The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-09-23
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SATURDAY,. %, 1865.
: THE merchant arrivals the past week are the American
bark Cambridge, from San Francisco via KOhsla; British
bark Magnolia, from Valparaiso, en- route to Shanghai, and
the American Ahfp Mindoro, from San Francisco. The de-
partures have been the British schooner AIberni, for Victoria,
v. l.; British ship Dennis BTundTit, for Valparaiso; Ameri-
can barkentne Constitution, for Puget Sound, and American
bark OnUdTd, Of the Hawaiian Packet Line, for San Francisco.
The Ou,gard took away 1899 pkgs C213, 625 pounds) sugars,
aud 50 pkgs e, $40 galons) moIasses. and other produce.
The Ai6srni also took away l,eOs pkgs Q2o,Tss pounds)
sugars, 50 pkgs Q3sI gaIIons) molasses, 40 bags Q5,0i3
pognds) coffee, 100 bags Oo,oOe poundsl rice, and other pro-
duce.
The DENNIS Brundrit took o5 bales 1875 pounds) wool,
with the copper ore discharged by the HarWoOd.
The Russian bark UEEo has been chartered to load guano at
Bakers island.
The British bark Haruood, condemned, was sold at auction
ca Thursday last, and the sale must he very satisfactory IS to
whom it may concern" The hull and lowemasts sold for
8. 500, Mr. Thoms being the purchaser, and wall probably be
r,ted for the whaling business out Of this port Her anchors
sold for 5ll9lc per pound; chain cables, ls4i6sc per pound
small anchor and Hedges, 1I40l2ici topsal sheets and other
snail chains, 7124c. The whole sale viii probably realise b.
tween $4,000 and $4,000
The news Of the burning Of whaierz by the Shenandoah had
reached New Bedford, but no particulars were given. Parties
Interested had insured 10 New Bedford for 100000. paying 20
per cent. for war risk, and $500, 600 in New York Offices at Is
per cent. tor . %90,nSsinn s .yaii 7sI BENZ q r - bought ee @pl fA''1' 6
Gold on september ID was li5-
We clip the following from the AIta California:
cosx-r5o COO fs domestic sold st 50 IS per 100 fos-
CorEEE-Pices remain much the same rs last noted, with
light sales; rs SKIS Rio brought 2ltc, cash, and so do Central
America 22c- At auction, by Merrill & Co.. los SKIS Kona, ST.
Wem-Stsady in prices, with aggregate sales Of $4,000 lbs
xood 10 choice American shipping grades at le42lc; 25,OO0
ms a, Is125c for clean, free Of bursj fall clip lSGloc, aud
= i,st Eed.r.I loan was closed out on the 25th August,
leaviNg the SeeTeary witnoS sr nn IN snS. % . - "a c unii
-. re " = .s1maied that the arrear acquisitions will by
Tit time reach three to -four hundred millions, aud that Con-
y 80 : ssoo goo GOO which has been negotiated was e5-
tTmStei by Mr. Fessenden as sufficient 70 carry through the war
until Congress should meet Notwithstanding that peace came
Immediately after the passage of the loan, and that the re-
ceipts OF the Treasury from loans, taxes and customs have been
e. 100 600 600 the Treasury a so short OF money that u sold
sotd 10 meet sIo,950yO0o Of currency interest due August 18th,
on $500. 100000 Of seven-thirtiss, and other pressing demands
Of the Treasury
sue,R CRoP OF LoCrHiSA-The New Orleans Price Current
has prepared n statement q the quality OF sugar made this
season., on the comparatively limited numOer o Ptantaions
that We. rut under cultivation IL seems that the whole num-
her Of plantations cultivated, or rather where cultivation this
season was attempted, - Ia, and the number oi hogsheads OF
,rrar made. computing each hogshead at HOO pounds nett, is
800 e56s. being an average Of only about IS hogsheads to
,arb pI.ntaiiou. while for the season Of lsol-62, the average
50 .bo,, asa hog.heads. The past has been one OF the worst
Of sugar seasons in louisiana, and this fact, IN conjunction
with other most important considerations whieh II u unnecces-
cTop. A good many planters finding their cane 50 inferior in
quality as to no. fully justify the expense Of grinding preserved
the whole OF IL for seed, so that IL Is hoped thee viii be a
grsater breadth Of land put under cultivation the approaching
than there was the past season stn there VIII 2 a great
nanv years to come, it matters not what system may he
adopted to increase its cultivation. Ordinarily Il requires one
hundred acres Of cane to plant a field of three hundred acres
To .sr.rtafu the crop OF molasses, il has been the custom TO
ALLOW seventy gallons Of molasses Tor every thousand pounds
Of sugar. but this season the proportion VIII 0 c3nsidera9ly
greater. as on a good many Plantations nolsssesony MADE
PossipIy the production may reach TO $4,000 to $4,000 barrels.
The total number Of plantations under cultivation within the
limits of louisiana before the war, according % M OhahPO-
nier's valuable work, was I291, and Of these the grinding on
1917 was performed ~ steam power, and on the remaining 2o4
by horse power. Below Is the statement Of the product this
go, an the limited number Of plantations cultivated, COM
pared with the product for lS5l-o2:
Crop of Ssear made gittin the Following Parishes OF
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