The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-02-04
COMMERCIAL
FRIDAY, FEBRUIRY 8, 1s71,


Q -fy q FRIDAY, g., 1871.
. The foreign arrivals for the past week have been the British
ship Nm hs LacheuT, 147 days from London, on the 10Th ult,
with a general assortment of goods TO Mr. J. I. Warehouse.
rhfs is q fine ship, and turns out her cargo in good order, sam
les Of which Dir. Warehouse promises to put up at auction
Il the ed inst, at the saIesrOom Of Mr.. f. T. Adams
The schooner Maggie Johnston. on the 81 inst 81 days
rJm the FIJI Islands, in ballast. She wfi load island produce
d sail for San Francisco next week.
On the ID Ii. b. MS steam corvette SegHa, 81 days from
victoria, v. l..
Today the British bark pIoLet, a days from HOngkong with
81 Chinese Laborers, to Messrs- Afoug a Achuck-
me 4. p. Jordan for San Francisco, cleared January 9th,
cal the Jane a. FaIkinGuTg for Astoria and Portland, o.,
-alrsd January 2sJh were both detained wini bound till
r. Jay, the slst, when they were tOWed to sea by the tug
PETE
11st Of our plantations have now got to work grinding, and
sehooner that arrives brings forward more or less sugar
-li .l1er produce. During the last week the following vessels
ae lIIsd with full caIgoes: .r.
Ia steamer Moses Taylor, on the 18th ulL, with domestic
rr1l-s valued at s2i,I5l S.. Also I2 passengers.
The a. p. Jordan, on the 3lst ult., with island produce
.ailed az 1914 80. MH
Ias Jane a. FalkinBurg, on the 3ist ult, with produce
Ta- Margaret CToekard, on the 1t inst, with produce
yaIu at s15ls14 D.
Count Bisuarak, on the 1st inst with produce valued
20 sla.I55 IS.
o. ng a total Of domestic produce valued at nearly $4,000.
Ia D. c. Murray, for San Francisco, and the Robert
C1uan, for Victoria, are loading and viii sail during the next
coMMERCIAL ITEMS.
.-s I'VE Losses FOR IsTO.-The marine losses Of the
States during the year 1870 have reached the heavy
cargoes Of the vessels lost or missing. The last quar-
--r n the year is always the hardest upon shipping, and the
ra. d. II has to answer for sixty-siK vessels lost or miss
ls d The lost ones; ntty..wo were burned at sea-an eT-
forces upon the mind a suspicion Of very great careless
-r, % -nong those who go down 10 the sea in ships OF the re-
Ea4 r Gncuding 50 much as is reported for the month Of
DseeHbeD $50 were wrecked, hhy-six were abandoned,
h. red. and ~forty-hye were missing. some Of which, how
ever. arrived at port safely during some part Of the year.
ctlHonSIA LABOR ExcHASGE.-we clip the following
foo ne Bulletin Of January 18th:
total number Of persons obtaining employment through
81 rect agency Of the Exchange since its inauguration,
-E re year ending December 3ist, 1870, 2,O52 men and 2.S54
aa1rs. Thus the iabOring classes have been saved from 500
70 ~ % per month N intelligence Office fees per month This
tIa rous engagements are made about the Exchange, with
acc ing 70 he rules Of The insfituton' T Tine seeTeta gp'f Mri
De ndIrr, estimates that some 100 men have been engaged
w't 1T his knowledge 1t is a natural consequence that or
are not SO numerous now as at the time the Exchange
ccsa y having then 10 be provided with iaboRrers. OF laie,
R jeetions to working in the country have moderated, and
i- a locality within a respectable distance Of the city.
INERcE OF oEEGOS-By the published reports Of the
.7te tor of Customs at Astoria, the amount Of value Of
ts--s a dutiabie merchandise imported into Oregon for the
yes snding June Goth, 1870, was szS2,o25; and for the three
m7-sls ending September Both, 1870, sI9s, 6T2. The total
Wales Of imports OF foreign merchandise into San Francisco
30 ts ~ was SlZs995,lSS- The Hawaiian Islands stand seventh
In ne lst,-sT25,955, about 100000 less only than all the
~1'a American ports.
The merchandise represented in the above values, consisted
o. silly Of sugar, salt, liquors, coal and clothing from the Sand
Eich Islands, Victoria and Mexico, up TO 1869 since that
TINE, the same with a large proportion Of rice, oil, etc, from
Cnila, and bar iron and railroad iron from England, with some
.guors, crOckery, carpets, etc, etc
Meechi says thar in 1859 England imported ssoOOo,OO6
ozr people, and had $780, 900, 900 TO export.
The annual product Of pepper in Sumatra is 100000
pounds islands Of Malaccs Straits, 5000, 900 peninsula Of
Malay, 3,I33y333j Bomeo, 2,G66,66I Siam, s,GOO,O0O; MsIa-
bar, 4,OO0,OO0. making a total Of ~5o,000,O00 pounds.