The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-03

s4rURDAY, SEPTEMBER ,. 1870.

SEPTEMBER , 1870
The .emi-anuual commercial statistics for the port Of san
Fnncisco, including from January 1 10 JGne 80, 1870, do not
present % favorable an exhibit a. those Of former years Inc
tonnage arrivals amounted 20 $4,000 tons, or about 10000 tons
less than for the same time last year The iOreign imports
the six months cost sI2OOO,OOO, an increase Of at least $1,000
go against the same time last year. The estimated currency
vaIue of the free goods brought by the Panama steamers was
sGIO3OOO. n decrease Of over sI7, 100000, compared with the
same time last year. The railroad brought merchandise that
Otherwise would have come by STEAMER, but not 10 the extent
required 20 make good the above deficiency The exports Of
merchandise for the half year, by way Of the sen, amounted TO
x~6ssO.O0O. a decrease OF nearly 100000 from 1862 Ofeoin
and bullion there was exported s~I7,S7s,OOo, a decrease OF over
100000 a. against the same time In 1862
PROFITS or A SOUTHERN FAcTORY-Tbe last annual state
meut Of the Augusta. Ga, cotton factory, which has Just been
published, makes a splendid exhibit Of results The gross
earnings of the factory for the year ending June 1lth, 1870,
were sI153SO; the expenses were S2S,T42 repairs $3.50;
taxes anil water rent pail sI4.972i leaving the net earnings
SI27,779- Out q this let earnings they have been paid during
the year four dividends Of per cent each. amounting 81 to sl2o5
10 and the balance, s7,779, has been added to the profit and
loss account, making that aceOInt equal 10 S233y295- The
capital stock is 100000 the mills, machinery and real estate
absorb q this S435,O39, leaving SI74,960 as commercial capital
The last dividend declared in April last was the forty-fourth Of
the company. The factory consumed during the year 2 9O7.-
675 pounds Of cotton, al an average cost Of "a cents a pound,
and manufactured s,222,I31 yards Of cloth. IL employs 4so
hands, to whom Il has paid s159,9Ts. an average Of 1927 each.
FaEIGHTs-The Newcastle Chronicle Of July 10 says:
There is al present little demand for tonnage. Since the re-
eeipt Of atviees per last mail, via Honolulu, Of the overstocked
state Of the coal market al san Francisco, The rate Of freight
20 that port has declined from 2ss ard 26s- per ton to 1ss. and
20s-j The exports, however, 70 that port, continue as heavy as
ever. The larger portion Of the orders for coal for Java being
nearly executed, the demand for tonnage 10 that port has
abatei- For Hougkong rates remain firm at last quotations.
For Shanghai, late sdvices having brought news Of a further
fall in the price Of coal, the highest offer is 2ls- 10 22s. per ton.
Quotations are as under To Bombay, 22s. Calcutta, los. )
San Francisco, 1ss- to POS HOngkong, los Gale, 15s.
Shanghai, Y Singapore, rs Maurtius, los Java, 15s.;
LytteIton, los. Cd Auckland, i6s Otago, 1ss- Melbourne
Wharf rs; Hobson's Bay, lis; Sydney, 5s."-Sydney
Hsr0la, July 90 -
LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
A letter from a Sydney merchant, received only alter our
last paper was issued, has the following respecting the sugars
shipped TO that port by the BOHgG VOH1G in June last
The sugars per HOHgG were in a most abominabIe condition.
They seemed 10 have been rolled in coal dust on purpose to
make them nIthylOoking. The low grades were all wet, and
altogether they looked, 10 use a vulgar phrase, only like muck.
The packages appeared unsuitable. Nevertheless, the prices
reaEzed-from ga 10 f35-were good. The sugars will do
but you must improve in the matter Of packages. The pull
did not, and viii not sell heren
The American ship LauTens, 30 days from Calao, arrived
on Sunday, in ballast, under charter to load guano- On Mon
day another San Salvador ship arrived en- route for CallaO,
with over 700 coolies. They are intended as laborers on the
Peruvian railroads, and are ordered BY Harry Meigs, the great
On Tuesday, the American snip Harriet Erring arrived
from Newcastle, with a cargo OF Goals for the Australian
On Thursday, the British ship 81. james arrived from
Yokohama japan, in ballast, under charter to load guano for
The departures have been the cOoIie ship Dolores Ugarte
szrkenIine Jane a FaLkin5urg. with a fun cargo Of sugars
and other produce, for Portland, Oregon. valued at $4,000.
FOREIGN oL
NEw BEDFORD OIL MARKET-There Is inquiry for sperm
oil for export, and il is reported that 81 IS per gallon is offered,
bat holders are above that figure with the advance in gold.
The only sale we have TO report is that Of 70 barrels, for man.
ufaeure, on private terms
In whale oil sales have been made Of $50 barrels, for manu-
hcture, on private terms
In WhaIebone sales have been made in New York OF 5000
pounds Arctic, for home use, at 70 cents, gold, per pound
! 900 do. South Sea, for DO, at 63 cents 1900 DO. Northwest
fr export, and Loco do. Arctic, for do, on private terms.
The exports from New York the past week include 1884
gallons sperm and go do whale OILY. b. Standard.
LONDON OH MAHEET-Messrs- Maciean, Maris q Co.'s
circular, dated London, July 9th says sperm oil continued
neglected., and in the absence Of transactions nominal quota
were made al $50 TO Es7, at which some holders were
willing 10 realize. Nothing had been done for several weeks
The last sale made having been at ESQ the end Of May Whale
III was rather quiet, bat good quality is now scarce, and would
command E3S- -
WHALING 6
The WHALER NORTHERN LIGHT-TheF FIJI Times Of July I
3 says: The American wbaler Northern Light, Captain
Baker narrowly escaped being wrecked at Tavuki, the north 1
Of Kadavu- Through want Of a good pilot, she anchored
4 the night the cahbe parted, and the vessel drhted out to sea, 7
through the passage and clearing the reefs in a manner I
nost wonderful Boats were got ready in the expectation that Z
he vessel would strike every moment, but she threaded her :
way safely between the shoals in the darkness Of the night, and v
Was fortunate in losing nothing more than her anchor aud a {
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