The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-19
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SATURDAY,. MARCH Is. 1870.

MARCH Is. 1870.
Ehe-Unned states Congress viii probably change the dudGz
On sugar during its present session. reducing them a little
though not TO the extent Ehich was desired The bill a. intro
dueed into Congress, and a. reported in tho Gazette, has th'
following Provisions:
On all raw aud muscovalo sugar, two cents Per pound.
IA refined, stove-IrirI, in Ioaf lump, crushed, powdered o.
graduated sugar, four cents 20 pound: PIoUided, That al
sugar other than refined, stOye-inei which has IN the process
ct manuaeture been advaf ced ~ quiiity above hnL1er view
Dutch standard ia color, By beng bolsa, pr eIyscalzed N :
trdusai machines, or by vacuum process, or filtered Through
sug-r. Ind gr9uided further. That the Secretary Of the
Treasury shall. hy regulations, prescribe and require that the
samples taken BY inspections shall be from the middle OF the
Paeksge - a 70 sst a true average quality, and that the
distinctly BY the c1stOn-weighter BE- scoring the figures in
On nyolasses from susar-eane, FIVE cents per gallon
rrat=d meIala or concentrated mCIasses, one AMI three-fOunhs
Il sugircane juice, meLada, concentrated msIada or concen-
tratsi motasses, shall b. fortified 20 the United states
As all orr SUGARS are dried OF ~Purgcd" BY Centrifugal
machines, thos: above No. II Dutch standard viii be cIassed,
by the proposeo law under the headof Clarified Sugars" and
subjected O a duty Of ; cents a rouui, whereas they now pay
from 3lD4 cents a pound, averaging perhaps 3. cents The
new law, q passed., will therefore make a reduction Of half 4
cent a pound on sugars above No. u, and one cent a pound
On sugars below No L. The New York Tribune, OF a late
date, SAYS that thu high tariff bill fDis much opposition, and
there will be a strong ehsrt made 10 stu further reduce the
duties
The fIIsEinE bH was introiucsd into the senate by Mr..
Cole After TWO reaIing-, il vas referred TO the Committee on
Post-0hIcss and Posj-rDads and ordered to be printed:
A BILL q amend AN act % authorize tn establishment Of
rhe Hawaiian IsL,rrfs.r and To extend The same to Australia.
Be = sn0etsa bJ zee Senate and House Of RePreseHfa-
bIsa, Tsar the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby
authorized to eontmet with the steamship company now
eSi-ast5a q thsir monthly ssryi9s % sydney or MelD9arne, IN
AZ an annual cost 20 the Governments 81 not exceeding -
thpezaI-i dDiLsIs- anil br a term not exceeding ten years, and
Un'er SIC adJttionAl restrictions and regulations - u mn
MY are4u aAFiadbie n proper ~ secure regular AL hAilhiN
service -
LOCAL C-OHHERCIIL.
The bars SaTah brings Us san Francisco dates to March 81.
she is under charter 10 load guano at M'Rean's Island. No
chang : are report q BY her in the prices ID our leading pro-
ducts
We notee thai the bark Ethan 1HsH arrived AZ the above
port March LIST. nineteen days from Hou,Iulu- She would leave
again on her return about the Izth Of Mareh-due here next
Spring whaIcrs are coming ia quite freely the Hi5srHia,
IeOrs Ba-ss, and SsHeca have arrived at this port, and
several at kaw sihae- Among the latter, are the Henry TGBeT,
clean Roman, 50 sperm brig Comet. The COHeordia is re-
ported with 10 barrels BEN Cummings, 100 Champion, 40
sperm and 90 whale Many, 60 sperm I'm. ROteh, clean
The -ehooaer PaEahi has been sold by the assignees Of C.
" Spencer & Co 10 Ills Majesty for 5000 and the KanlaIe,
l'tsly the property Of His Majesty, has been purchased by F.
= Pratt, on private terms.
The stock q ship ehandIery belonging to the estate Of C.
Spencer a Co, was sod at public auction on Thursday by
Adams & wiIIer, AMI brought very low prices.
The steamer hah0 Ian on the 10th, with a fair freight con-
sistinS Of over 10000 pounds sugar, &c, specified below, and
- passengers IL is reported that the 4az will take her
place br the next trip.
10 is now almost certain that 4 new line Of steamers will be
within the next thirty days, connecting San Fran
Ci-c0 with Australia via Honolulu, aud the pioneer vessel may
arrive in April either from San Francisco or Sydney.
The ship SyTsH, with cargo Of merchandise 10 e. Brewer d
Co. is now 10 days out from Boston, and fully due. She
male the passage cut last year in 10 days.
Gold in New York at the latest dates was lis, with a ten
lency TO decline Il would seem as though a very little fnan-
riering might now reduce the premium 20 par and keep it there.
The brig Robert CoI1GH will sail for Victoria, and the bark
D. g. Murray fur San Francisco next week. both vessels
aking full eargoes Of island produce.
Persons interested. in claims against the schooners PauaAl
md LHiH are referred TO the notice Of the assignees Of the
state Of G. ~ Spencer 81 Co.