The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-06-24
COMM ERcIAL.
HONoLULU. JUNE q. IS.


The ship Anna KimhzR passed tho port on the
10Th lumber loadsd, from Puget sO1nd. bound &c
shanEhae. The same day, shs British ship seio,o
arrived from Yokohama with IL Japanese coolies,
70 the Board Of ImmiErafion-
The Peru. Capt cou,ssoek. arrived las. wedaes-
day. frora ST. PAuTs Island she is engaged in seal
fishing.
Tue brig china Packet sailed yesterday for Hong
kong. taking cargo q Fungus, etc
The bark osmrt is loaded and sails tomorrow,
taking fan cargo chiefly No. l susars
Ths Murray IS ai,Ous due, aud may se looked
fer b,sre saturday she viii HsAin sail on the 9th
p-ux-. having a fall cargo and quite number Of
passengers engaged
The R " Wood i about due from san Francisco.
There is quite = number q vessels now due; two
or three With lumber froa the sound and BurrAra's
inlet. and one from Noyo River, with redwood
HauAu.S susAEs.-we take the faIlo~ins from the
Japan TTaes The editor supports the view We have
long held, that japan i natural market for Hawai-
ian sugars
Mr. d. C Waterman the able and Intelligent
SPECIAL Envoy fr0m Hawaii 70 Japan, sat here last
summed BY the Hawaiian Government saw al once
the capacities Il this eoantry consumer q the
sugars which are noN grUWn 50 slecessiaii4 N ne
Hawaiian group His rep-urt which We published in
the Japrn Tiles q March 2ist, Is occupied mainly
vita this subect and Is staiistcs-he shows h0w IN
three years the consumption Of foreign sugars has
risen fu1an 5000 picuis month 70 1900. a supply
derived frou China FuruosS and Hoilo. how fsvor-
ably were jud-ed the samples Il Hawaiian produce
which he brought with him. and with what good
rhztce II successful cuunpeftigu the sugars Ct the
Islands might D. introduced As he very pertinently
Gays - the growing demand f1r better hruwn
sugar thsn ha berssosrs reached Japan is quite svi
dealt and the supply viii tll into the hands q that
country which -dall frS the trae, and estab
lisa reputarion for its b~st grade To secure the
trade fr Hawaii. be has arranged, assisted BY the
Consul Gereral for the Islands resident here, the
present emigration.
That Mr.. Waterman is right, both in his facts and
his PREDICTIONS quite certain sugar, 70 some races
Of men luxury, l. 20 all Eastern nations absolute
necessity, their staples u f1od not having enough
saccharine matter IN their structure enable them
10 Gispenze with it in is crude stztes and though
consderabe improvement has been rltae "a the quail
ity Of the sugar in the S0uth Of japan itself sti il
Is evident that the >oil and climate act favor
able are those q other countries % it growth,
and the marked and rapid increase q consumption
q Chinz and Nanla produce most favorable 10 the
hopes Il the hrvigu tmp1rter- Hawaiian sugar.
may judge FROM the samples submitted last year,
= eertauy better, az tie price. than the cor
responding grsdes frum China Manila and the
slightest reduction IN laiduun cot would suihoe 70
drive these latter out q the market and place Ha
waii IN the position f1reshadowod ~ aIr. Waterman
u the country securing the trade AID establishing
Aue ucltcc3lF At-lliil ~ t+e faAs-A-N-
The AKA s4yi q the new Euglish screw steamers
10 be put On the Pacific; The question q screw
ses paddle viii then be put TIE vigorous test
The screws, with the advantage of lgW-pric@d hard
WOOD and metal Fnd cheap building Of the Clyde,
viii have some advantages, but II the President Of
the Pacific Nail Company Judgment Is correct they
viii not any cheaper than framed large
sife-vheel steamers. with single vertieie beam
gines II the English boats do not beat ours in
curity, speed cost q running, shall win the
fight. because already surpass them in the spa
ciOusness Il SALONS and comfortable arrange
neuts FIR passengers travelling IN warm ATTITUDES
The fastest time Of salIIr,; vessel on record is
that q the clipper ship Graf RePHblte, her pas
sage 10 San Francisco IN 1850. under command 0f
Joe Limeburner. She made ISL knots an hour, aud
sailed as miles in "a hours On December p Il
last year she sailed from St johns arriving in Liv
eipoli the 18Th the run between Cape Sable and
Cape 81. Clair. made in 10 days and hours.
These facts have been brought out BY published
st3srment that the new yacht CAaEsage, owned by
Lorillard the New York tohaccouist. bad made the
fastest time having L knots in one hour.
The London Mint does not d. mnch business Row.
MOI single sovereign coined there last year,
nor has one been struck there during this During
neatly nfteen n0nths, in fact nQt pound sterling
in gold has been added 70 the currency Of the King
dom Any one taking gold 70 the Mint can have II
made iut0 sgyereigns. and the c01utry bears the
whole expense Of the coinage The very last private
application which vas made 70 the Mint came from
Mr.. Pedbsriy. the American Millionaire, who sent
about El0eo Of old gold Of all kinds 70 be made in
~ soyereigns-
A recent census shows the population Of HonglkoRg
10 BE- ll1,57l, Il which 2,151 ars Eurepeans and
Americans.