The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-07-01

the contributions of this colony do not exceed
els 900 per annum. nor the period more than live
years"
The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce have
unanimously recommended the substituting OF a
| Pacific postal service with England. The follow
ing is tie resolution which has been passed by the
Chamber -. That this committee wOuld strongly
urge upon the Government the advisability of
Substituting a mail service to England via FIJI, Ho-
nolulu. San Francisco and New York. That the
subsidy should be granted to such line as offers
the best guarantee as TO time and efficiency, the
time being limited to forty-eight days from Mel
bourne to England as a maximum, and that the
dates of departure should be made TO alternate
with those OF the Peninsular and Oriental Com
pany's steamers. That this committee would sug-
gest that preference should be given to such line
as would make Melbourne the actual terminus.
but would not propose to make this u sine qua non
OF Substituting the service"
Intelligence was received from England by the
last mail which confirms an announcement made
by DIR. Mueller. of Melbourne. that the Russian
Government were about to dispatch a scientific
expedition to Papua. or New Guinea. The steam
corvette Witidz. now on her passage from Russia.
CONVEYS the expedition in charge of Herr y. Won
Miklucho-Maclay. They are to spend seven or
eight years in the Pacific. the first two being de-
voted to the complete examination and survey of
New Guinea, a work which was only partially
carried out by the Netherlands Scientific Commits
sion in 1858, whose labors were confined to the
southwest and northern coast districts. leaving the
interior terra i~ncOgnita. The recent rich discOv-
cries of pearlshell on the coast. and the reported
existence of gold there, are likely to induce some
adventurous spirits to avail themselves OF the pro-
lection offered by the presence OF the Russian eX-
petition to test the resources of the second largest
island in the world.
Queensland.
The following statement shows the position of
the sugar industry in the colony Land under
cane in, 1870. 4,90s1 acres acres under cane
crushed in 1870, PISS; sugar produced in 1869.
/ .490 tons sugar produced in 1870. 2.S541 tons !;
molasses produced in 1869. 1877 ,598 gallons mo-
lasses produced in 1870, III, 656 gallons rum dis
TILED in 1869, 74,4S3 gallons rum distilled in
1870, 124.665 gallons sugar mills in 1870, 80 !;
distilleries in 1870, 10.
In regard to the market for our principal staple,
the Herald of the LIST ult. says:
Forced sales have caused prices to give way.
A shipment from Honolulu, offered at auction yes
terday, was only partially sold at G28 5s. to 1913
for refining and low grocery sorts. Part of the
Annie Mdrie's cargo of Mauritius was placed at
936 los. to e38 for fine counters and yellow
crystals. The balance will be offered by Messrs.
Stubs & Co. tomorrow Thursday. At Messrs.
Bradley. Newton d Lambs safe to-day, about
$500 bags of Mauritids counters and crystals were
taken at 934 los. to $50 los.
The CdsAeholo. hence April 10th, with sugars,
arrived at Sydney May 25th. 80 days passage.
Sixteen days from Honolulu she sighted the Fiji
group.
Eighteen hundred volunteer troops were re-
viewed at Sydney on the anniversary of the
Queens birthday.