The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-08-12
COMMERCIAL
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IN. arrival Of n vessel Of war always imparrs more or les
Of activity to cur community, and just in this dull season its
presence becomes felt Now that peace once more regns in
Europe, TIE fact that this port is a necessary place Of call for
cruisers in the North Pacifc, will ensure their frequent en-
tveniug presence in The future
The foreign arrivals since cur last have been-5th, Amer
ican bark Agafe, from Newcastle, Goals 60 G. Brewer & Co;
9Th, H. = siooPofwar jamestown, from Valparaiso 9Th,
British brig Mary Cumming, from Starbuck Island 10Th,
American bark D. C. Murray, from San Francisco, with
merchandise to Walker & Allen 1IIh, American bark Mary
e. Packer, from san Francisco; American brig North Star,
from Victoria, V. /, with Goals TO II. HackfeId a Co. There
has been but one departure, thai Of the Mary Z. Packer, for
Jarvis Island, on the 1Ith-
In auction sales we note, an extensive lot Of cattle TO be
offered tO-nofroE Saturday. and on Wednesday next a large
speeial sale Of valuable articles by Barlow. Also, by Adams,
NIP NJ Saturday, a IOt Of California apples on Tuesday
next, the stock Of grocery store
MARKET REPORTS.
SAN Francisco, July 2sth.
PGLg-The demand is light and the price nominal at
RicE-China, sg@79c; Siam. 5lGolc; Carolina and Ha-
RIGA Rio, l9&ei k0na, Isle; Manila, I5cj Old Government
sCsAH-The factory at Alameda is now at work upon cane
descriptions, turning ont 500 to 600 bbls per week. The kinds
1asc, according to grade. The two renneri-s in this civ are
busy. and sell their products as follows for lots in bbls: Vel
Crushed and Powdered, I44c; California Cube. i5c; Hawafisn
and Central American grocery grades are quoted at sI@
r.. New YeaE, Thursday. July 9th.
III pre- u OOt IN YORK opened TO-DAY II 1124
closing at il2t at 3 ?. NJ Sterling, IO46IOl r. NJ. s. ). Co,
$5i Quicksilver, ia U s: $40, lI4I@II3 do. in Lon,
New York being II2t makes the price of Legal Tender Ssos.
hIDEsMsieady; Dry, 22lGS5c; Sailed, l10l3c.
@l45i Whale, 55c Winter Bleached. 65G967c.
s sse = 10 s'~'0e' Fall California 2S@asc' do bury aO6
The on MARKEr-In sperm oil. a sale has been made :,
the New Bedford market Of go barre for Manufacture
In whale OIL sales are reported Of 100 barrels elephant in
barrels Coast at 50 cents
In whalebOne sales have been made of $4,000 pounds Arctic,
q 20 cents Per pound, gold, with further inquiry.
COMMERCIAL ITEMS.
lowing aggregate Of population of all the States and oreanized
Territories; White, 33,5 $50; colored, 4s79.323; Indians.
Zo,'4Oi japanese, So; Chinese, 63,I96. Total. 50 SAC. 9sT-
The recent vote on the question of selling malt liquors in
massachusetts, showed the following vote: Total number OF
not voting, %; BY tie vote, : total slI towns Wy where e ae 81 :. T; 11 by
3Oj not heard from, 5.
At a banquet Of merchant taiIors in London. Minister
Scnenck, speaking on the Treaty of Washington. said than IL
mad been much criticised in England and in his own country.
Of an endless difficulty. The alliance Of the United STAT
and England would be irresistible.
Inc cost of building large vessels Of yellow fir, at Puget
SoaIq' vii be about $40 per ton for the bare huiIs, which
would rank as A. for nine years. If the wood were preserved,
the cost would be about $50 per ton, and the vessel would
pwtOOoodIo.y rank a : Al for eighteen years The unpreserved
~ requires TIE same work, the same ornamentation, rig
gLng, painting and supplies as the preserved, so the latter is
decidedly preferabIe-AHH-
The number Of vessels that went through the s,sz a. =,
1870 was 46l, Of which 3I9 were British. and ONLY IS French
NHnI uS Oli tonnage, including Government vessels and
yachts, ioots up 436.49S tons. Only one American vessel
passed through the canal. though two English steamers with
Tea China Tor New York made the passage. but as they
mmads longer voyages than the average around the Cape or
So - n1PS, ue experiment Is not likely TO he repeated. The
canal oilers no new facilities to American commerce and a il
well known, il is not used enough by ANYBODY yet 10 become
TO its owners.
rev people are aware Of the preparations going on in New
York city for the International Exhibition. An extensive site
~ t~ssnty,three acres at One Hundredth street, between Third
MO r0urh avenues, Is being laid out on the grandest scale
~ Duldlngs are 10 be erected that shall accommodate 20 GOO
Inere are good reasons for believing thar tbis yviu
nt surPass, the Paris Exposition and, in any event
NeM 1ofA VIII have a grand Crystal Palace for a place OF
continual enjoyment, not inferior TO that which Comforts the
Londoner AZ Sydenham. W
LM NeW Zealand Insurance Company is one Of the newest
- ms popular institutions in the colony. The new EuiId-
- Ss Completed by the company Is one Of the most sub
ma ana elegant OF its kind in the colony. and forms on Of
W ~ = y men structures Of the city. The haIEyearIy meet
- me company was held during last month. when the re- q
Ot showed the institution to be in a most dourjsbinq con5i-
~ "a baianee-sheet stated that the capital vas f75 GOO ;
sstEe anu Reinsurance fund E35 600. making a totaI of u
= 80 W me investments Of the company amount to EIOs.
Io; anu y cash in hand, EI0,oOO, the tOtsI sum 10 tba n
felit being El302i6- The net profit for The baJf -
early tl4,5s4, or nearly Is I5s. per share. "