The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-12-05
COMMERCIAL.
T8ORsDlY. DEcEMBER alse1.

The sap R@a49s arrived on the 1t, 10 days from San Fran
cisco, bnsgins tic Eastern mails and a small cargo, which i
reported oeSo~. We understand she win he laid on the bertl
Ter OIL Ihere are three or four ships 20 arrive YET, having lzrg-
catches tbs season, which may fsrnf-h n cargo for her, thong
her arrival il ratasr taray, two weeks sooner would have s-curet
a taac cargo
Tn san Francisco markets have undergone no change, asd
aa0sations remain as lat noticed a large number Of ships
rou Eastern ports hal hf-iy arrived, bringing n h-avy supply
q Eastern merchandise More ships were overdue, and hourly
6okri ior.
The clipper ship Boston LfgGt, CroreH, 1les tons, Ia. beer
chartered IN San Frnei,eo at s3 per ton, By The PhnniH Island
Guano Company, TO bad guano at MKeanfs Island she vii
probably arrive between the I0h and I5h inst
The ship Harrison sailed on the 81, with a full cargo for San
Fznclsco, consisting D0sty % cal. shipped for Se= Bedford.
Tie brig SA>et laeAor - ala leading oil for San Y1Dcfsoo.
ani sm be ready IN sad about the IO,h. Aaer the departure
nSthe briz. no Opportunity for Sending a mail nay occur iii the
Yaxkse bayes in January.
Business during the week has bern duh, and we hear Of no
tr.ns~essons % sspastsD.e. The D-~ crop oS sugar docs not yet
come ~, and the supply In market Is very limited Nolasses Is
keary. and szies as mail qsanhtse reported at 1sc, barely
eczer The cost o. patinx 4 up. /. 49, IL
FLorn-ImPortatIons per RaaHga amount to 200 or. sacks.
Sales are reported n. g. % 81 80 y 90 rs
ExcHAseE-DuI n 2! a PR cent Giscoun, Tor whalers'
CorIos s.ox IxD,A--By the Bombay EreAang, Prie.
carenf o. Ja!y :7th last, Il appeArl that the shipments Of
cotton 10 Great Bsttsin are stIl progressive.
sens.y sers, sa,a. rer-.-:-f---.EaIsss s;75s
S'' ian. .oaao ~ isso --r-rT Ss,S.i
The whole ship1aents Of cotton from Bombay to Europe, Ros
In sdahioa % his i IS eo@pa,ed thai there were then al
Bombay in y ships loading at least 1900 bales, and 10000
more in the Go Downs ready for shipment
The aggregate for the first seven months Of 1851 t $4,000
bales ..
The shipments 10 China had fallen OF some thirty thousand
bales The new crop begins To appear in October, and has been
stimulated Dy high prio>s. - ea.-laG
BRHTIsu TARsF.-ws have often been surprised, in looking
over the British tariff, 70 observe how small the number Ct arti-
eis suhisf % impost duties, and how vast the FrrpoDderance
% the free list Ouf Of more than eleven hundred different ari-
tseies and eiasses Of articles enumerated only about one hundred
and ten pay castoms- The following provision, however, i'm
poses q very Igbf tax upou the great bulk Of imports II
There sha1 be charged Irrespective % any duties Of customs
90 other rates Of charges payable by hs) upon the importation
and four, and timber and wood, goods. and goods in transit e1-
parted under toud, and goods imported for expectation in the
same ship, provided they be 50 reported, the respective rates
and charges following that $ TO say, /
Goods Ia psskze>s or parcels, per package or parcel, or other
unit Of
Animals, per head or cther nit or entry Id. |
The term unit Of entry shall mean the number Of packages,
or animals, or quantity Of goods made ctargeable (from time 70
treasury or Commissioners OF Customs have power 20 Ak or
adjust, alter or vary n fhey may see ~, 50 that the said rate Of
che penny shall exceed as little as may be. in their Judgment,
nv. shintngs sr every floo sterling, upon the lowest ordinary
value OF rhe article 70 which such charge attaches"
Five shtiings for every fl00 value il one-fourth Of one per
bly, $500, 300. and hattly Sufficient one would suppose TO pay
the expense Of handling the goods and keeping the accounts.
Hexp~rence In Commercial Affairs be worth anything, that Of
England ought certainly 70 be valuable She Is unquestonably
about equal 20 our oxn, her imports exceed $500 100000 per
annum, and her revenue requirements amount To over sJ@0,O0o-
ooo. of which t15o.Ooo,00o se for the interest upon her public
debt--Ssa FrGaGis>o Mercantile Gazets- 4