The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-08-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

INSPECTOR OF WEIGHTS I'M
Abraham Russell has been appointed Inspector OF
Weights and Measures for the Island of Oahu. By
what authority the appointment is made is not clear,
after reading the law on the subject, which says, the
italics being ours
To procure a standard set Of weights and measures; and IL
and measures as shah he presented To him TO be tried, and TO
seal such as shall be found true, with the capital letters II. 1.
spective governors, copies Of the original standards, for the
use Of their respective divisions and IL shall be the duty Of
may pc presented to them to be tried, and to seal such rs shall
be found true, with the initial letters Of their respective divis-
If the Minister of the Interior stamps them III
L." and the governors stamp them with the initial
letters of their respective divisions - what is the In
spector to stamp them ? Can the Governor author
ize any person to use the stamps of the Minister Of
the Interior? What is meant by presenting the
weights and measures? The custom in other coun-
tries is to have the Inspector visit places where
weights and measures are used, and there perform
the duties Of his Office. Is it understood thar the
weights and Measures are to be carried to the
Governors Office? If so, a party having in use a
weight or measure at Kealakekua, Kawaihae or
waiohinu, Hawaii, will probably enjoy carrying the
same into Hilo to be stamped. If the Inspector visits
the locality where weights and measures are used,
will he be entitled to make an extra charge? Some
Of the above questions have been suggested to us by
parties with whom we have conversed in regard to
the law. -
EXCESSIVE MoRrALITY.-In n letter to the Minis
ter of the Interior, the Rev. J. s.. Green, of Maka-
wao. Maui. asserts that the deaths in his district for
one year numbered 49,, of which two were foreign
ers, the balance being Hawaiians, and of this num-
Der the most died since the first of January last
and adds: "I need not say this is a greater per-
centage of deaths than I have ever known since my
residence on the Islands /; and if other districts have
sustained as large a loss, the people are fast waning
Our correspondence from other districts on Maui,
and from the remaining islands of the group, all
bear testimony to the same fact. One does not need
to 20 out of Honolulu to be made aware of the rapid
decrease of the Hawaiian race.
PuTSAM's MAcAzISE.-There is an exceedingly in
teresting article in Putnam's for August. on the ISL
and Of Mauritius. 1t is doubly so to residents on
these islands, from the close resemblance in many
respects of the two countries. Problems ct the same
nature are to be worked out in both places, and with
different solutions. The Indian coolie system under
British surveillance. the morals of the country, its
government schools and its physical characteristics,
all present subjects for thought to n reflective reader.
Besides the usual entertaining miscellany, the
Magazine contains an article on the present social
question The defects of Women and how to
remedy then, also one on g Thieves"
~ NAvAL-H. I. Ms Avisa Steamer Lamothe Piguet
arrived at this port on Monday morning, the 10th
inst, eleven days from San Francisco, under sail
The following is a list of her officers:
Marq ST. Hilare, Commandanf.
Desbordes, Second.
Gadaud, Enseigne.
Herbet,
Granger,
Baude, Doeteur.
The Lnmoihe Piquet is a steam propeller of 100
horse power, carrying four guns and eighty-four
men. She is the tender of the Flagship f.4stree,
Admiral CLIQUE, which vessel left San Francisco for
Tahiti on the 9Th inst. the Admiral having des-
patched the Ldmothe Piquet to this port on the same
day<to meet the JMegere, shortly expected here from
TSiti.-Gasette. -
Z" BENNErr's OwN."-This is the title of a news
paper which, its prospectus states, will be issued
about September 10th, to be published weekly, and
furnished at the low rate of four dollars a year. As
it promises to " advocate all measures which may
tend to raise man to that sphere of usefulness for
which he was created, - it should meet with a gener-
Gus support, not only financial but moral, as it
attempts a duty which will task its proprietor's
time, patience and pocket. If energy, under trying
circumstances, is Of value in such an enterprise.
Bennett ought to succeed. We wish him well.
= By the British ship Golden Horn, from San
Francisco. Mr.. 7. Adamson Jr., wife and family,
were passengers Mr.. Adamson received the ap-
pointment of Consul for this port from President
Grants administration, having been selected from a
large number of applicants, for reasons highly COM
plimentary to him. We welcome the gentleman and
his family as a valuable addition to our rather lin
tied society. -
CoRREcrIoN.-In our statement of the valuation
of the domestic exports by the Idaho, we find we
were in error, and not alone, for the Ga=ette's fig
ures and ours agree. The valuation was taken from
the manifest which was furnished by the agents of
the steamer, in footing which they made a blunder of
only SIS, 900. The correct valuation is So, 96S so,
instead Of S37 $685. SO.
AccnESr.-while erecting one of the new bridges
1t waialua, on this Island, on Tuesday lsst, several
natives were injured by the giving way of q guy
rome. Our Informant states that one native had his
leg broke, but by the Gazette we learn that two had
a broken leg. DIR. Hillebrand was fortunately near
at hand and set the broken bones.
THE HARVARD AND YALE Boar RAcE-On our
fourth page will be found an account of the exciting
race between the boat clubs of Harvard and Yale
Universities. Ha,raii Mel was represented in the
winning boats crew.
"A Snow STORM ON HAwAn.-Afer q winter with
out snow, a remarkable fact, Hawaii experienced a
heavy snow-storm about the middle Of July, the
snow remaining on the mountain-tops for some
weeks. A snow-storm in midsummer |! What nextf
WHERE'S PATRICK ScANLoS This is the question
which an aged mother asks our Postmaster General,
and which we sincely hope some one will be able to
answer. Any party knowing to his whereabouts, or
ANYTHING which would interest a mother, will please
address Mrs Scanlon. San Francisco, California
IT The Hawaiian whaling bark Arctic, Captain
Gray, was at Fayal, June 18th, having put in for
medical advice, the mate having been injured while
fast to q whale. The .Arctie had taken IS barrels
sperm oil which she would land at Fayal.
YoUyG MEN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HoNo-
LuLu.-The regular monthly meeting Of this associa-
ton will be held on Friday evening next, 9th inst,