The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-10-29

Rlitor. doubtless recollect.) The quickes. passage
from the Society Islands was in 81 days, and the
longest in 81 days. l have given the tonnsge stats
tics of the Society Islands. as they may be Of interest,
to mark the comparison between the sister group.
Market Report.
The following is my compilation of the prices OF
the leading Hawaiian Staples. Sales are reported as
follows. in
SUGAR-Hawaiian remains in favor. but the bulk
Of the sales has been under the hammer. Sept. 22d.
$50 ! bbls., according to quality and grade, within
the range of 8 to l01c. At private sale 40 ] bbls.
Choice at IL to ll4c. Sept. 18th, 100 biz bbls. ex
Comet, a lie. Oct. 9th, AT auction, McRuer &
Merrill sold Literally at prices though, to he low by
the purchasers. Nearly all offered was disposed Of
to the trade, consisting of 100 kegs, Sc. a SO As;
700 dark. e TO Sic Oct 9th, At private sale, 126
kegs Princeville, at advanced rates. I notice Mr..
WyIIie has a crown in the stencil plate of the Prince
vile Plantation, which must have been cut from the
likeness Of that Oh the Government House gate. But
perhaps | am mistaken, and he meansit as the repre-
sentatiou of the Scotch caps worn by the Bonnet
Laird of Hazeldean. We'll, Well" it is a good
trade mark anyhow.
RIcg-Sales Sept. 18th, at auction, Of l0.OO0 lbs.
in bags, AT &c. Oct. 9Th, 500 bags, "a 50 a So 80
pet 100 los.
SALT-Sales of Coarse, SD so a Sl3 per ton.
Dairy Sl9 a SI9 % per ton.
CoFFEE-Private advices from Valparaiso of Aug.
18th, state that the Cesar, en- route to this port with
a cargo Of Coffee from Rio. 10 JAS. Patrick & Co.,
had discharged. and the Coffee much damaged. Another letter
have 70 be sold in that market for account under~ri,srs- sales
OF Kona at auction, 3O.c.
PuLu-Sales of last importation at 20c. This salts
factory price could not be maintained, should the
article 90 from the control Of one house. Held as it
has been for the past four months since the trausac-
ton in your place between largest gatherers and
oxnor,arS :, r,aip,oips tho 6,,,ra cuota1 ~ M apd
a fertilization twice as large as schreiber's on sansome, would
not affect the price. But let it 20 into divided hands and down
comes the price quicker than Fort Puin would under the 200
poucders Of General Quartus Gilmore at CHAR ston. Don't
you think " Pint" Us, instead Of Qaartns would have been
better name for an Artillery General:
Vessels-Their Movements.
Since the During. no vessel has lett here, to stop
at Honolulu. To-day the TaHjore has been cleared
by c. W. Brooks & Co. and the Comet by McRuer &
Merrill. The Halle JACKSON, Capt. D. Hempsted,
is on the berth to have sailed positively yesterday.
Flint, Peabody & Co. have laid on the berth the ship
Herald Of the Morning, for Honolulu. Her ulti-
mate destination is Bakers Island, for Guano. | am
told that the Young Hector is to follow the Comet
in 10 days or 4 fortnight. Mr.. c. \. Williams, who
is now here. is negotiating the charter of an English
bottom to load Guano. The Trieste at your place
about two years since, from whence she took a Guano
charter. arrived to-day with sugar from Cuba. She met with
very heavy weather, and was obliged to throw part Of her cargo
overheard. and t IS supposed the balance will have 70 he sold
on Underwriters account. As the cargo reached about 100000
lbs, almost half Of The emit e nine months indwich Island i'm
portatiou. ii will remove quite a =" bear" from the market. Nc
Ruer q Merrill sold the George WashiHgtOn, with an " if" for
S5,4OO. She was formerly a whaIer. The John Jay. 1914 tons
register, built in New York III 1929, was sold the same day for
$500. The Captain OF the Samuel Robertson, from New
Bedford .or Honolulu, writes under date July %. that ne has
chartered the Br. ship Dolphin for $500 to take the cargo of
the s. Il. from PernanbucO to Honolulu, the s. Il. having been
condemned.
First Whaler.
On the ID October, the w~haleship Abigail. TO
McRuer x Merrill, from the Arctic Ocean, has 1900
bbls. whale and 200 bbls. sperm oil. 10, 900 TBS bone,
and 1900 Ms ivory. Mr.. \. p. Everett went down to
the heads and boarded her. | didn't, but | learn
that she reports the HurueSt, IS n high horse, l6
wlales-lsO0 bbIs. $4,000 lbs. bone. Bully for you. friend
Dowsett. She reports some island or other, but as Tve lost the
item. You will have to find it yourself. l. is an island with two
or three skis to the end of the name, and no wonder it wrecked
the Electra If she went on il.
Petroleum or Coal Oil.
The Whalers will have to dry up the increase
in the consumption Of this article as an ilIuminator
is enormous. The cause of its large advance in price
in the EASTER states is not difficult to be imagined,
if one reads the following table
The exports Of this article from New York from January 1st
to August ~. 1863, were i. +79. or gallons against 1926 S93
for the same period last year, bling an increase Of nearly ten
Of gallons. From all other ports III the United States.
period, 1862, 1929, 5lS-making the total exports from the
United States since January LIST, 10000, lie gallons in 1862
5,i594ll.
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