The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-04-09

THURSDAY. APRI Q, Is15.
By the FanEse, We arr in rscsp. q ian Fraae.-c9 conner
cal aIviees 70 the 2I.t ulro- she brings q full assorted cargo
reported below
The schooner F0r'Hcs, hence February Dish arrF7l al sA
Pnncisco Nar-L I5:h.
The British ship JasDar, Taylor has been chartered on terms
reserved, % load oI at Hououil fr Bremen she Fond leave
fr thi. port about \ Eeek after tie Yankee am Eli Os eHe
here the later part q next Eees-
The ship Bda Hunter has had a long passage from san
Frsneiseo, AMI been Handsomely beaten y the Yankee which
Ien a week later she viii I~ay- in a iE days % ioad gaA-o At
Phoenix Group. Gra European port
The :, am.hip Tyaeuouna hal obtained a faH cargo a;
Holgkong br shanghai, and it : supposed has been ~iiaar-Tn
from ih= san Franei-oo and Houzsoag route
The schooner Kate SGrgs1Ht i reported a. having Pli mo
Rio. from wL.eh pr. she .ailei ar Honolulu January J. and :
fully due no<-
The sn Francisco markets FOR our island produce are ev-
tremely dull. and a heavy accumulate q stocks there pre-
eluies any chance Il Improvement Tor s'me tine 70 come The
ro.Io%ing we're theegrrent rates there q leading articles.
FLorE-ssles at IS a 60 80 per barrel
CosFEs-h.s declined. sales Of Rio At 253, with large i'm
poratons-
RrcE-Market ovsrstOeked and sales trfing- sale 81 y brs
: Lat7Ge-
srs.R-M4rke, at a s.and-s,l, with no Inclination On the
part Of dealers and joboers l, buy. China No. !, $3.50 a
60 Is. sands SIGH Island, lie Crushed refined, I2tc a 1876
In The New York market, sperm oil is quoted a; 81 IS, and
er1is whale az sjc-
The New BsIorI papers Of January contain the usual annual
rpgl-= asrh- ~h.l- s-h~rv Tn Sfo-~@-~
The year opened not very aaspief9qsly for the whaIing in
chants during the past fS months have taken courage from
from tie northern fiihefi-s, and the brighter prospects in the
future the immense stocks Of oil and bone u former years
The dlminution Of the whaling feet has continued through
the year. but W. hope has reached IL minimum The decrease
for tk- year has been IS vessels, with a tonnage q 2257. Tie
decrease for l56I was ~ vessels, with a tonnage q 32-i+I for
l'oo, % vessels, q l5-Tto ton Tor 1883, 90 vessels 81 ls,z'3
tons FOR ISIS, g vessels; Of sos tons the deerras. fr i've
with q tonnage Of IOJ.162-
In ~ rHa -~s.T ,-mTa- ~ Arre-.ar -F.fe4 : -.L
an aggregate tonnage Of 23 I4s. Of the above total Of whaling
vessels. PSI were at SEA Jan l 1855, the balance being in home
ports. Regarding the number % new vessels fitted Cut. the
same paper says
number Of vessel. fitted fr the fishery as COMPARED with a few
years pteyiOus. From this port 81 vessels nave sailed, inc!ud-
ing one sold u parties in Sydney, y. : ~, which Vas fitted
Er the North Pacific OF ihss-, % have sailed TO cruise in the
Atlantic Ocean, 10 for The North Pacific. 9 for the Pacific, for
Cumberland Inlet and Iuisons Bay, , for the Indian Ocean.
Paeiac. A"A--' - -A--4H ''s~"'' 4Ni l "' Tie u
The destruction Of xhaIer, by the pirate semmes, Is referred
70 ia the following:
The mos; disheartening event has been the depreiaiions Of
ssmme,s seems TO have an especial spite against our whaling
while in th= sumter, and the remainder in lis present vessel
connected with The ~lsht,,haus- deTar.meHt. ana having oTeS
visited this city at that timeis well acquainted with the business
The following remarks showing a comparatively small stock
of oi in the country, indicate not OuIy tina, the price Of oil and
bone sHl be high for some time to come, but that an impetus
will be given 70 the whale fishery during the present year:
The stock in the country Is estimated at I5.93s barrels 81
sperm oil, zl:5ls barrels Of whale oil, and $500 pounds Of
whaIebone. A year ago the stock 81 sperm oil Eas 10, 49, bar
rets about the same 3 now but the stock u whale oil was
os,&Js barrels being nearly three times the present quantity,
and the stock % whalebDue (Os which $4,000 pounds was in
New York eiiy) was $1,000 pounds, FIVE times the amount
now On band.
There IL no probability that the price Of sperm oil will be
much lowered WHALE Tie present disoriered stateof the finances,
consequent on the difficulty q suppressing the rebellion, con-
unues 10 initiate the prce % gold and rates Of exchange. The
stock On hand Is about the same = a year ago, and the expect
ed imports for the coming year ~Il not exceed those Of the last;
and should the cotton manufacturing interest revive. the con-
sumption will BE- more than il was in 1852. when il was less
than u has been for many years.
In whale oil We predict that the present rates Will not decline,
and probably will experience a considerable advance The tx
pectei imPortations for Is6J, from 5000 TO 10000 barrels, with
the present stock, amount % barely $4,000 barrels, while the
eHSunt absorbed by home consumption and export during the
last year has been in round numbers 10000 barrels, which is
the smallest consumption for many years. IL will be- recDHect-
ed that in lSj2, when. in cousequ- &C u the memorable dis4z-
trJus season in the Arctic Ocean the previous year. the imports
o: whale oil amounted 70 the smallest figure Er many years, the
average price % whale oil was thirteen cents higher than during
the previous year AMI yet We ent-r upon the present year
with a N expected importation Of 5000 barrels less than vas
imported IN lsS2, ami wHh a stock on hand Of $1,000 barrels
less than was then held The same cause which will cOnspire
20 rais-t the price q whale oil will also serve 10 maintain II not
create an advance ia the present unhezrt-Of prices % whale
bone And the importation % Whal-bOne the past year has
nearly half a million pounds less than IN 1901.