The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-04-23
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s1rnRDAK. APRIL q. 1870.

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rs..-sv,1 or m. pfsneer Australian steamer marks an era
IN the commercial history Of This port. 1t desuhe" "iw
rish Is Que of the b-t avenues Of trade, and . ne" Oulet hi
orr increasing agricultural products. In bit = Z st1i 10"
hereafter the competition Of two extensive III
r-eti5n supplying a population Of about I mAlion' Z IN
the other r.be Colo-icsy = population Of lover two millions We
are f.vorabIy situated TO supply either, at as 1S = cost Is ue
sane articles can be had elsewhere
We INV. hen unable u obtain any very definite Information
about the tarir in tEe Australian Colonies, except thatihe duty
%, srvar-t is s. Per ton q s-es0 pounds, equal 70 about one
cent a rss1nd. We End IN the sydney EUeHiHg NFWs Of March
s. the buoainz report % sugar and coffee
r.,ss-stock- are again becoming very scarce, but there
9.SA.-sT rSSs.s nov frIiy due, which prevent any imme-
tat ,dvarrr 10 quotations The sales Of the month have been
"tarrsE-I EssI trade demand has eastrd throughout the
month, old beiL- paid for plantation o. ir naISe, @nI = %
81 nr NauIz, The latter b-i1s IN less request than othsr de-
s-Hptgns
Il, surk,a1t. FROM a prize current, We learn that the duty
On loaf crushed and raw susar - the -1Ine-one penny q
pound. Hsuntius rsws are quoted At E@G a ESQ according
r, quality. Nessr4- CruirEzhsuk,S sharp 4 Co.'S Circular Of
Aprl sI quotes yellow cry .aI CNos- Is a 10, E35 a ES6i
browns. go ~ E3Z- The S0Btt'FD CT9Ey sayss
sugar has advanced mEy 20, per ton since our last sum
mary. sUScss ar n9teEtie, az qI2tatlols if pei ~h,Is
Maah5gs, 90 ms e - s..y- ~ "a s rs n TS - - ~
The steamer it1Eo sailed promptly On Thursday afternoon,
FIJI Of fsigh, and passengers for San Francisco particulars
gwen below
from Sevsraztas. which arr fr s1e-
The steamer Songa Fouga sailed for Auckland and sydney
o.. Friday, afternoon. taking ! quantity q sugar and Pulu,
and but Gw paSseuEsf. Hereafter shipments Of produce a.
well as the number Of passengcrs Tor the Colonies, will be
larger
By th- san Francisco papers we observe that the cargo Of
TEA BIS the bark B>n,f4cfrs's rmJapan, was shipped through
eutire o. New York, Ioadrug one entire train, InI was deiiv-
cred in Nex York IN twelve days from san Francisco. Itts
probable that large Ia shipments viii in future be made BY
rne sane route
Its 4 noteworthy incident Of orr hreiga commerce, says
the BULLETIN q the let, o. record that there arrived at San
Francisco yesterday a fun cargo Of coffee from Central Amer
lea, a full cargo of nee frooI China, = full cargo Of sugar from
BatAvia, aud 4 hI cargo of oranges from Tahiti
The cargo Of the ship Puritan, consisting Of Newcastle Goals,
had been purchased At ssn Francisco by the North Pacific
Transportation Company to De discharged in Honolulu. THIS
ship may be expected here any day
The bark CfaTu 4. SUtH may also be booked for from San
Francisco the coming week.
The latest quotation Of gold Is III, ApTH2 2
coMuERCIJL ITEMS.
The first uhal-r % sail from New Bedford the coming spring
will probably b. the ship CCmHH0fOTs Morris, for a North
master Of barb OCEAN Sised, and previously mate Of the COM
HI0tore Morris We hope he al. b. a. successful as on those
4 general reduction By the Boston companies Of the rates Of
insurance on first class risks has taken place, mercantile rsks
nar y "a "a = ~ a iss - bavirr r-,I1cld h. s1n ig e If N.
strongest companies, aud compelled many Of the weaker ones
10 wind up their affairs
The price q dispatches b. the new inland line to India is
very low when compared with the tariff from New York to the
distant parts - our country This line goes north Of Arabia,
and over the Persian GuIE \ new line : soon TO be completed
va the Rel Sea, and from Alden to Bombay, and the present
line doubtless places its prices low 10 attract business.
An article termed " compressed leather" Is now Hanufac-
turet Of the waste baslieT Of shoe factories and sadilery estab-
H-hmeuts, BY first cleansing it from dirt and other foreign sub
stances. then cutting ia into hue shred, With the waste of raw
hides and inmeTsing in water containing ono per cent. OF sui
phurrc acid until the whole forms a plastic pulp, which can
then b. pressed into mOuIds Of the desired size. After these
have been dried BY means q steam, the masses are passed be-
tween rollers, one Of which Is rough and the other smooth, for
The purpose q producing surfares IN imitation Of flesh and grain
sides % leather To render the whole piable, one pound II
gIycernc j. adGed EF each one hundred pounds q material
For many purposes, ~ for the soes Of shoes, etc, this artificial
substance completely replaces the natural leather, and can be
sold - = much cheaper rate
An important decision was rendered by Judge Mcneil, Of the
Supreme Court. in New York, ON Friday. in an insurance CASE
4 vessel, injured by collision put into Rio Janeiro, and was
there sold by the captain, partly because he had no money TO
pay for the necessary repairs, and partly because he deemed
the estimated cost Of the repairs greater than the value Of the
vessel The court held that he sh0ull either have abandoned
the ship % the underwriters as = total loss, or have repaired
her, and had the Cost afterwards adjusted az q partial loss. AZ
he adopted neither Of these courses, IL was decided that there
no case e-her Of total or partial loss, and the underwriters
consequently free from all liability. This decision points
cut the course which must hereafter be adopted BY all ship
entering n port Of distress who do DOT propose 10 vitiate
their policies Of insurance, unless, Of Course, an appeal Is taken
and the decision - reversed By a higher court