut in part to the new tariff % 10 per
cent on merchandise % all kinds, which went into force in
June, $500. The former tariff was per cent, which some
think is az high a duty as The best interest. % the islands will
admit, without materially checking trade. This subject Il now
being freely DISCUSSED by the local papers
The annual statistics also show a large decline IN the pro
d uet5on q tie principal staple products Of the islands, which
ia looked upon by all parties as somewhat; singular, and
no. 50 Easy 70 be accounted for. The Poiynesian attributes IL
% drought and blight, but the Commercial denies that these
causes have lad even as much effect during 1s6O, as in previous
years bat attributes It to the financial policy OF the govern
nent- The soEoEirg table shows the decline referred to:
1850. 1853. 1855. 1887. 1856.