The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-11-07

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OJE last mail sr san Francisco .nd the Eas- was dispatched
Oct- !. ~ n. bar~ent.ns CoasfMi fisn, via yieanria- Al that
dafr, cur rport- frum the North ,sere very meagre- We are
now aht- T. ehruae5- tho ariys' Of nearly two-thiris q the
whaling best, and give reports from most % those yet to cone
in These seport- win be fpuDI on our fourth page We are
grzna=d to announce that The success OF the fleet has ben
greatly In tivape. % the previous three year,. The average %
sh- whole feet for 1850, was 500 barrels Of oil and $50 pounl'
hone s< $3.50, SIS barrels AMI s,sO2 pounds bone for lS'S'
e2o barrel, oil and : oei pornds bone
As staset above, only a portion % the ~haiine feet has
arrived, y< the average thus far stands largely IN excess % HN'
year. IS .he later arrivals .iwsys improve the average. taI-
vn be considerably Increased - the end 81 N''em0er- There
have been % arrivals, as foIiowss
Bill. sp. Bbl.. VII Lb-. Bane.
y vs-@Is az H3n9lllu, ----llos I'D 53.S
10 = at hHo'4-~.:... go 700 $3.50
T.aL......72o 5o9so 10000
TIE average Cor the feet a. far as il has come IN, CeSospung
two sperm EhaIsTs and one tradeTJ has been 20 brl-- ol AMI
$3.50 RS zone, which IL . great improvement over last year
The retus rs from tb- Arctic and OchC,sk have been as follows
vessels. Bsi'. Bbr, VIII. Bone S Agsre sf n. . ba.
Arcs &lsts. g g: 1850 5000 30 1879
The bulk Of the OchotsE feet still remains ou;, and Il i
known tina, many OF them have done we'll The best fare
reported thus far are The Montreal, at HHO, from the Arctic,
with 2OOo barrels and - goo H. bone the Reindeer. at this
Port, also from the Arctic, 100 srern and 1900 bris- whale AMI
the OHur1y-i, from the Oeho,sk, with loo barrels oil and 10000
r. hone. Although far behind the - aresr OF the Olien times,
when 200 70 GOO haneis were sometimes taken in q season,
they are 81 :eessfai voyages for these days
The only nsIehant vessel arrived during the past week. has
been the Hawaiian brig SchTiHge I2 days from Hamburg.
bringing Il :aLi cargo Of German goods. which will b. found ad-
yertisei in our columns Two ships are daily booked Tor from
san Fanci-co, anil W. may expect the mail any moment.
Tie eIeaiances have b,en very f-w, confined to two or three
whaIers bound On cruises south, and two schOoners, bound 10
Tahiti.
Schooner ssEE-The weI-known schooner Maria 81 tons
burthen, has been purchased during the past week on private
terms. by Capt Clark. of th= wha-shiP Ocean, and will be en-
pIoyed as > tender to that ship in her sint-r cruise on tie Cali
Iorni@ coas, in command 81 Capt. ComstDck, late Of the FGUOT-
ns. Capt. CErk was very suores-ful Last season at san Diego,
and we see Do rsason why he may not b. quite as much % this
There has been = marked Improvement in business, almost
every braErh participating in t. This has been elusel by the
demand GRATED by thu shipping in port, AMI by the wants of
the large number Of seamen pail of and shipped for new voy-
ages The amount of oil taken the past season being greatly in
e1eess of previous years, the sums paid oG 20 officers and
ssamsn il proportionstely increased. Notwithstanding the re-
dureI ngn-b~r q vessels, the disbursements in paying OF sea-
men, viii lie nearly as much a. the total q last year, when the
average catch was small. hut the number of vessels larger.
or most articles required for the shipping, there appear. N he
a fair supply. The demand for Island produce Is good, and will
prevent any large export during the MONTH We quote the cur
rent r.esa
srsAE-seeeipts from plantations are small. there being hut
one OF two mills now in operation. The new crop viii shortly
begin to arrive, however. The demand IS limited to IocaI wants
saI-s at &c a SIC
NoLs.sts-sabs Sr Ioeal demand only at 2Oc.
ssLr-sIo n SIC v tom
PsovsaS-Am beef, sI5 An. pork, s2Oi Haw. beef so
~ ST. : small lot % American beef sod At auction on the 9Th
at sI2
BEEtD-saes Of navy at 5Iei pilot, sic a &c.
on AID BpSE-ws hear Of no transactions
IvoEY-A sale Of n small bot CHOICE l. reported at 53ci Sic a. }
&c may b. qroted ~ the rates, accounting u terms a=reeI on
CrNy-Dom.stc corn Is worth lie "a &c T. u, according to
quality. In god supply
CosIEs-Smai sales To the shipping at 2c az &c.
FLoUR-AbuRIant, at 81 az Is 80. /
saLdoS--stock Limited Sales at 50 a SO.
PVLr-worth &c a. Sc. No TRANSACTIONS
LrN~BsR-SuPpIyh ,Fsr- Jobbins at $50
Observation-Disclosures drafts are 10 per cent discount.