The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-29
NOTES OF THE WEEK..
San FnAxcI.co y HAWAIIAN TRADE-

san FRAScIsCo AND HAWAIIAN Trade
"Our imports from the Sandwich Islands seem to be rapidly
J Y~,sc c.s ah = tS yonvg Beeto,. Which arrivals we noticed in in 6n en-
la.t issue. Their Joint cargGcs comprise only 33s kegs and Goo
Irrts sugar. IFS bbls. Nolasses, 2Ol bales Puiu. and I3 bags
being even a full cargo for the Yankee 60 ulset this, however,
sbuniart yielI ami ,hat iarre pnrcbase. df sugar and M6lss-
ss had been recently made at Honolulu 60 that possibly our
PEELED perhaps when the SHyT"i0te. u the Opposition hue,
makes hr appearance.'
The above extract is from the commercial and fnan-
cial article Of the san Francisco Bulletin of the
23d September, and we must say that we are some
what surprised 10 see such an expression coming
from the usually correct and we'll posted commercial
editor Of this leading journal. The suppression of Il
truth is as bad as an untruth itself. No one can
possibly he better informed than he, that our Homo
lulu packets, within the past eight months, have
been increased from two TO seven, all commanded by
most experienced and thorough masters; that t&o
vessels have been put upon the Hilo route, (thereby
verifying cur prophecies in 1859, for which, at that
time, we were rather ridiculed than otherwise, by
cur now absent friend the then reporter Of the Poly
ReSidR,) and that our ex port trade has increased
from 5000, 600 lbs. sugar in 1868, to S,OCO,O eco lbs.
in 1864, up 10 September !; while there has also
been a corresponding increase, although not so heavy,
in others of our leading staples. The disparaging
remarks above, admit then Of great qualification.
But we are disposed, however, in the spirit of gene
rosity, 10 attribute the comments of our worthy con-
frere TO a humorous disposition on hs part, which
takes 4 "quiet dig in this manner at the enthusi-
astic rivalry now existing between the two lines of
Hawaiian packets, so ably represented here and
in san Francisco by leading mercantile houses,
known to all our citizens, and which spirit is more
or less shared by their worthy attaches.
- Our readers will regret IN learn of the resig-
nation of Mr.. John s. Low, as Secretary of the Board
of Education. The cause, We hear, has been some
dissatisfaction regarding the report of the Board,
which had been prepared by the Secretary, laid be-
fore the Board, signed by a majority an1 printed.
When ready TO be laid before the Legislative Assem-
bly,, the Board met again, recOnsidered, rejected, and
suppressed it. This placed the Secretary in an awk-
ward p~redicament. and he felt compelled TO resign.
The Board will have 10 look some time before it can
6ud a person so well qualified 10 superintend the
affairs of that department as was the late incumbent.
lis familiarity with the native language, and the i'll
terest he took in the natives and their education,
well fitted him for the place. We understand that
Mr.. Low has been appointed Manager of the Prince
willie Sugar Estate, to succeed Mr.. McGregor, whose
health ccmpels him TO r~elineuish his place.
- The Legislative Assembly has been engaged
the past week in discussing n bill to legalize the es-
tablishment Of distilleries in Honolulu; and. as might
be anticipated from the packed house convened, it
meets with very little opposition, and may pass o-day
on its final reading. b. this act any one, under a
license of fifty dollars, can erect a distillery, not to
exceed two for the present. No one will wonder
at the passage of this act, the only surprise will be
that it vas thought Necessary to go through the form.
atty Of any discussion at all.
Observation-Disclosures Morrison will give his Sec
ond performance OF magic, witchcraft and denonol-
ogy this evening at Canton Hall. Those wishing to
learn the science of the Black Art will not fail to be
there. See advertisement and programme. J