The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-07-30
COMMERCIAL.
July 80. 1870.

Nv the steamer CTR of Melbourne, which arrived about :
2. VI on Saturday 1asS, we have New Zealand dates q July
ani Sydney u June 30. From the latter port the passage was
made In y days She brought about one HUNDRED passengers
most Of whom went forward in the SGr. which sailed on sun
day morning.
InL We find The allowing in the Southern Cross:
JrxEIs-Mr b.. Tonks sold by auction, on Saturday, Al his
mari. HouoIulu treaeis (mollsses1. al BID per III potalSgs,
GaIn mE TSs 81 per n Worcester sauce, 10 per dozen
JUSE 2L-Thes safe q ionaialg sugar.. % - IN ors
vious safe. Il ; an undoubted fact that Auckland can get
supplies from thar quarter sufficient 20 meet the demands Of
us market, and il : one Of the most important elements de-
e5asigament Of Honolulu sugars, per CITY Of MeL6euTHs,
was SOLD by aaetion this morning by : Jenes' a. the 20
70 sId; 81 kegs di;to, ~, Sldi 80 ditto, G., Sidi 90 bags ditto
&, 2Idt to 23L
bin hal beea introduced into the New Zealand legislature
under Which The duty on sugar was to be reduced from Is ID
10 s. 81 per ezt- On sa1le articles the duty Is 10 be increased
on others reduced
In Sydney a sale Of isIand produce took plaee on the 25th,
which j. web described by our correspondent below Inc
journal Of C0Hmsrcs says
The sHzaT market has been severely tested Of late and prices
more in ayor Of buyer n sPusnlSi ~ - - - S cs.b o am
counters al E3D rs 81 70 E35 - Cd The bulk Of The Naur-
VIC, uee than could Be- obtsi1sI GDI~r The hammer.
JUNE 25-B-nley, Newton s. Lamb held an Important sale
70 miscellaneous goods At their roOms to-day. A shipment Of
slndwieh Island producer, ex city n Hs59srrns vas disposei
orat the following prices Sugar, from E6 70 EI rs Oh PR
ton coffee, 81 per ID, duty paid m0hss3, IS los to E9i
pulu ~boughtin in
Our keg containers are a novelty in the Colonial markets,
y IL tnul n IlA A-ANeAA We 49, -
terror trade, We have no doubt that dealers will be willing to
pay more 6r sugars packet this way than in the bags or mats
used by the MaurIirs aDd East India planters
The shipment q sugars and other sani produce to the Col
onies promises well, though thus far II has been rather as an
experiment san, since the establishments Of the line in April,
no less than I,35s,ss6 pounds Of sugar have been sent thiher.
This j. a small amount, 70 be sure, but II relieves to that eN-
tent the over-burtened San Francisco market, which has been
almost our only available market Were the capacity Of the
steamers larger, double the amount Of produce would have been
shipped 70 Australia during the same period There Is every
probability that the trade viii steadily increase between the
Two countries, a. the hciHte. improve
The ship Malay, Is days from san Francisco, touched al
this port on the 18th, and by her We have adyices 10 the 1lth.
The Comet had not yet arrived, bat was fully due she may
be boxed Tor a. the next mail vessel, due August s to TO-
Tbs bark Ethan Alien sailed on the 9th for San Francisco.
taking a full cargo Of sugar and other produce. She will be
followed by the d. c. Murray in tn. same line, sailing about
August 18th.
Mr.. Barlow held large credit sale On the 26th and 27th, at
the store Of Me-sr-- Z HoGsehtlegsr q Co, which was well
attended and realized hr puees.
From our Commercial CorresponientI
SYDNEY, June 30, 1870.
On Friday. the 25th Instant. I attended the auction rooms Of
Mcssrs. Bradley, Newton q Lamb, the weH-knOEn auetioueers
Of this city, By whom suudTy parcels Of suglr, eoGee, moksses
and pulu. ex Cifg Of Melbourne, from Honolulu, were offered
Tor sale. The shippers Of course know best as To whether the
venture will ply or not But the gOois could not have had a
hirer chance than they had in the hands Of Mr. Bradley. The
fIowing remarks viii, I trust, be OF some service to your mer-
camille community I
~ 80 ~ e1aNt~A@ N@J 1C@n@ 7
Er this market, though the dayOr-being something like that %
the Trinidad AMI Demarara sorts-is slightly, very slightly
against them. The prices reaIzei, from E25 to EST, LIS Cd
are considered their flGr market value 1.-THE finer and medium
sort. were a little more refined or erystaIfzed, but by no means
male harder, they would compete successfully with the Maur-
tius-Jhe highest standard Of sugars sent here The paekas4
were very bal, and totally unsuitable. This community Is
somewhat hstidiaus about packages Goods sent here, to sell
sugars sent BY the city Of HsLb0Hrne been better packed, they
wouhi doubtless have realized from 25s 10 3s per ton more than
they did sugar in barrels l. 4 new institution in this Colony
and 'e barrels Is from "a ySgr place 81, made asr o. 500 Todl which, DC
gunny bags are too thin To protect the contents, especially
interior. somelmss on horseback Moreover, the bags en- CITY
Of Melbourne were in a very dirty state, whether from bad
damaged material L DO not know Out Of half a dozen sample
fso amazed 10 Be nike. This should be avoided, a. il Is
likely 70 give rise % all kinds Of disputes and claims aner sale
The most suitable packages for this country are strong canvas
or mat bags-sueh as the lava and Bourbon, holding about 10
eoGss rssHsed a Sir price, Sid. but The sample
shown did not seem % be 50 well cleaned as 10 ought 10 have
been, otherwise a better price could have been obtained
RIcE-The rice is wen liked, bus the sample offered was
mixed with dirt or some other foreign substance, and would
MOLAssEs-The mOasses does not seem TO be liked by The
trade. IL i not refined enough. The prices realized were very
I%v-Es los 20 20 per ton, considering that the sugar refining
company here are now selling at go Per ton
PULU-Pulu - totally unsaleahle here The upholsterers
and mattrass makers will not use it. Cocoenut fibre and New
Zealand hax are Prefrred- 1 believe all the pulu that has been
England
Trade has been very dull and declining for the past four or
tampering with the very simple tars passed by MIR. Dean
intensified through the terrible and disastrous floods that have
occurred within the last four months Communication has
Of the country districts In the agricultural districts scores Of
these inundauons- But the New south Wales weIsbmeu are
eminenty generous, and the sufferers have been well sustained
70 thT 1 aI sIn,1 J5 =. :" @H sympathy " thef more
The inter-coBouial exhibition opens here on the 9Th ofAugust
next We should only be too happy to see the Sandwich ISL
ands represented. No doubt, nov that a regular communica-
h%p We y wans TO know VII What commcdldes ean Be be exchanged %
our mutual advantage