The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22
COMMERCIAL.
THURSDAY, MEF -. 1862.

THz bark YIHS>e arrived on Sunday evening, having had an
unusually long pas,as- from the eoast-Is days, Of which she
Va becahE~I I've days near the islands. The Afviees BY her
are no later than those by the j. n Unghf, which we gave
lest WEEK
The schooner Caroline 4. Font, arrived yesierIay from Fan
Francisco, bringing papers to May 81, with two days later
Eastern news she sailed again the same day Tor japan and
the Amoor uver.
The ship Lofgs wo1bI al for Honolulu and I0ngsong about
the IOth to I2sh, and i probably nov ten day out
We notice no special change in the fan Francisco market
The SPssdreH hal not arrived up % the evening % the 81, u
days ou.. she saisrI hence on the I9sh April
Th~ bark Comet i awaiting the arrival Of produce from wind
ward. ami viii probably sail on Saturday at the ht-st- The
bark Kathleen viii ct away about the sane time.
We hear that thu sebooner- OIL FeHo~ and Kakgaa have
been chartered To proceed on foreign erui>es-the Former On a
trading voyage 10 the Arctfc, and the latter on 4 gaano exp~ii-
lion
Our hArtor has becnms quite hare Of shipping, there being
but four sTuare-risgei vessels in port All kinds OF bu-in-ss
are depressed. with little o nothing doing. Sugar is held at &C
"a Sc coffee, at Sz -four, jobbins at $40 N SIC, with only
local demand. In the humber line, bcarIs have been scarce for
~Oms weeks but two earzoes % assorted Iumher are supposed
To be nov on th~iF way hitler, which will supply che trade
CScosSrr OrE-The quantity Of this oil imported into London
from al countries dHrn- last year. was greatly in excess u the
year previous, being 1850 tons against : 100 tons in lsGO. and
the quantity exported was Va also very large viz 1880 tons.
tons Iess than IN $50 Tn .,oek On hand Jan. 1t. 81 va,
rather barge. viz, $500 tons, but very Hitie i in course q ship
s, fr Ias, sboT. a. ,bsrc 80 cd,ssInrsJI- s,rtS,IIrI.
in price during the year. Cochin and Ceylon, in January. were
quoted SIS and SIS per cwt. respectively. In July the price
had declined To 80. and a. per cwt, caused chiefly by the
break up Of the tsuOw speculation but with n good export
demand prices son improved. and by the end Of September
Cochin was worth sos. and CeyIOn ,s-- a is. 81. per cwt- Ia
October and November the market was very firm, and sos IL.
anil 49s- 80 per e~t- paid In many instances, hat there vas
less demand during the last week d the year, ami at its close
prices were 4 little easier.
RIEvATs OF The WORLD-There are 81. 500 miles Of rail
roads In the United States Of which there are 20,6Ss, 81 in the
e"i;e r iisl. sS Ss! il len =. IL nsa 81, sea ,6ise its.ss yea Total ,ner COS. Of os 5hs
GSl miles built, against a previous annual average of 2 900 miles.
b. although the construction Of roads deer, asel, the traffic on
all the Northern roads was greater than any previous year.
The condition Of our rail r ads - favorable ut present
The length Of railways in operation in Great Britain AID
Ireland 10 TO- $50 miles, go miles Of which were tuilt last year.
Their entire cost Of construction amounts to fj55. 10000 about
Sl,Is5IOO0,OOol There are 5sOi locomotives, l5O76 passenger
carriages. and I50,514 freight cars, used on these railways.
81 minerals, and % 5000 Of general merchandise.
France tas 6,ls7 miles Of railway, worSei by 5000 locomc-
tives $500 miles Of new lines are being constructed. Total
cost Of completed lines s922, 100000.
Prussia 3,l6S miles In operation Austria 3.l65 miles the
other German states have 3,&;9 miles Spain has l,ij0 miles
Italy 1850 Rome, so Russia. 1,2s9; Denmark. :62 Norway,
81 Sweden. 2S Belgium. 955 Holland, sos Switzerland,
600 Portugal, SO Turkey, so Egypt, 2o4.
In the British colonies, there are LAOS miles in the East
Indies Canada, !, SIG New Brunswick, IFS Nova Scotia, 90
Victoria, Is3 New South Wales, lbs Cape Of Good Hope, %.
pire the entire spst Of which has been s2Os6- $4,000.
The total length % railways In the world l. about GO, s33 miles
Their estimated cost is about s5.sI7. 20oOO0- Nearly one-half
the length Of lines belong To the United States and one fourth
tn Great Britain and Colonies The cost Of the latter, however,
is about twice that Of our railroads.