The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-15

ance, dancing was kept up until a late hour.
LECTURE To-NIGHT.-H. A. P. Carter, ESQ, will
address the public ut the Hawaiian Hotel this even
ing-suhiect-' The political situation of the Ha-
waiian nation All are cordially invited, and par
ticularly ladies', and native Hiwaiians who under
stand English. -
STATE DINNER.-His Majesty entertained at dinner
atythe Palace last Thursday evening, Admiral and
Mrs. Pennock, Generals SchOield and Alexander,
the officers of the national war vessels in port, the
members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, Her
Majesty Queen Emma, and the Kings Ministers.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held its monthly
meeting last Wednesday. The only business that
came up was the report Of the Committee appointed
to confer with the Cabinet on the subject of Reel
procity, and that report consisted of a reference to
the correspondence published in our last, between
His Majesty's Minister of Foreign Affairs and the
American Minister Resident. And this, it appears.
is the 'fat, stale, and improbable " conclusion of
the whole matter. |
A RAINY SPRING.-For three weeks. up to the
18th inst, this Island has been favored with copious
rains, which must prove of vast benefit to agricul-
turists and grazers, for months to come. At Wal
kiki. Capt. Daniel Smith reports the rainfall from
March LIST to 1lth as . inches and l~l-lOOths. At
KOolau (Kaalaca Plantation on the llth. the fair
by Il superior guage was ii lO-lOOths inches for the
previous "a hours. This represents something over
one hundred tons OF water to the square acre.
Some few acres of cane were washed away and
other not very important damage sustained. At
Eva on the same day, the stream rose fourteen feet
in ten minutes. From the direction of the prevail
ing winds during the past month-frOmS :. W. 10 ;.
E-all parts of the Islands have doubtless been
similarly favored with rain.
QUITE RECENTLY. we have heard of instances in
which coasting vessels running between the ISL
ands, having unusually long passages. or from
some other cause not mentioned. have run short of
provisions, and in the last case reported the vessel
in distress was compelled to board another at sea
better provided than herself. for provisions. of
which the crew had been destitute for twenty-four
hours. Formerly there was a good deal Of talk in
the community about the careless and badly equip
ped manner in which our inter-island traders were
in the habit Of going TO sea, and the subject was
brought up in the Legislature. The result was the
enactment, in 1864. OF ." An Act to regulate the
carrying of passengers between the Islands of this
Kingdom 1t may be we'll to reproduce now the
third section of that Act, which, as it is still the
law OF the land. ought not. as it would appear to
be, considered as a dead letter:
rSECTIoN 3. No vessel shall carry more than
one passenger for every two tons registered %burthen,
excepting steam vessels. the same being allowed TO
carry two passengers for every three tons burthen.
And each vessel licensed TO carry passengers be-
tween the islands shall carry, on all her passages,
secured on deck, one spare cask, OF the capacity OF
at least two barrels, filed with water, and under
her deck. easily accessible. as many barrels OF good
sound bread or rice and salt provisions and water
as may, from time to time, be required By the Har-
bormaster of Honolulu and for disobedience OF
the orders of the Harbormaster, by not carrying
the amount of water and provisions required and
commanded by him, the vessel. the master OF which
has so neglected to obey the order OF the said Har-
bormaster. shall be liable to have her license re-
voked by the Collector General. and the master
shall be further liable to a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, TO be recovered before any Police
or District Justice.