The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-12-04
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THURsDAY, DECEMBER 1, Iso2.

~THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, IsG2.
The arrival Of the Dutch ship Ga,lsi, from Liverpool,
places a large cargo g English goods in .E- market which will
undoubtedly met with quick and renumea,iye sale. she has
$50 tons q coal, about $50 tons % machinery Tor the PriucryIe
Sugar Estate, and a Considerable quantity 81 furniture Tor the
British Consul General and Episcopal Mission. Tie balance u
the cargo Is made up Of tie usual variety q English gods,
which, as per notice in our auction columns. will ~ sold to-day.
The bark Kathleen from Puget Sound trings in a nI cargo
Of lumber, consisting mainly Of jotst and boards. The cargo is
on the ships account
The sch. MIrHd4 from Fanning's island brings a full cargo
% eoeoanut oil, about 10000 gallons, which was sold prior to
arrival On private terms
The bark Yankee sailed on Tuesday forenoon, taking a full
freight o. domestic produce. There il now no vessel in port
destined Tor San Francisco, though the Young Hector, proba-
bly, Is days ont, may arrive at any moment.
The whaling fleet is rapidly leaving ort. the larger part Of
the vessels bound homewarl. Above We give a table % the
fall feet, and in another column a summary review OF the
season.
The cargo Of the bark Florence. comprising some 10000
gals. polar oil, is reported ~ having been sold during the past
week, On terms not transpnred.
The whaIeship Sorm Boston has been condemned. and will
be sold at public auction on Friday next, with all her apparel
and gear.
The ship AngIO Srronfs now hove down at Fosters Wharf,
where she Is having the damages repaired that she received At
Howland's Island Her false keel was torn OF, with a piece Il
the keel, aud her copper badly clafed. She Will be entirely re-
copperei.
Local trade Is good, thoagh far from being as brisk or rcmu-
heratiVe as in former fall seasons.
Oven More run away. curing more than he could pay
Ma EDTOH That I was right IN my suTmise that the quo
ttions in Exchange were mystfyiug IN their phrlseoIoey to
inexperienced persons, / enclose you the following attract from
the = r. BHHefiH Of Oct I'd. The DiEki4 here Is solved,
anil as il is a succnct anil explanation, for the benefit of those
Yankees who are in - fuTin parts among uusympathiziug
nationaItfes, why not pubHsh IL. As ever, Tons
waluku. Nov. 81. 1902
GoIB PArFH VrEsu9Ss-There seems 10 Re some ys-
uhcatIon on the street as tptIe prevailing money quotations,
arising from the fact that gold - quoted M q premium al the
Fast while paper = quoted ut . discount here Tie premium
on gold and the discount 10 paper are not exactly convertible
terms When goLi q quoted. say, a. 80 per cent. PREMIUM
the legal currency beng ppper-it means that $3.50 must b.
paHf ia paper 20 purchase 600 in gold II paper should b-
quoted az 20 = Ct di-countFEuiI being accepted, at tn time,
A. ~ California. a X the cuTseuCy-it would mean that $40 in
gohi would purchase 500 in.IaIer or. in the same proportion.
that 800 in gold would IaIrcL1se SIi2 81 in paper Take
another case wish gold 10 ~ per cent premium. 500 ia gold
wouti purchase $3.50 m plPIr With PAPER At 50 per cent. dis
500 ~ gold would purchase goo in papers. r. But