The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-07-24

ure yesterday of receiving a visit from Mr.. W. G
Jerrems, for some years connected with the staff o.
the b" Town and Country of Sydney. on his way tC
England via the overland route
MAsoS1c.-The regular monthly communication
of Lodge lie Progress de r0ceanie. A. F. & A. NJ,
will take place on Monday evening next, at the Lodge
Rooms on King street. Visiting brethren are invited
to attend.
4 RECEPTIONS on SHIPBOARD.-Admiral Almy's fort,
nightly reception on board the Pensacola was nu-
merously attended on Thursday afternoon. Their
Majesties the King and Queen and as many as a
hundred other guests, ladies and gentlemen. made a
friendly call on the gallant Admiral and officers.
TARGET PRAcrIcE.-Last Wednesday a party OF
seamen belonging to the U. S. S. Pensacola were on
the reef to seward of the port for several hours,
engaged in rife practice. Standing on the Esplanade
one could hear the shots strike the target. The dis
lance fred We should judge was 800 yards.
A. Man OyEBBoARD--On the last trip of the Ramoi,
4 when in the Molokai channel one of the crew fell
overheard. A boat was lowered and picked him up.
but not until the schooner had left him half mile
astern. But he was a Hawaiian, and swum like a
fish.
A BALL NEXT WEEK.-Re learn that on Friday
evening next, being the eve of the sd anniversary
Of the restoration of the Hawaiian flag, a ball will be
given at the Hotel Pavilion in aid of the funds of
Queen Emma Lodge, No. 2, of the Order of Good
T~emplars. The Order has confessedly done a good
work in this community, and we doubt not our
citizens will show their appreciation of that fact by
literally patronizing it on this occasion.
The PRIDE OF THIS PENsACoIA.-The gun, par
| excellence, OF The FeasdcOia is an eleven-lnch pivot.
of whose appearance and capabilities every one on
board is OF course quite proud. While their Maj
estes were on a visit to the Admiral last Thursday.
the Queen was admiring the great gun, and re-
marking that she had heard it said that sailors fire.
quently called their guns by pet names. asked if
this one had ii name? Yes, your Majesty" re-
piled the gallant Admiral we have named this
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AT THE FoUNDRY.-Whenever thee is a plenty
of employment for mechanics, it indicates an i'm
provement in the times for everybody else. We
are therefore pleased to chronicle the fact that the
workmen are busy at the Honolulu Iron Works.
Among the contracts in hand. we note a Vacuum
Pan for Mr.. A. H Spencer, East Maui. TO be 5 feet
diameter by 6 feet in height, with air pumps and
| steam engines and a new sugar mill for Messrs.
Campbell Il Turton, the rollers of which are to be
As inches long by &c inches in diameter, with heavy
connecting gearing, and to cost about $1,000.
ORANGE CONSUMPTION IN CALIFORNIA-Says the
S. F. Observation-Disclosures consumes 10, 900, 900
oranges per annum, or about eighteen apiece TO
each man, woman and child in the State. There
are of course some who far exceed that figure, and
many who never taste an orange from the LIST OF
January to the 3lst of December but eighteen is
the average. OF the 10, 00O,0 900 of oranges con-
sumed over City per cent now come from Los
Angeles and the other southern counties of the
State and the supply from that source is con-
stantly increasing.
SHORT SIxEs.-One day last week, in removing
an old store-house attached to the former place Of
business of Mr.. G.. c.. Mclean on Nuuanu street,
under the floor was unearthed a case of CIGARS
q short skies, thai had been forgotten there for
over sixteen years in former years, that style Of
cigar was extensively smoked here, being brought
out in large quantities for trade by whalers. We
we're favored with q bunch Of the " find" which
were in excellent order and well seasoned. The
brand reads, " Extra No. 1 Havana Skies, manufacsi
tured BY Dow and Wilder, No. 8 Chatham ROY,
Boston,
Work FOR SHIPwRIGHTs.-We are pleased to learn
that Messrs. Campbell and Turton of Lahaina have
contracted with the Messrs. Foster of this city for
the construction of a new schooner of about $50
tons, TO take the place of the .Nettis Merrill on the
Lahaina route. On the return Of the Nellie from
her present trip she will be hove out in order to
obtain the lines of her model, upon which, for an
island coaster, it is believed that no improvement
can be made. 1t is understood that On the compile
ton of the new vessel, (Which it is calculated will
be on or before the first of January next the Nellie
will be turned over to the Messrs. Foster. Having
been we'll and faithfully built in the first place, she
has many years remaining of service.
SAMsHoO, OR SAMsHY.-The meaning of this word
or either of them--in Chinese, is ' thrice distilled, I
and it describes (according to s. Wells Williams) a
strong spirituous liquor distilled from the yeasty,
liquor in which boiled rice has been fermented IN
der pressure many days. We are told that a good
deal of Ssmshoo is consumed by the lower order of
Chinese on these islands, and that it is retailed in
many Of the petty shops in this city. The CUSTOM
house records show that large quantities are imported
from China in earthen jars, and it pays a duty as
spirits of IS a gallon. Scarce a coaster leaves this
port for the other islands but takes one or more Of
these jars for the Chinese traders. Our government
requires q license Of 81 900 per annum for retailing
American whisky, British brandy or German gin,
but Chinese Samshy shes along under an ordinary
merchandise license.
TREASURY ORDER RELATISG 70 GooDs FOR HoNo-
LULU.-The Secretary of the Treasury directs that
tho ports Of Port Huron and Detroit, Mich and
Duluth, MINI, shall be and the same are designated
as ports at which combined entries for the ~transpor-
tation and expectation may he made of goods arriv-
ing at these places and destined for the Sandwich
Islands via San Francisco. under the conditions speci-
fed in chapter 4 of the Customs regulations Of 1872,
with this modification, however, that in connection
With such entries such examination and appraise-
ment Of al! PACKAGE of gaoda SO shipped shall be
had as will insure accurate Identification Of their
contents and afford q proper basis for fixing the
penalties OF transportation and export bonds. These
precautions are deem necessary on account of the
impracticability of transporting such goods from
either of the above ports Of departure to San Fran
CISCO in sealed cars without removing the seals or
breaking bulk.-S. F. Commercial Herald.