The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-15
coMMEnc1AL.
s<rURDIY. OCTOBER is, 1854.

SATURDAY,. OCTOBER 10, lcot-
rux sdvces from San Francisco by late arrivals, are very
favorable to the sugar interest Considerable activity Is noted,
and m advance in the price Of dark grades had taken place
From the letter os . merchant in san Francisco. engaged In the
Sugar trade, We are permitted to make the following extract,
dated Sept 20:
reaDsry As perch.sed ;s cargo Of Peru sugar per Emile,
some ta:k sandwich Islands. and is in treaty about = cargo Of
Len coon I'm nrst hands Hosshead sugar Is also beins, bought
al that remains at present in TIE hapds o. spectators and i'm
Sssss.. The nss refinery does not Prod educ, a r @des up ?
ing @ any eso;sgs.nce is on The way as know hin lhe ca, ss.goes
sss due nom Posn@seo, for ins.snce, win cos, laid down here,
day pad, near u cents per y, such as nov !. s fo > a 70 i ., Per
These hoyshead sugars are too dear for the refneries and there
gas, bar sssir high cost and large packages WIN on le other
hand be q protection again nr the island sugars, 80 that, as far
he nes ! season 40 are nos Al an diseoaPssiss and eventually may
ere. Ia ha,s aos returned ane very sa.isf.c.ory ACCOUNTS this season
s1d nay be considerably curtailed next years the renewed ship
n<nss Of China sugars TO This port have sold with a loss mostly
nearly sisogrther.D
From his and similar advices receives, it appears that the
propect for Sandwich Island sugars win be good for some time
Manila and China sugars cannot be imported at he prices
taat brneriy ruled for them The cause il. the sugars i'm
ported from China aud Manila havet to be paid for by exchange
ON London. which Is now n, a heavy premium, making ship
merits Grom thence attended with grea. cost The effect win he
- suspend Chinese and Manila fnporta.ious Of sugar into fan
rrsncseo- Ths same remarks will probably apply To rice.
though noe 20 the same extent, as Chinese merchants generally
send goods Of some kind to pay for rice.
Nov ~ there viii he an decreased demand for our sugars In
future, % h well Tor our planters TO study economy in the
packages used The dark sugars being destined mostly for
the reanertes, should be packed either In hogsheads or in bags,
In ou1s 10 save n portion Of the cost OF the present kegs,
wheh IN The sale are counted as Of no use, and when empted
are destroyed. Cheap packages for the dark grades will
enable our planters to hold undhspufed the important position
cf the principal suppner Of California. which they are about to
assume. Our exports for 1885. will not be less than fifteen
millions Of pounds, which 70 about one half that California
H1 require
f0sr attention has been called to the careless way in which
DER half barrel sugar containers are hoped. The outer hoops
~ each end Of the key shoah be made broader and extend
hush to the end Of the slaves. o even q little beyond. Now
they are generally driven from q half to three-quarters OF an
inch below the RIM The consequence is that In the rough
handling which the packages receive after leaving the mill, the
ends Of the slaves get badly broken, making holes, where the
sugar vastes- Ccopers viii readily understand this, and a
reie attention can correct It.
4 Tbs DEPARTURES Of the 0nrara on Wednesday, and the
Comet 90 Thursday, leave no packet In port now for San
Ffsnesco Both the Yankee and the Smyrniofe viii however
arrive in . few days The cargoes and passengers by the
stevs vessels viii be found below.
= Tbs bark Arctic arrived At Boston August 1a, IA days from
aonossiu. She probably sailed again about the LIST Of October.
for this port
We have no vhaieships yet to report, and with the non arr
Val Of merchantmen overdue can ooly report a dull week.
CoxxsacIAL IrExs.
Gold a. New York on the 18th Sent. vas 22s: O the 17th
seeIin1a to 2i, while sterling bulls bad advanced to loss, saa
price.
Private dispatches, dated New York 10th Sept. quote gold at
ms .cotton-erop Is said TO be almost a failure In Louisiana,
from the nvnses Of the worm, which made It's appearance as
hugh up ~ vicksburE-
NRw 1oRx, Sept 1.-THE steamship Vanderbilt, which has
been In this port foe . long time redfting, Il again ready for sea.
The improvements made viii probably increase her ordinary
high rate Of speed. II Ii considered likely she will resume her
search for rebel prvatesrs-
The Import Entries at New York for the second week in
August amounted 10 $Aio4,s75, against s4,063y U0 In the cor
sespocding week OF hst year. Tie Export clearances OF
oouesec produce amounted to 30, 463, $40, against S2,1s4 $50
sane week In 1865. Tn. Export Of specie was s3a2,O 600, against
4121oyx0 same week last year. The customs for the week
were S1,coo,0oo.
MksDis1 fRox-The Chinese are dextero1s members OF
buxsn iron vessels- Their method Is described by DR.. Lock-
hart The surAcc OF the broken vessel Is first scraped clean.
a portion VI cast iron Is then melted in a crucible no bigger
than . oinhts, In . furnace as large rs the lower half Of a
sommon lumber. The iron when melted is dropped on a piece
q Ss covered with charcoal ashes. II IL pressed inside the
vessel sgninst the hole to be fiied mp, and as Il exudes on the
cher side u Is struck and pressed with a small roll Of felt
severed With ashes- The new and old iron adhere, and the
metal beng removed, the vessel Is as good rs new.
The oil market continues very quiet, with holders firm at
$50 for sperm, and Sl.e5 TO sI6o per gal. for whale. There
have been no transactions In sperm In whale n sale has been
made Of SIS obls. South Sea, for manufacture, at L so per gal.
IN New York sales have been made Of 200 bbls. at 3. SO, and
LOO do $1A per gal The exports from New York last week
ncfuded Sool gals whale oil and 50 43 gals. sperm oil. The
New York Journal Of Commerce reports the sale Of 1l5o
3ctB- whale oil, at 81 IS per gal-N.R h. STANDARD. Auo. Is.