The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-05-04
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FRIDAY, Nay

FRIDAY. MY - 1879.
Oea hosas buAn~s has Sesa EueA - asaI dara. Ihe
~sSE- Our nsia stspH. usEr, e1hunues 70 cane n IN su1-
esnt Quantities % furnish friEhfs fr yc-seis Or the Coast,
and tAs receipts q cher produce are steady.
The SPECIAL sale q groceries to-day BY y. p Adams Wa
wen astsr4st- ani the results. Considering The time, are salts
hstEy. English Jam brougbt S27s; black peyper, 81 90 4;
~hite pepper, s2I1i Scotch salmon, SASH saltwater zap.
81 cents pos;si meats, sZTs; Lusks fruits, g 7SS3s.5 8
Yeast Po=dd, s22@G2 80 sATdines, hall boxes, EaSS' Ias-
Yard, SLe24 BattyE pickles, i2sI& Worcestershire sauce,
sAOO5 white sasar, l2s cents ri herhng-. IS cents. Tie
terms a the sale were, over $50 three moat4s' time
. The bark n G. Murray sailed Tor san Francisco On Thurs
. ~ r. ~ TiA a large passenger Hst AID a fuH freight Of aI-
sad prod1ce-
The sAiP sz-rsse, hom Jhe Coast, .saeI On the It INST hr
. Enaerbury's Island, taiing out IS native hborsrs-
= TAs ksseh LNaaiho - being repaired and, We understand,
&~hl Be di~pateh@i TO starbuek Island next week in command
Il Capt Weeks, late Of the r. -. RooG-
The schooner K1HaIs i being overhauIed preparatory to
her departure Er japan, under commaBi q Mr. Geo. DoiTty,
Lute nrst oneer of thu HIHHa Loa. recently wrecked
By the clipper ship SHHrss, which arrived on Monday, en-
foaie ht E0derbary's Island, We have san Frane.eo date 70
The 18Th an. We quote
sssaa-The narket mles steady. We quote California
70 &sI q % e rs as. Gs'i hs& "a I2. :: ss ! . : Ne IN 1''' and
NEW YoHE, Apra II,h.
IAs price Of gold opened to-day al 100, closing At ltOi at
HIBE.-Dun Tsndius Go-n-ard- DRY, aSe sslrsa, 12le,
9.s-sSSay Sperm 81 s2sI g Winter slsaeA~L 49,
wooL-Dan zprfng. 6De, 5sa4Ecs bury. a2as7e,
pulled, SsNooci Fal, California ]01@5e5 do, bury, zSaSOc
PSI pound
We clip the SnOwing from the Sacramento UnioH's San
Fsaneiseo Market Report Of the nth 3
TSe eaHErna sud San Fnnri.eo Pacific saz'r Reanerie.
have entered into a pshten agreement, binding their respective
eSupanes nofto advance the price ofsuzar for the next three
uonths- The readers q The UniOo well undenstaBd that these
t~o neanertss ara bucking against the Bay sugar Refinery.
and seem determined, Hss the dE n the aanseT, 10 hold pos
sessaon-not 20 make any money themselves. nor % let the Bay
Essnery earn any The plain EosH.h % tall Is lids. The
uenand for Refined Sugar Csincs The price Was reiuceds2
cents per pouDdl has been greater usan the joint capacity Of
three rsdnertes % an promptly a. required by the trade. This
sh0~s a large Increase Of consumption, or what, perhaps. IL The
Iuuth, The very law prices ruling. and p very general belief that
prices would mol long continue down 10 the present rate. has
provoked a very extensive speculative inquiry, not only foma
the trade at large, but also from consumers families havinzI
spare means have been induced to lay IN an extra stOck-aT
air monshs q g a years. supply. This Il quite apparent from .
the unusual large demand 6r hall barrels u Crushed or Cube
Refined sugar Another cause for the active, we may say
pressing, demand for Golden e or Yellow Coffee Sugars
- the ssort ztork Of prime quality Hawaiian Ia market.
Nor q there any other grocery grade Of Raw Sugars 70 be had
AZ prezenL owing 90 the light imports from Peru and Central
America In consequenc%Of the present scarcity o: Sandwich
isszDd Sugars prices have NOT declined In the sane proportion (
as those Of White refined In fact they have only declined
about one-half cent per pound on the high grades ADD perhaps
one cent ON the lower qualities. The demand for HOngkong
refined il Continued, particularly for the better qualities %
White Grsnulafed. which are really equal, IL not superior, TO
any other refined In the market