The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-02-17
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NlTuRD1T. FERRrIRY u. -.

l.. 1886.
=JCE files ty the OutrlTf md LibsHs contain Interesting
Commercial news, though no very important changes la praIuc'
fatss arr gwen Respecting tire ssu Francisco market, te
alta says
The general markets have MT rre-eutaI much activity AMI
iatsrterss sith general business Tie supply - Coal has been
vessels, the c.r.Drs ~ which have 40 been sold Coffee uu-
Ge.EeDt 2 T.rtgrts'"n- Ihr 20 bags Csn'rsl Am{rst n
VtS taken the d7y b-i,re, ~iui view % c'n1-ntf1t' ga
Costa Bira Cote OF these 100 sold a; 25ic, at 90 days
The balance sold at 2iie. with au If" The market rzs''srsi
it, qu9tluou Immediately. Tie sane firm offered $50 hhIs-
sugar. Of which 50 sobi - lie. aad the balance With an IL
SALE d $1,000 gallon. Coal OIL q 81 90 L0iers nov AK 81 20.
Ca-reucy bis on the Atlantic are selling 81 % + cent Pre-
Hi1m 90 gold Sight drafts payable IN eoin arr qg'..'le At
siTihs Is raIas at l,ia!ss Nr nlnEsn' bills
Our at-s. geographic alyces from the Eas; quote gold at
- $500 . I. 500 4 Dol. Hawaiian a, I1an.c for No. /
TosAs-Es-There 5 a good demand Tor Hawaiian al SsO
35ic. per gallon
The RaHstn's Ne~ York correspondence under date Of
Dec. 90. contains the following
shipbaiiHHg, IS steadily improving here and at he East;
AsssIica fame, - buHdins a large steamer for the Pacific slaI
si~amship Company. TINS vessel j. sah 70 be the arset
wooden steamer ever built. she i 5000 tons burthen, 900 feet
IN length, 50 feet in breadth, with 81 feet inches depth Of hold.
She vii cost oyer 81 100000
respecting tie plans OF the Secretary Of the Treasury. a
corresponding writes from washington, as hliows= There IS
- - ran 4, ,er,igrstes Of iudsttrinesz. ami he fri i..ues
Of 10 bonds aud tHs compound Understanding notes"
The California freightng business i not 50 brisk as a couple
% weeks ago. Nevertheless a fair business IS dong and no
more vessels viii be detained four or five months on the berth
a = ger some last summer. The business ELi be Injured to
some extent by the low rates nj which the steamers are now
taking goods via the Isthmus. The Pacific Mail Steamship
Company have recently made a married reduction in rates and
they vii take some trade from the sailing vessels, owing to the
auIrk transit. I unierstaud from tTustwOTty authority that
this company are nov making enough to pay a handsome divi-
dead, without counting the passengers at all II this be true,
the sailing vessels will have 10 suffer cOnsiieTlcy, It is feared,
th0agh eventually there will undoubtedly be profitable employ
tnent for both sail and steam between the commercial enpOriums
Of the Atlantic and Pacific Rates are ruinOusIy low. and /
hear that some Of the freight lists have not equaIlei the dis
csco= and as the steamers rates have been reduced, the ships
will ia al probability be deprived 81 the great bulk Of Light
goods. relying mainly On weight, which can only afford to pay
low rates % freight
Spirits turpentine IS selling at s1DI 92I. 4 drawback 0:
2Lc Y gallon is allowed on exports. Crude tJrpeHtine Is steady
ut IS % for Wilmington Resins are steady 1t SO J140SG so
Tor common. Tar IS dull at 81
Lnseed OF IS steady Il 43Dl 49, whale, 81 co, and crude
sperm. 81 80.
Paints are very quiet, bot held with confidence.
Petroleum is dull and declining. Free, in tins, sells at
9Gc3SI.
Pork has been active, bu. closed dull at go 37l0 s29 so for
mess and s3I for new do
Beef is steady at from sIIDIT for old and s2+ for new.
Bacon IS quiet a. 150I5ic for Cumberland. Cut meats are
quiet at I33UITc for picked hams
The following Geographic items are o: interest in this connec-
ton
NEw YOHK, Jan. 15.-The Herdid's Washington special des-
patch says that no Production in the revenue tax on tobacco,
whiskey, cntton or petroleum is contemplated, but the tax Is
likely to be increased
The import Of hides from foreign ports where the cattle
nouncemsnt has strengthened the market here for hides
saHed on the I5ih, steamer Continental, Windsor, San
Francisco, for the California, Oregon and Mexican Steamship
Company.