The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-15
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Monthly Letter from Europe

LoSroy. March lat. ls1e.
During January tie new steamships .slsirshs
All Zsslsn4is len London 90. the Pac.G. 90 take ~
their stations On tie san Francisco AM sydney mail
route va Honolulu These duc vessels arc s..ie-
ships and have tcea built expressly fr tie service
by the we'll known frm " John Elle. & CO. q
Glasgow, being constructed ga the mcsi approved
Iine,. thereby insuring Gc utmos, possible comfort
TO the passengers. combined with a very high rate q
speed when under steam. They have teen classei
100 A l at Lloyd's with a capacity Of 5000 tons
register each. The engines are Of the new .cmpouni
three cylinder pattern and Of 500 horse power nom
inal. working up to 24o0 horse power. They take
three grips Of the crank shaft Ons,eAd Of two as
usual in marine engines) and thi. popularity gives
q movement almos, inaaiible in the saloon. even
when the engines are working at a high pressure.
These vessels have Accommodations each for lGi first
class, "a second class, and 50 steerage passengers.
the various cabins and berths having been furnished
in the most satisfactory manner. while the s,aterooms
and the FIRST class saloon are decorated in the mos,
elegant style Before long the inhabitants Of Homo
lulu will have the opportunity Of personally inspect
ing these hue vessels.
OF the total eclipse Of the sun on September 1918
Of this year (marked as invisible q, Honolulu by the
10y aN@A e." - AAN
FIJI Islands will see anything like the totality. and
the only land on which it seems it will be absolutely
total is the small island near the Navigator group,
called Savage Island (about 30 miles in circumfcr-
enee, discovered by Capt. Cook in IVA AMI so named
by him from the disposition Of the iahabitants)
Even there the totality will be less than one minute
in duration. In the Fiji Islands about 90 Of the
suns diameter will be obscured. at Auckland, y. T.
about 05, and somewhat less on the eastern shore Of
Australia.
At the Archaeological Institute the Rev. Gill re-
Gently read a paper ION some traditions Of the
Harvey Islands, and demonstrated by the assist
ance Of genealogical tables Of Kings and Priests that
the islands have not been inhabited more than about
six centuries. He also gave some instances from his
personal knowledge Of canoes having drifed from
very distant islands as a cause for the spreading Of
the Polynesian race throughout the Pacific.
In the House Of Commons the first Lord Of
Admiralty recently stated that no court Of inquiry
had been held with respect 10 the introduction Of
measles into the FIJI Islands by II. NJ S. Dido. but
that some papers on the subject, including a report
by the captain of the vessel, from the colonial Office
would be laid before the house.
During the year 1876 the total emigration to the
Colonies from the mother country
to "a. $50; namely, 20,749 English. $3.50
Scotch, and s,25l Irish.
On the successful laying Of the cable between
Australia to New Zealand. February 18th, the Lord
Mayor Of London and the Mayors Of Wellington and
Dunedin n. Il. exchanged Geographic congratula-
lions upon the completion Of direct communication
the colony and the mother country.
A statue Of Captain Cook will soon be erected in
Hyde Park. Sydney, the New South Wales Parlia-
nent having voted ca, 900 for that purpose. viii
let the Centennial Of 1878 60 by, without
paying an equal honor to the memory Of Hawaii's
liscoverer?
Feb. 29th, the Austrian Parliament passed a sec
md reading On the Government bill regarding the
reaty Of commerce, shipping and amity concluded
18th 1876, between the Government Of Austro-
and that of the Kingdom Of the Hawaiian
stands. Deputy Baron Won Kirbeck presented the
eport, whereupon the bill received the constitutional
by the Parliament.
'aci6c via Magellan's Strait to relieve the Tenedos, +
Ihich vessel comes home. The Challenger is ex- .
ected to reach England during this month. There Z
eing strong grounds for believing that Lieut. Ford. {
!. NJ. I. who was supposed to have deserted from II. .
I. S. Scout of transit memory at Valparaiso, was :
ither murdered or accidentally drowned, the Adj /
liralty have directed that the r" marked against !
is name be removed for pay, sc. The German J
oryette .Arcona which touched at Honolulu in May :
lst, reached Kiel during the first week Of the year,
fter a slight accident in running aground on the
coast. The Duke of Edinburgh, who visited 4,
honolulu in 1869, takes command Of the iron clad
yuftan for a three years cruise in the Mediterranean, =
4 order to obtain his Admiral's flag. The Repuise
Admiral Cochrane, reached Panama Feb. 2ith.
he Hawaiian bark Ra Moi after repairing all !
amages sustained in the collision before reported, I
again from Sheerness Dec. 18th for Honolulu. :
he iron screw frigate Shah, 2G guns, one Of the i
.stest vessels in the British Navy, has been selected :
y the Admiralty rs the new flagship for the Pacific
tation to relieve the Repuise. The new Comman- /
er-iu-chief, Admiral Hancock, vice Admiral Coch- 3
ane, whose time is nearly up, will hoist his flag and 7
Portsmouth about June lst. F.B.. $
tE-o.n nur $3.50 CnrrcsunnLauI 1