The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-10

~ We are glad 10 learn that the experiments
in brickmaking. referred 10 last week. continue TO
meet with success. and that Mr.. Osborne has pro-
! duced bricks. on the second trial. which are con-
sIdered by experts equal 10 the best imported.
They have not been fully tested Yet. and when
tested may prove superior 10 the best foreign. We
have several specimens before rs. which certainly
are sufficient to satisfy any one that We not only
possess a good material. but the uery best for max
ing bricks. one OF oUr merchants i 80 well salts
fed with their quality that he has engaged to take
the first 5000 that Mr.. Osborne will make. Not
only can good bricks be made. but they can be
made cheaper than in California. and at a price
that will enable builders to prefer them 10 lumber
or stone. Now here l. 4 new branch of industry.
which our merchants or the government may. by
timely assistance. help to become a very important
one. Government can assist. by contracting for
any amount OF building material in this line that
may be wanted by it. No matter if ii proves 4
failure. give it a fair trial and let Mr.. Osborne have
the benefit of government patronage 10 test whether
it be a success or a failure, though. for our part,
We have no doubts about il. In other ways gov
eminent can help him, by furnishing land or any
thing he may need. for he is a stranger among us.
We want to See these new enterprises helped along,
even il a little loss is incurred 1T first, for they are
in the end a public benefit.
- AGRICULTURAL SoCIETY.-A meeting of this So
ciety was held on Thursday. and the official report
of its proceedings kindly furnished by the Secre-
tary to the Gazette office. under the impression
probably that there was only one paper printed in
Honolulu. Last evening after our paper was ready
to make up, the editor of the Gazette, at our re-
quest, furnished us a proof of the proceedings.
We have room only for an abstract at this time.
The following officers We're elected, which is the
first regular election for several wears:
PreSident-J. Montgomery, Esq. (
Treasarer.-A. J. Cartwright, Esq.
Corresponding SecTetary.-Dr. Wm. fIiIebrand.
Record'mg SecretUy.-;T I. Doyen, ESD,
j. Meek, I. Cummings, and D. M'Bryde.
A proposition made by Mr.. varigny, to hold a fair. was voted
down. and the Executive Committee instructed to inquire INTO
the subject. The Minister Of the Interior stated that appro-
priatious had been made probably by the GOvernment) to
procure and Introduce fsh-srawn and silk worm eggs. After
other unimportant business, the meeting adjourned till to-day.
1 sREAL EsrArE-.An unusually large amount of
real estate is now offered for sale. and some of the
lands are very desirable locations. The four tracts
of land on Hawaii. belonging to the Haalelea
estate, are well worth the attention of capitalists
or persons intending 10 engage in the sugar bust
ness. Those near Hilo. in particular. are very fine
lands. Other property on Molokai and Kauai. be-
longing to the same estate, is also to be sold in
April.
The estate of the late Mr.. Wyllie. comprising
several dwellings in Honolulu. is also offered for
sale. and will be found advertised in our columns.
Some of them are among the most desirable pro-
pertv in the city-such as Emma House, the Amer
House. Mr.. Austin's residence and Rosebank
in Nuuanu Valley. 1t is not often that so much
estate is for sale here.
AMERICAN the most well
come periodicals we receive from abroad is this,
contains a variety OF information useful to
persons engaged in agricultural and horticultural
pursuits seldom met in any one periodical. 1t is a
monthly. and is filled with variety and miscellany
as well as agricultural reading. Copies can be
found ut the bookstore.
SrABErNG -AFFRAY-A Portuguese seaman on
BOARD the w~haleship Emily Morgan, on Tuesday,
the second officer in the shoulder. inticting
very severe wound. The cause of the trouble
the refractory disposition of the seaman.