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KILOGRAMS VIA HALIFAX
London, June IA.

AOLldOtS SUtC K
In the House of Commons this afternoon,
in reply to questions by Corrance, Glad
stone said that the postponement of the
meeting of the Board Of Arbitration would
not affect the Treaty, but that the defeat
of one Of its provision might, as when one
of the wheels af the carriage failed, all fail.
In reply to Viscount Bury's inquiry of last
night Gladstone promised that all papers
would be laid before the House tonight.
GENEVA, June IA.
Nearly all connected with the Board OF
Arbitration have arrived. 1t is believed
that the Board will adjourn Immediately
after meeting, but if an agreement to adj
iourn cannot be reached and the meeting
is prolonged, the session will undoubtedly
be a secret one.
Theirs was attacked to-day BY the right
of the Assembly, who demand that he dis
miss certain Minis ers, and carry on his adj
ministration more in accordance with views
of the majority.
The new Spanish Cabinet haze been
formed. The entire militia of The kingdom
is to be reorganized. The Cortes is dis
solved. Ze4illa has refused to accept pre-
miership.
An extensive fire occurred in Lisbon,
Portugal, yesterday.
LONDON, June Is.
Dispatches from Geneva announcos that the
following gentlemen, connected with the Board
of Arbitration Of the Alabama claims, are now
there Charles Francis Adams, j c. Bancroft
Davis, Caleb Cashing, VIM. II Evarts, Morrison
r Waite, Charles C.. i}eaman, j., Sir Alexander
Cockburn, Lord Tenderden, Sir Roundeli Palmer,
Count Sclnpis, Mr.. Stempfi and Baron Iajuba.
The American Consul and agent were cioseted
Yesterday with Mr.. Adams, discussing their
course.
Geneva is gaily decorated with flags. Tho alb
solute failure of the arbitration is not apprehend-
ed by either side.
Consols 80.
aA.s New YORK, June Is.
The Steamship "Rhein, - with Herr Strauss, the
German Imperial bands, and other foreign artists
on tt.air way to the Jubilee, arrived last night.
It'll believed i'll Washington that at a meeting OF
the Geneva Abritrators t~odHy,the Agent ofour Govern
meut will accede to thel British request for a postpone
ment.. VIII pr,test against Ensland's right 10 with.
draw from the Treaty under any consideration what
ever: ri
h3ntslaU uo ya, New YORK, June Is.
The striking, woEkmeh in New York are threaten
ing 10 Sack tie Stein&ay Pianoforte Mandatory. A
large police force protects the building,
Gold 13f. Exchange 81.
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Sagrancy.

There is a provision in the laws Of this country,
that, were i, strictly and impartially executed,
would be Of more real value TO the nation than
the opening Of rich gold mines among our mount
aims Of lava. IT Is that particular section which
directs the imprisonment at hard labor of - any
idle PERSON who Is able To work. and who, with
out visible means Of support, lives IN idleness,
eating the food Of others" The numbers of our
population who come under this category VIII on
examination prove to be surprising. Let any one
attend the Sunday evening services at Kaumaka-
pill Church, and he will note with surprise the
crowds Of well and even fashionably dressed young
native men, from the ages of fourteen to twenty
or twenty-five, who are in attendance-and as u
general thing, anything but deyout in their de-
meanor. Then let him inquire what trades or
e~mploynents all these young men follow as a
means of support, and he will be still more sur
prised to learn that the large majority of them
are - idle persons, - in the full legal sense Of the
term. They are strong, healthy and able to
work, but, without any visible means Of support,
are living in idleness and eating the food Of
others. Such n condition OF things on so large a
scale, could not long exist in any other country
but this. Here, however, those of the people
who have any property, who are the indus
trious producers, have SO little idea of econ
omy and thrift that they uncOmplainingly and
as a matter of course submit to having their
substance devoured by these social leeches.
Thus the parents or relatives dig and delve or
wash and sew to maintain these idlers in plenty
and fine clothes, who contribute to the demon
a~lization of the masses. To them they give with
out hesitation the last calabash Of food or the
last rial, for there is nothing a Hawaiian breads
SO much as the imputation Of meanness. And it
is discouraging to know that this condition of
things is on the increase. The rising generation,
as things are now going on, promises to populate
the country with drones, for the producers will
soon be all dead. What then? OF course the
result must be restitution and want, and crime.
Cannot something be done to stay this tide of
vagrancy that is sweeping over the race? Can
not Legislative wisdom be brought to bear upon
the subject?
1t has been computed by some political arith-
meticicn, that if every man and woman would
work for four hours each day on something use
full, that labor would produce sufficient to procure
all the necessaries and comforts of life want
and misery would be banished out of the world,
and the rest Of the twenty four hours might be
given to leisure and pleasure. Where however
we see a community in which a large proportion
of the inhabitants are without means, but who
perform no labor whatever, deVoting the whole
Of the twenty-four hours to leisure and pleasure,
the political aritiImetician can easily compute the
result-Yice, crime, and extinction.
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TIE Government of New South Wales has
given an example of liberality in the encourage
ment of agriculture that is indeed praiseworthy.
Many thousands of pounds are given away annu-
ally in the way of prizes for excellence in various
articles of produce. The subject of the culture
Of the beet root for making sugar has recently
attracted considerable attraction, and we now
learn that a 95, 900 premium is offered by a vote
of Parliament for the manufacture of 500 tons of
sugar from the beet, and the amount is to be
divided so as that there shall be no monopoly in
the enjoyment of sweets. Let a note be made of
our suggestion of a premium for the manufacture
of sugar from the k root, that the subject may
be discussed in the Legislature Assembly.
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And now we appeal to a discriminating public.
Isn't the Hotel worth something. Did you ever see
over two hundred people together before in this
country, where everybody was so cool and comforta-
bic, and where there was room enough TO display all
their points? We're not the yeTandas wide enough
to promenade OIL? Ana che corridors-were they not
comfortable? Wasn't the hall capaciUus, large and
airy enough The dancers, Notwithstanding the
continuity of their efforts. were cool, and don't you
think one can sit comfortably there and eat his or her
dinner on a day when it is hot outside ?-Gdzehe.
After all that, is it really possible that any one
can be found so unreasonable as to oppose an
appropriation of-well, something less than fifty
thousand dollars-of the public money to pay for
the new hotel? But the question is put in a
charmingly modest way Isn't the Hotel worth
Sonlefhing?" Doubtless it is, just the thing for
the purpose to which it was put-the %contin-
uity of efforts of a crowd of dancers on a hot
night in the tropics, an exceptional gathering that
happens only once in a good many years-Only
that, and nothing more. 1t is a reducfiO ad
dbSurdam that because one may sit comfortably
and eat ones dinner, or have surplus room in
which to display ones 90 points" that therefore
the . Grand Hotel " isn't 4 grand blunder.
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The Organ pretends to be shocked IN Its relig-
ious prOpricties because the church at
pill has opened its doors for other purposes
than that of public worship, to which it is dedi-
Gated" While we sympathise with the high
toned scruples Of the Organ, We may be allowed
to suggest that although religion may not gain
by the holding of political meetings within her
courts, yet political parties themselves might
possibly by ASSOCIATION receive an influence
of good. Indeed, to read the history of the
times, it would seem that a little admixture of
religion fof the right sort) in politics would be
an advantage to some wire pulIers who have
not God in all their thoughts But we confess
10 being too obtuse to comprehend how the
leaning of the use Of a church building to a
quiet meeting Of citizens consulting on affairs of
weighty national concern, constitutes church
interference with state affairs, +" any more than a
recent case of the loaning of the chandeliers of a
church for the purposes of a public bali consti-
tuted the grave members of that church a set Of
dancing dervishes, with all the seductive " abom-
nations " of polkas and waltzes.
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THE question has been asked, why this journal
did not give an account Of the recent ball at the
new hotel? If it is of any consequence to know
our reasons, we have no objection to giving them,
in brief, knowing that our views on the subject
are in harmony with those of a goodly number in
the community, whose opinions are of weight.
Such q social demonstration, given in a foreign
land, by America, Through her representatives.
to visiting Americans attached to the Navy,
should have been planned and conducted on the
most liberal and democratic scale, and all respect
able American residents and their families, as
we'll as those of other nationalities should have
been invited to meet the gallant Admiral and
his officers and partake of the hopitalities pro-
vided by the Government CT the Great Republic,
in the "ample rooms" and on the spacious
vcrandas :" Of the borrowed hotel. As however,
a system of invidious selection was adopted. we
could not consistently avail ourselves of our priv
ilege to attend, and SO left His Excellency the
jenkins Of the Organ to describe, in his character
istic manner, an event the entire glory of cele-
b~rating which we are content to resign to him.
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a coRREspoNDEN inquiries when the next censu!

A CORRESPONDENT inquiries when the next census
is to be taken, and appears to be under the i'm
preston, (as he quotes fgures) that the last
enumeration of the inhabitants of these islands
was in 1860. There was however a census taken
in the month of December, 1866, the total pop
ulation of the islands at that time, as officially
stated, amounting to 62,959. The law requires
Il census to be taken again during the present
year, 9 to be laid before the King and Legislature
for their consideration" In order to be ayaila-
able for that purpose, the work should be COM
pleted between now and the time of calling the
next Legislative Assembly:
Chapter 70 of the Revised Penal Code, ITO
regulate the Bureau of Public Instruction. . has
the following section, under the heading The
Census -
"It shall be the duty of the Board of Education,
every sixth year, counting from the year 1860, to
make a complete census of the inhabitants of the
Kingdom, to be laid before the King and Legislature
for their consideration every census shall comprise,
in distinct columns, the number of inhabitants in
each district, the number of each sect, and such
other particulars as the Board of Education may
direct, and shall show the increase or decrease of the
population"
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The TELEGRAPH is a great convenience, to be
sure, but it is tanalizingly unsatisfactory at times,
raising expectation and anxiety on tiptoe one day,
only to let it down numerically the next. An
instance occurs in point among the kilograms re-
ceiyed by the last mail. Under date of St. Pc
tersburg December 9, we are informed that at the
banquet of the knights of st. George, the Car
toasted the Emperor Of Germany, and hoped that
the friendship between that monarch and himself
would last forever, and that the fraternity of
their respective armies would be perpetual. But
the London dispatch of the 18th, tells us that the
Cars speech on the occasion referred to was re-
garded IN Berlin as an end to the guarantee Of
peace in Europe! Here is a muddle, which we
must wait patiently for the arrival of the next
mail to have made clear. For ought We know to
the contrary, the peace which SO lately settled
over Europe may be now broken and the two
mighty powers of Prussia and Russia clutching
at each others threats.
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Tons rYeau

Thus IL Is seen the cOh-e imports have been more than
dOu5led since Is55. and this make a partial failure in prOduc-
ton al the harder upon US As for California, our coffee sup
ply IL more and more each wear being produced IN the mexican
and Central American Countries, and these crops. compare
lively new 90 the world Of Commerce, will be Occupied ia ten
wears BY means OF The increase Of steam nayig alton along The
southern coast- san Francisco should in time become second
only to New York as & distributor Of this foreign luxury.
The hmness of prices obtained for Pulu has brought for
ward the available stock on hand, and we are Of the opinion
that the amount To 60 forward by next steamer will nil the
market. The demand for this article is very limited, and any
increase IN stock Is sure to be DIlowed by a sensible GlEin the
price.
We are not alone in our endeayors 70 establish a convenient
currency system, as we see thar a petition, addressed 10 the
Honorable senate and House cf Representatives Of the United
states Of America, requesting a change in the silver coinage,
has been signed by nearly all the prominent State and city
asked 6r are threrf0Id that a new coin be issued Of The value
Of two dimes, and having the name Two Dimes" in the CEN
ire q the reverse; that all coins Of the value Of half a dollar,
hereafter issued, have the name " Five Dimes" in the centre
Of The reverse and that the coinage Of quarter dollars cease,
and that all such coins now in circulation be withdrawn, by
the pay ment Of a small premium, and recoined- The Object OF
this movement is TO make ehectual a crusade against the
mythical abt,D and 10 facilitate the exchange Of fractional
money. As long as the quarter dollar exists this cannot be
done, therefore in this fight there viii he " no quarter"
The sbit," or as we designate It, the {" rial" is a nuisance,
and we are happy to say thati IT is rapidly going out Of circu-
Iauon it'll Us. IN ugh its name has been transferred very i'm
properly to the United States dime.
TABLE or TIE PRINCIPAL DOMESTIC EKPORTs, PORT or
HonOhuIu, for the Quarter ending December 3Isf, 1871,
a. compared with the eoTTesD0ndiHg period an 1870
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AFTER THE Liquor DEMONSTRATING Of the
California Legislature now in session, n paper says
Mr.. Gray. of San Francisco, has a bill in pros
pect, to be introduced at an early day, enacting
that when any person shall suffer injury in person
or property or means OF support. in consequence of
the furnishing of intoxicating liquor by any person.
the injured party may have right Of action in his or
her own name, against the party furnishing it, pro-
viding it shall appear that the defendant had rea-
sonable cause to apprebend that injury might re-
suit from his action in regard thereto, aud giving a
married woman the right to bring suit under this
act in her own name, without her husband, and to
testify in such action as a femme sole.
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The latest surmise as to the object of Provi-
dence in burning Chicago, is that of a Mormon
elder, who sees in it Divine retaliation for the
persecution to which the Saints of Utah have
been subjected by the unbelieving Gentiles. He
intimates, also, that unless these prosecutions
cease, indignant Providence will kindle even
more disastrous fires among the heather cities.
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HiIo-D. II Hitchcock, L. KIP, G. W. Akao
IIapai, Dan, WahIne, John K. Akina, C..
AkOno Akau.
Hamakua-G. W. d. Halemanu, J. K. Kau-
namanO.
Kohah-W. II. Richard. L. Kalai.
\ goodly array Of names truly, from which to
select . the assembled wisdom " Of the nation.
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DEPARTURES

Dec. 3O-Schr Netie Merrill. Crane. for Maui.
9O-Schr Prince. Hatfield, for Hawaii
3O-Schr Mary Ellen, sam, for Kauai
ian. 2-Schr Warwick, John Bull, for Muiokai.
2-Schr WaoIa, Alapai, for MoOkai-
2-StmT Kilau-a. McGregor. for aaui and Hawaii.
Sam bk ID q Murray, Shepherd, for san Francisco
3-U ; steam figate California, 70. Tahiti.
J-SShr kinau, Adams. for Hawaii.
3-Schr Luka. kaai, Tor Hawaii.
3-SlOop Live Yankee, Clark, for Maui.
4-Schr Mahuokawni, Antoine for Maui
4-Schr Moi Eeiki- Green, for Maui.
M 4-Schr Odd Fellow, John Tea, for Hawaii.
4-Schr Hattie. Kaapuni. for Kauai
4-schr Annie, Nika, for Kauai.
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The London Times editorial declares its belief
that Grants reelection to the Presidency is GER
tain, because he has brought about a reconcilia-
ton of the United States with England, and eff
fected a reduction Of the national debt. 1t con-
tinues in terms of highest praise of President
Grant, declares his consent to hold Office Is a
benefit to his country, and expects a million and
a half votes in his favor at the presidential cleo
tiDu
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Fnox sAx FRAScIsco-Per R W. Wood, Jan 2d-3 ma
tive seamen from bark Cambridge"
FoR SAN FRAxcIsco-Per ID. c. Murray, Jan. 3l-James
froser, T n Noble. John G Wood, Robert Nindneid, a }
Powers
FROM JARVIS IsLASD-PeT kamahe, Jan. 4th-MT \ }
Kinney, I native labOEer-
q FRoM wINDwAKD PORTs-Per Kilauea, Dec. 3lst-H b
1fnuteomery, Rev ] ID Paris and son. A G Smith, Judge A
&onsnier and daughter, 7 L Walkers Parker, and l64 deck.
\" From HAwAII-Per Pauahi, Dec 3lst-Mrs Hastings and
daughter, Miss Prachon-
FRoM MAUI-Per Live Yankee, Dec 3lst-James Steel, l
other, and 4 deck
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PORT OF HONOLULU. H. l..
ARRIVALS.

Dec. 30-Schr waioa, Alapai, from MClOkai-
3I-SchT Isabella, Peter, from Maui.
3I-SchT Pauahi, Reynolds, from Hawaii.
3l-Schr Moi keiki. Green. from Maui
3i-SlO0P Live Yankee. Clark. from Maui.
SI-Stmr Kifauea, McGregOr, from Hawaii and Maui +
SI-NOr Ger brig Peter, o. days from Newcastle, n ; w.
Jan 2-Schr Manuokawai. Antoine, from Hawaii.
3-Sehr Hattie, KaaPuni. from Kauai.
3-Schr Annie, Nika. from Kauai.
Shaw bk r w Wood, Weeks, - days from san
Francisco
Shaw schr Kamaie, g. DAYS from GuanO Islands.
Am bk,n A p Jordan. "a days from Humboldt.
4-Schr Juauita. Dud0it.. from MOlokai.
4@SchE Odd Fellow, John Tea, from Hawaii.
4-Schr Netffe Mernn. Crane. from Maui.
4-SChr Ka Moi, Davis. from Maui
5-Schr Jenny. Burns, from Kauai
5-Schr Fairy Queen. Kaaina, from Kauai.
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IMPORTS.

FEoN NEwcAsTLE. n. s w.-Per Peter, Jan. I'd .-345
tons Australian Coal to ii IIackled n Co.
FRoN SAN FRNNCrsCo-Per R w. Wood, Jan 3d:-69
bags Bran 10 II MAY I3 bndIs Old Bags 10 l. Hcfschlaeger x
Coz % pkgs Window, $50 Doors, 10 Blinds, ] bx Fasts to
DoSsetI & Cos 25 NJ Bricks. BOO bbIs Lime, $50 budls Shin
giles, 100 bales Hay. 100 SKIS Oats. 35S SKIS Bran, IL bndls
Empty Bags 10 II Hackeld & Co.
FRoN EUREKA. CAL-Per A. P. Jordan. Jan 4th So, 419
Il Surfaced r W Lumber, T2256 Fl Rough r w, 1880 #
siding, 5O,25O n Ceiling, IO,5S6 # Battens, 1880 # Pickets,
100 VI Shingles.
FROM JARVIS IsLLND-Per Kamafe, Jan. 9Th 90 tons
Guano-
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co NJ NJ n
FRIDAY J4SUART S, 1879.

~ - @--
We have No Transactions Of impoEtance 90 chTluicle ia
trale dariur tie SEX. The new y,ar opeas with a far de-
mans CIR stnphe gOsIs and cur merchants have fully accom-
moiateL themselves 70 the light trade % ms4-Sia,-r- We
rive our usual quarterly report q domestic exports. from which
II viii be seu that the valse 81 orr exports Er the year have
e.ceedrd that Of 1870 by a quarter Of n million u dollars
The irerea.e f. due % the fact that az Il our leading articles
n export have eNoecied in quantity the shipments q 1870,
ush the exception Of coffee, salt, goat skins and whale bone.
Fungus. We doaot consider 4 stapts aTticie, as its gro1th -
Dependant upon the destruction % cur Forests, and in our
opinion the gathering Of il should b. Discouraged.
The rxhffit q Oh and bone cannot Eiriy enter into the IS.
Nth domestic exports, e.iher 70 swell or diminish the value
n tb- sum total. The larger part q the catch Is entered here
il, had and aside from the Custom House expenses, is not a
dirert .oufre Of revenues 20 his government We hope TO see
during the prese1t year, more energy displayed ia the cultiya-
ton Of coTse. holding as we 30 the opinion that a better, e,
more thorough. system Of cultivation will ensure god returns
To- The grower. In this connection We clip from cur exchanges
the 6IIoSings
Corrvr DEyIetgxcy-NEw Sources OF suPrLY.-Tbe
recent advance IN coffee 10 the Eastern markets vas occa-
stoned bv a deficiency q 10000 tons ia the three most pro-
durtve countries, Brazil, CeyIon and Javg, aud partly by the
states The IN uthiy sales in the six principal ports Of the
United States for the last year, averaged about 1000 tons,
which il 1000 over the average of the year $50 The dis
Irritation IN 1855 was but 5000 tons per month In 1903
was Q Ooo. in 1870. 10000. and 1871, 1900 Ia thu six ports Of
New York. Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans and
San Francisco. On the LIST of December the stock IN the
hands Of importers was but AGO tons, says the New York
Evening Post, against 5000 tons for the corresponding time
in 1870. The same paper is authority for the statement that
the supply Of ~ kinds ia all hands on The 10th December was
Int 1000 tons and this Includes all cargDes anOat at the
time. q Uulsss Europe shi& Us an unexpectedly large guam
bag q coffee on the LIST q January" In 1870 the distribution
In November VA 5000 tons. ia December, 1900; 50 that we
are at least 5000 tons short, while the consumption for the
current has gaeatly increased over the same year Inc hgufes
Of cgnsumptiOu from lS62 10 1871 inclusive are as follows:
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NOTICE TO srRscRIBERs.

The I4RrfssT viii no, BE discontinued upon expiration d
time oGSzb-cHpu0n, unless ordered stopped BY the subsrHb-
er; IN HAich case il must be paid FOR up 10 time d stoppage.
Terusses usual, So per annuuL II paid for in advance, J. e.,
sitAa thirty days d expiration q slbscrptiJE-S5 Per an
lLuE
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VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bktn Free Trade. from Portland. due
Bdg Robert COwAn, from Victoria, due
Brig Morning star, from Micronesia due
Bk Comet. from San Francisco. due Jan 10Th.
Ship Nicoya, from London. sailed sept 9Th
al GarstanR. from Newcastle on Tyne, sailed Sept 9Th.
Bk KA MaI, from Bremen, sailed Sept 9th
Bk Malviner, from Bremen, sailed Oct 5th-
schr l. p Foster, from san Diego
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NOTICE (!
Men Wanted I!

- SEAMEN ORDINARY IN
IErA For the Cnited States ship "NARRAGANsErr."
& Pay-S2I.5O, and SI7.5O per month.
Boats will Leave the Landing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
d3n II
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TO LET.
NOTICE.

- THE CELLAR NDE MY STORE
a. Capable q Storing between 500 and 400 TONS
j6 II. NJ WHITNEY.