The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-18
COMMERCIAL.

HONOLUIU JANUARY II, ISL
The British ship Oracle arrived to-day, route
for Hong Kong Our San Francisco sdvices by her
A.. up to the 2nd inst. We see change in prices
IN the San Francisco market as to cur PrOduee-the
hoaays change in the Tariff on the 1st, and the dull
SESSION Of the year all tended to make business very
dali for the previous month. Our Advices by the Or
aele report the d. C. Murray to sail the Sd. She
vii be due in AL this week.
The weather continues very unfavOrable for getting
sugars forward, and several vessels yet detained
sor cargo. viz. the J. A. FAlkenburg. for Oregon ;
Robert Covan. for vicsoria and Margaret Crocksrd
for san Fruueisso. The cAsslshow and A. P. Jordan
are Up for Australia
We learn that the steamship Nevada, belonging TO
Webb's Australian Line haa been thoroughly over
bzuied al Benieia, and taken to San Francisco, pre-
paratory to being placed on the route
sueaR-Imports from Jan Ist to Dec 18th East
en- bbls-. l.s72 Hawaiian. lbs. IL ,o0s .272 pkgs,
s7S2 Peruvian Ibs. 10 l47 s6e China lbs. l.l75,-
ere pkgs 2s66 TAhitan. lbs. lS6.s6s. pkgs, Sis J;
Manila. lbs 1905 .264. sks. 3s.l47; Batavia, lbs,
Sussea Mexican lbs. Il. .s6S. pkgs. 667 Central
American. lbs. l.s7o.ll7.
We clip the following from the Con. Herald:
ave are without imports from any quarter. Sales
include 50 900 lbs. Peruvian at si@lOe for grocery
grades SEQ kegs Hawaiian. in lots sold a: l2c. for
extra ehoiss-tscre is in fact no other kind in first
hands here We have already ehronicled the sale Of
200 bbs Of AlvsradO Beet Sugar erystAliEed, the
jobbers. At lsie. and informed that the
mil has = product Of $50 acres Of beets and is
ng cut 80 bbls sugar per day expecting the entire
product Of the be 5000 bbls. all Of good
uuiform quality. The success attending the manu-
fActure has thus far been remarkable but how profit
able the result tell until FINAL cleaning mp
next spring The rise in Crushed at New York has
had no other effect here than to stiHen holders But
ttle busness doing viii there be any extensive
tsausae:iozs Until after New Years The market for
Refined as steady. The price Of California Crushed
Is continued Isic do Cuba. l5e GrAnulated, l4c;
Powdered. lsic Golden and yellow Coffee, lSe-
The New York. .SAiPptag Lis Of Dec. Il says " Few
of cur Re6uers Are work. aud the present in
euiry snail there is also material falling of in
the demand FOR parcels in bond carry till next
yeEr. The buying IN bond for next mouth. which
has given sueh strength and buoyancy to the market
Of late l. nov for the part suspended. owing to
the uncertain construction likely to be pot upon the
Beu Tarif Act. 90 eject LIST prOx- The ques-
ton a, issue as We understand it, is whether all Raw
or Musoovsdo Sugar shall pay duty of two cents q
n or iH other grades, according to numbers,
uud pay higher rates This uncertainty. for the
frst tine discussed. has much to do with bringing
cur market to stand having the effect to lessen the
disposition buy. and to somewhat increase the de-
sire = se-henee the quietude aud slaekness Of the
market for day or two past. Refined on Saturday
last took another turn. the small offerings and the
urgency Of buyers establishing further advance
bat the demand being again reduced to the current
Esuts Of consumer the market closed dull though
a. the production only about third the capacity
Of our resners. and some Of them are sold ahead,
there is not and can be material INCREASE of sup
Plies tai the beginuing Of January. We quote Hard
Crushed at l4s@ l4ie.7
"A private telegram from Washington states that
some alteration the wording Of the tariff relative
10 suears has passed the Senate TIE dispatch prob
ably refers 70 the evident contradiction which
between the two following sections The existing
tarif SAYS the duty shall be all Raw or MuseoTa-
do sugars above No. T. Dutch standard in color,
lee While the succeeding clause says, all Raw
Museovado Sugars above No. Z. Dnteb standard in
color aud on all other not above No. 10, two cents
the pound. Now, As the sugar mentioned in the
frss elauseis above No. 10, it will be compelled
to pay two cents the pound instead of lse, the
iau plainly intneded. Advees received from London
YESTERDAY state that from 600 to I5O0 tons of white
surar had been purchased there for export to Ger
uAuy the market having been deprived Of its usual
surpy o: Beetroot sugar by of the war. From
New York learn that 1900 bbls crushed Sugar had
been bought for thevAlpA market, its accustomed
i1PortAtion Of beet-rOot sugar having failed"