The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-04-05
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FRIDAY. MRfL :. 1873.

FRID1T arm :, ls53-
Tns ubr uh-ch W prrant today, ns''r AZ - The Cot
t-ctar Gcu~rri - Customs. q the principal doa'e-tie exports
from this pot fr u~ Gnt quarter ortae present year, a. eoH-
pared With the corresponding P-sisi q ia-t yeaE.-sh0~s \
narEsa Increase 10 the quantities senf fr~ard oi sugar
p1a4y, rice and cole
Thi- showing does rot haEevcr. a. might Be inferred dem
on.trats an increased rr5Iaetaon O those article 70 The extent
Indicated Thu- q large poFtian Of the increase la sugar ss-
ported during the last quarter b-9ng. properly TO the produce
% the 6urth quarter % IsIa, ~hich lay Ia store in ills city
6r want q %shlprnE- hrshipments abroad hr that quarter
a. compared with the corresponding period in 1911, showed a
seerease q I,Sss PSI pounds.
Owing q Ih- depressed eoadii9n q 'he CaHi1nA market
sisee the commru-s1ent IS th- present year. H-ahy i~o NIL
lion posaas q cor saElrs have ben diverted from thence %
other points,-to Auckland. LJiT.525 pounds 10 y victoria, v
T., 529,75O pounds and o New BEDFORD pr SyreH, 1860
poa1fs. TIE mills on many plaHtat1us commenced grinding
in Deccmber, and a million AID i hall pounds q sugar Wa
brought - HoacIula In January. A. one LGe there vas about
1000 kegs Ia store here
The Increased export Of paddy AID rice, however, j. owing TO
ar increased prodaeton Of thos- articles The crop d 1871
Wa short, principally OEiuE % The destructive foods of that
year. BY which about half a million pounds we're destroyed
Ia the sprBg q 1872, there was = rise Ia prices % San Fran
cisco, which stimulated Increased oreraiio1s In planting. and
Ihs IL the eFop WHICH - now coming ia We regard with
especial interest the culture e rice, a. beng peculiarly adapt
Cd 10 our native small farmers, and note with satisfaction the
signs % an increased pro!aee- With . reciprocity tre.y, our
product q rcs would become vastly faereasld, for there is
ample space now lying Idle which could thus be improved.
C0Gee sho shows a considerable Increase IN export over The
nrst quarter of last year, Of 10 less than SoIB6 pounds. For
a series q years The coffee crop has been seriously injured AMI
~ some ilealiues almost entirely destroyed by the aphis, or
blight. bur during the past year reports have been received
from KOna, the principal coffee producing district, u the effect
that this pest had disappeared 10 4 great degree
The decrease In the export o. hides, ggat skins and taIlo~
dos not iodieate any decrease in the proIGct. Tie market
Gr :hese articles 10 found IN Europe and In the Eastern States
and not IN California, and there Is consequently a considerable
amount IN store awaiting shipment around the Horn.
The Increase Ia The value Of domestic expous-ss2,7 l 90
should properly bear the small reduction q s., Z9s 50. the
value d sperm and whale OIL the catch Of Hawaiian vessels
which was awaiting shipment from last fall
We have three Ehalers in pou,-the JaUa ID, Nautilus and
Illinois, aud the Camilla, lying or and on outside. The EGu.
Sih.s and Hfnofs are disch1TgiBg oil FOR shipment home, III,
former 90 barrels sp@nn, and the latter 1000 barrels whale
The Hawaiian bark Kafs sailed "a the ID inst for San
FuneIseo, with a part cargo, almost entirely Of domestic pro
duce, the largest In valcs ever dispatched from this port, foot
ing up S~SO,55T4a-
4 fThe American schooner j. ID. SGsbOTR sails to-day for IN,
Ochotsk on a trading and otter hunting voyage.
Business % All kinds continues dun, with very little cash In
circulation, notwithstanding that this is quarter week. oul
system ol quarterly accounts Is becoming more and more an
tEsde-espeeiany In the matter of small dealings We repeat
oar recommendation Of the plan % monthly settlements, where
cash payments cannot be made
The steamer D0k0ta is about due from Auckland, bat there
Is eonfessedly some uncertainty as To when the California
steauer may be expected.
The bsrkeniine Jane a. FaTfnbuTg. loading Tar Portland
%, viii probably sail on Monday or Tuesday next, taking
7 fun cargo o. isiand produce
wHALEas-The number Of New Bedford whsIers cruising
NJ the close Of the year ls52 Ms u "sbiPs," % baTks, 2 brig
and 2 schoouerz total, Ill Total from all other ports in tai,
country, al steamer. u barks, 8 brigs, 10 sehaoues
There were once over 700 whal-rs owned in the country, bU
Soyase. averasinr eobsiderabIy more than a year even II
those days.-Am- paper.
SUMMARY or EXPORTS ron MARCH, 1873.