The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-01-05
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HovoLULU. JAN. 5. ISL

HONOLULU. JAN ), lsIo-
TIE st'nr Idaho sailed yesterday with fall
freight and a large nanbsr Of passengers We
have no foreign arrivals to report since cur
last issue.
The Bark Ethan Allen Is now taking cargo,
and riIl sailfor san Francisco On the ls;h inst
We have little % present in shape Of
mercantile transactions. bat We infer. from APP
pesraaess. that orders from the plantations
and interior stores have been quite liberal.
We present the table Of the principal experts
Of the year ending Dee slst. compiled BY the
Collector General Of Customs.
IL viii Be no;ieed IS We predicted that the
sugar crop Of 1859 fell short somewhat
We have every reason to believe. however,
tina; the crop coming forward viii exceed
any former year. We make this assertion on
what we consider good authority. and are
wiling to stand 10 IT," to use 4 common
phrase
The bark Miranda. We understand. is char
tered to load guan0 from Bakers Island.
The Cambridge is loading in the Hawaiian
Packet Line Tor Portland.
The brig Byzantiam is loading also in the
Hawaiian Packet Line for Victoria.
The reports Of the sugar market by the
latest adviees were fair. at the same time. the
market was literally supplied with refining
grades. and We cannot look for any very great
advance in prices. and may be satisfied if the
best grades net rs &c. There Is a certain grade
Of sugar made. which commands high figures.
bat when we figure on the duties lie. and ex-
ira package. It reduces itself down to the old
figure. and when We hear Of sales being made
here at e. We consider it the top ofshe market.
Rice and Pulu were reported dull and the
marke. largely overstoeked.
MolAsses is not saleAble at any price. the lot
shipped by the Idaho las, trip could not find
an oder-
We give below, an extract from Messrs.
Walker 4 Allen. Circular at the cad Of the
year. which will give fair statement Of our
domestic products.
DOMESTIC PRODUCE--In lsokins over our do
nestle exports for the yeAf vs-aotier few Of the
leading articles.
SUsaa-This years. crop has fallen something
short, owing in part to unusual drought % slns
parts Il the Islands The cror beginning %
frWard viii b large. ami. We have every
$40 70 believe sill be fuly up 10 the standard 70
quality. But few sales have been made in this
ket, being chiefly shpped On Plantation aecoant to
Caiif1ruia. Ores,n, Washington Territory, and Brit
ish Columbia. one cargo q dark grades to Europe
NotAssrs-There vas some demand fr Moiasses in
the early part q the year. and sales q round lots
made Al y 9 lie with coutainers During the latter
part q the year the prce taring becurne low and
the demand limited in principal market tSxn
Francisco that muct q Il hss he-n allowed % run 10
waste, though some has been shipped to Germany
CoFFEE-The Coffee ercp seems to be diminishing
every wear owing the blight that Affect the trees
although kuua CoGee : known % be superior BY
those who have used il t. any other, when gathered
and cleaned with care. The quantity raised how
ever, has never been sufcieut TO bring il properly
into notice some little has been purchased f5r ship.
msnt % the Eastern States aud Eurupe. leaving the
market nearr bare The quotations. have beeo II q
1Se for cd, aud 10 g IF for new
RIcx-A large Portiou of our Rice crop has been
SHIPPED in Paddy 10 San Francisco. leaving barely
enoagl for hizne consumption The ruling prioss
havebeen & fer Paddy, llse f1r hclei. and &c for
No 1
Pur-Which has formed one Of cur leading articles
Of export for number q years past, i. at the pres
ent tine, nes.iy abandoned. owing % the extreme
Low price aud the scarcity q abor. Esrly in the
year sales were freely made at lO,G lsr The Price
at the present time being nusniual-sal-s Il small
parcels baving heen made At SC.
fUSeVs-Thi- article i purchased principally f5r
shipment to ChiEa At prices ranging frum II 10 lSc-
BEzr-our Island Beef has become Of late years an
important item q export With the aud expe-
rience gained in packing il has proved fully equal to
the imported. and finds ready sale At 81 q Is.
1t viii be seen by the COlleetOr-GenerArs
Report Of Exports, published below, that the
Exports for the year 1869 exceeded those of
IS6s BY nearly three hundred thousand
dollars. This increase has been about
equally divided between neutrality-suspicious.
products and the increased catch Of Hawaiian
whalers, and is very gratifying.