The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-04-04
What oth-r- Say Of u.

THE COy,iEECE OF me HAwAu,N IsLAND--Au
examination of the commercial statistics o; the Ha-
waiiau Islands. during the last two ysars, shows tina;
their trade : rapidly decreasing. The increasing
scarcity Il whales. and the depreciation IL the value
Of whale oil in Consequence Of the use Of kerosene, are
the main cIus.s u che decrease In leJ3 the imports
Of the kingdom were valued - = .5Jj.5Jo =. where
a. last year the amount was yulE -I---D.1fJ 20. d
decrease oF S33I 500 90, or more than - per cent.
In 1888 there were 80 entries o; wrI.er- - different
Dars---5me u the vessels entering port three uT four
times IN tHe course of the yeIT-auI ~ 1860 there were
80 such entries. Last year o2y-si1 gallons "Htc
and sperm Oh were trai.,4.1Dei. ls against l,o2l,H-'
iu the pretious wear. aui the iran,nipmrnt - nnH.
in 1889 vas l~.l47,l2D pounds. against o'-.5f'
pounds iu 1850 The smaller -HlE" al the commerce
II the islands, and Just ~ tue v.--e.s stopping Al the
HITajlIu ports and the amount 20 "il aui bone iran
shipped decrease. Just 30 that ratio must the pros
perltv as the Islands decrease The people nave no
commerce ami 10 ut1Ifacture-; their only source
for trade l. il the visits of ve---I- EhIcu mag obtain
articles u fre-L fol, and purchase imported goods
" ls time within the last eight years mas the num-
Der Of entries Of wbI.srs. or the amount - on and
bone trtu-ripUel, been 20 small "a N 1850 The ez-
ports of sugar l4-- year shOw l,iii,21l pounds, and
Of. mgllsses 1886 pounds decrease Of nearly
10000 pounds OF the former article. ard $4,000
rounds Of the latter a. compared With the previous
wear. In the total value Of the domestic produce
there was 4 decrease OF =l4S,OJD. These are import
ant facts. and Se record them with regret. for Homo
lulu j.. next 90 Victoria, our nearest foreign neigh
Dor. and our commercial relations with her are most
friendly. In the imports Of last year into the La
wliiau kingdom SjSi III %, out Of S7ol.42S 70,
were from the United States, aud We have SIX times
as much trade with her As any other naton---ffG.
The BEsT Gus YET.-The -ueriaHjc'S Magazine
says. that the great steel gun manufactured by the
Nersey Steel and Iron Company, ~ Liverpool, Tor
Mr. Thomas, has achieved greater results than any
ever before attained in the annals OF gunnery, hay-
ing beaten both 'he Armstrong and Wh!tworth, the
former 10y a thousand and the latter by FIVE hundred
Yards range. IL - very gratifying that amongst the
many gunrery experiments which have taken place,
LIVERPOOL has attained i preemIueuce IN that branch
Of manufacture, and We are more pleased with this
when We remember that the firm who are now so
successfully manufacturing ,rduince, - the same
which FIRST promoted the manufacture Of wrought
iron guns, and which 20 successfully produced the
monster gun, when all other manufacturers had given
up the attempt as hopeless. The .nlgG-iHe says -
10 We learn that tine range obtained at ShCebuTyness
with the gun mentiJned in our last weeks gossip
vas 1908 yards, being the greatest range ever Oh
tanned at ShOeburynes>-that !, the greatest anthem
tic range on record. II Is about one-fcurth or one
fifth greater than that which was obtained with
Armstrong; finch gun, and one thousand yards
greater than ne ever obtained By this time, how
ever, SIR William Armstrong has probably persuaded
the Ordnance Committee, that the great art IS now
10 prevent \ shot going too far. At any rate, his
views, ~ expressed At the Institution Of Civil Engin-
GERS, seem 10 be changing to that complexion" The
new brCech-lOadIng principle. invented BY Capt Clay,
and which has been 50 successful, = being more and
more extensively adopted. and seems likely TO become
the standard weapon. We understand that consider
able numbers are being made Tor continental govern
ncuts; and even our Transatlantic cousins seem de-
termined not to be behiudhaEd, and are having some
made ir their own service.
CITIES ~ The UNITED STATEs.-The following table
shows the population Of thirty-fve OF the principal
cities Of the United States, by the census Of 1860. also
the population in 1850. the actual increase from $3.50
to 1860, and the percentage Of increase. The figures
for the census Of 1850 are obtained from various
sources, and may be slightly changed by the official
reports, though it Is probable they axe generally cor
rect -