The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-02-17
wbaIrr-- Reports.


We Ebean the SH0~ins FROM the Auckland papers Of JaHu-
me schooner SELMA, which arrived from Tahiti GA January
sth, rcports hxvin< sFaken the @ID@ing wAliers % January
AZ months oat, Nfh 1000 barrrt. oil, al tot, 80 barrels
sperm, and go barrels shall had taken 10 barrels since
having Bay Of IsLzaI-. Captain Grant reports having spoken
shs chip Milton, Captain Wilson she had 400 barrels OIL all
We have been favored by a correspondent at Norfolk Island
with the following report of ~haisrss September Z5tl' Fanny
Fisher, SYDNEY, 10 months, 80 barrels sp-Tm, 20 barrels
whale ca Milton. New Bedford, - months, I.s5O sperm, 50
wbabe. s.ptetsber 9Th, Watersitrh. Hobart Town. . weeks.
clean. October 4th, Janet, we-rport, - months, $50 sperm.
October I3'h, sea Ranger, New B-tEsi 500 sr~rm: October
Ostooer 3lst Coral New Bedford, = months : 90 whale 900
sperm. November 10th, Lydia, New Bedford, > months. $50
ford, % months, 600 sperm, 500 whale Napoleon, New Bed
lord; 81 @oniIst 1000 sperm; l'ioo whale pe ca Sh'
Eliza, New Bedford, . months, I.5OO sperm December 10th,
Robert Towns. sydney, 2 weeks, clean December 18th,
Minnesota, New Bedford, ~ months, 1900 sPerm- Captain
short, Of the schooner Success, reports the following whaIers
~ ing al Norfolk Island when he left: Addison. bark. Cap
Captain Trench. 6 months out from sydney, G5 barrels sperm
cd NaPolsoa, bark, Captain Fuller fall ship loo barrels
st Towns, bark, Captain Ed<srds, i ninth out from sydney,
NO ell
WEDNESDAY, 1 p. ~, II, 1872.
THE arrival Of the Queen EHHa brings > news up TO the
ed Of January. We note but little change in the markets.
The railway to the east has been open at times, and some
freight from the east has come through. subjOiued We give
the latest market reports.
In home business circles nothing Of Importance has taken
place, excerpt the announcement Of a provisional cessation Of
the transmission Of correspondence TO New Zealand and the
Australian colonies
declines assisting any merely speculative" movements, and
therefore ElthhoIds the subsidy, Which though small, would
90 To strengthen Mr.. Webb's hands by showing the good will
OF this Government and people, which Of itse f. in the inceP-
ton Of an enterprise, is Of very great consiieration,"-vid
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22d.
sUaGR-saIes Of ESQ half barrels Hawaiian, private. At
auction, 2,c96 bags Csin1 damaged eK JosfFh cta'k at the
pounds.
We clip the following from the Commercial Herald and
Market Rsuieg
The past year has been a favorable one for all parties en-
gagged IN trate, or in refining. TIE reduction in duties. which
went into effect at the beginning Of the year, has accrued to
the benefit Of the Hawaiian planters, aud TO others importing
ut this market on their own account. = A eonsid-
erabls portiun Of cur increased consumption is attributable TO
an increased demand from Utah, Montana, and other localities,
reached by the overland railroad, and much Of this was Ha-
pounds Manila, 100000 pounds. and the China import has
more than doubled, a compared with imports in 1870. For
open market for raws being chiefly supplied with Hawaiian,
RIcE-The stock Of Hawaiian on hand January LIST, was
100 2O5 pounds. QuotabIe at sIG9c.
sssgo aIa bats lsS5; 1890 51Ss; I iSSs; 1852 1859 ls5l;
In the last two years there has been a very marked falling
OF in the imports Of lhi, Hawaiian product, owing to the low
rally, and rates advanced, with sales Of all received at III0
2 lie, againss siG9c a year ago. Stock very Light.
!, New YORK, Jan. ed.
! HrDEs-ouiet but steady. Dry, 2ici saIted, iIi0I2c.
7 Om-Quiet but steady. sperm, 81 6OGI %; Winter
I Bieaehed, 81 700I T5i Whale, sOGs5c.
7 3oGSse pun<d, 5o0S3ci Fall Calinrni,, 2502ac per pound.
FRIDAY, I6, 1879.
! We publish in a supplement to tO-day's paper, the annual
? CASTOR House Statistics for the year 1871, mot 1872, as the
GG=stfs has iD prepared by W. F. Allen, ESQ., the Collector
| General Of Customs. Without going into detailed comment
upon tas shoWings Of the different tables, we submit herewith
a comparative table for 1870 and 1871, which we have pre-
pared, and which win be found useful as exhibiting at a glance
the increase or decrease Of exports Of the principal articles OF
domestic production. We viii remark however that the Gus
> tom House statistics now published exhibit more clearly than
4 thaaeo 4 forroer the real business 4 The country