The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-08-20

sAruRDAY. AUGUsr .. $50.

Gus %, 1870
Pror 10 the adjournment Of Congress, President Grant sent
Ame-saae desiring that body to pass a resolution permitting
the purchase and registry Of foreign vessels under the Amer-
can flag, which - now ErbiddeB by law. Congress aHJ0urned
Without passing the measure AtPresenl in easeo AseneiAi
war involving England and other European powers, thefe Nm
he no neutral flag bat the American to do the mail service b.
tween America and Europe At present, says the bH"s'H"'
there Is no line Of American steamers over the Atlantic
aIfhouzh the English have a dozen or morej ard the French
and Germans each have several lines The latter, Of course,
viii be n danger q instant disconfinuance- The French have
sen a feet 10 blockade Or lombard Prussian ports which,
from Emblem on the North Sea, 20 Mcneil on the Baltic, are
scattered over a distance Of 600 niles IL remains 10 be seen
whether the French or Pussians viii prove the stronger in
naval warfare both being provided With iron-eiads, and being
abou. % enter upon a method o. fighting hitherto untried
for our civil war, although it tested iron-ciads against Nrtihca-
tons. did not Involve a really maritime conflict According to
the result Of the coming trial, either the French or Prassian
ports are subject 90 blockade :nd II neither party proves
strong enough for that, cruisers Of both parties viii be ahoat,
and probably privateering will b. rr-ort-d To Attempts have
been made TO bring the nations to a compact to abolish
pnvateerng, l. 9 war against enemy's commerce, but II has
not been effected Both Pussan and French commercial
vessels will be liable to capture; and the carrying trade
hitherto performed by them must hu largely into English or
American hands
Ia one OF the Portland papers, We find the following notice
Of The establishments in thar city Of a branch Of the house Of
Theo. n. Davies q this city, % which r. e. Janion, ESD is
the head. The success which has attended the various branches
thus FAR is a guarantee % future success:
An extensive wholesale and retail house, under the firm
name Of Janion q Rhodes, has been opened in Ankenys New
commission houses, viz Robert q. Janion, Liverpool H.
Davies, Honolulu Jan5on. Rhodes 81 Co, victoria, and Janion
a Rhodes. Portland. The Norwegian ship Alpha, which ar
rived IN port recently, came consigned To yaniOn X Rhodes,
and most Of her cargo vas for their establishment This is
the first ship with a cargo direct from Easianh = NJ PIC
she brings an assorted cargo MessFs Janion a. hhods nave
route to this port, with 4 general cargo for their house in this
city.
COFFEE-BraziI is the greatest producer Of coffee That
known in the trade as Rio, Is a Brazilian coffee. OF the 49,
100000 pounds produced by the world per annum, Brazil fur
nishes 10000. 900, or more than half Of the whole Java,
I40lOOO,oO0 CeyIon, 4O,OOOJOOOf ST. Domingo, 100000;
Cuba and Porto Rico, 100000 Venezuela, 100000; sum-
atra, q, 1000 OOO; all others, including the Mocha, 100000.
The United States Is the greatest Consumer. They use nearly
one-third Of all the coffee consumed in the work.,
nearly seven times as much as Great Britain, with a popula-
ton not very FAR from the same. Germany comes next.
LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
Messrs. Adams & Wilder held a large credit sale on Thurs
day Of China and Manila gods, received 10y the r. ". WOod-
The sale was well ATTENDED and prices well sustained Among
the goods sold we note the following:
10000 No 2 Manila cigars "a $40
100000 imitation Manila cigars az IS p.
200 rolls mating, S5256SS rs
20 nests camphOr trunks, 1 in nest, SIS 25.
I,5OO large tiles, Ia cents each.
500 pounds China walnuts, 3 cents per pound.
Tsrio1s brands Of tea were sold in small quantities. Also
granite fence and gate posts. These latter ought to be in bet
ter demand here where every kind Of wood is so ~perishabe.
They are held At 80 so each, a very moderate price for so
durable an article.
The cargo Of the Jane A. FGlkinbNrg, consisting Of Oregon
lumber, has been sold al SIG. This vessel is loading for Port
land, and will sail about the 9th inst
The schooner VGrd J. PARKS is loading for San Francisco
and viii leave about September LIST. Besides these, there are
no vessels loading for foreign ports, though the San Francisco
and Australian steamers, now due, will be the first departures
for their respective ports .ss
The cane crop on several Of our larger plantations has been
harvested, and the sugar and moIasses forwarded to market.
Consequently feights for the net few weeks viii be dull, both
for coasters and foreign packets
IL may be well TO restate here the information which we re-
reived by the last Auckland steamer, that the duty on sugars
entered in any port OF New Zealand has been reduced from
9s ii u Sc ID per eEt Of lI2 lbs. This latter duty is equiva-
lent 10 one cent and T-IOths per 10, or 81 30 per leo TBS on all
grades. The incoming steamer will probably bring news OF
the enactment Of this law. This viii make Auckland our best
market 6r sugars, 50 far as concerns customs charges
Gobi was quoted IN New York n latest date 1928, with a
tendency % rise