The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-01

hut, I had with me ai@ays the Almanac 81 1870.
Some tables in that | uiss IN this Of 20. particularly
the tables q temperature as kept al several points
No,hlsz vas such a ~rurpTise aud pleasure 70 the
residents al these climates q extremes. as the
exhibit % cur unifem and equable temperature
throughout the twelve months l hope Mr Thrum
will see st to have is every succeeding issue g BIS
Almanac at least 2 page o. tEo q tables o. The
Thermometer IS deserved in Honolulu. Nuuann
VALLEY. Haleakals School and other points where
records are kept Also full abstracts q the census
of different years and ct the rain fall
Not far from De Hawaiian space ; that Of the
Orange Free SAe." II you need 60 turn 10 your
map ani encyc,pciia for some Information as %
what and whee this country is, you will be just
in the positici Of your correspondent lou viii
fni il on the TRANCE river, adjoining Cape Colony.
South Africa. The exhibition Of this small, distant
and little kuTn country, Of ostrich feathers and
eggs, Of graf. wool, minerals, leather. beautiful
birds, &c. W ca. the attention Of hundreds and
thousands O visitors, and az more readers OF
newspapers | mention II as a case more nearly
parallei TO CIR own than many others. | enquired
for some pa-phlet or circular giving some leading
facts OF disagreement and status Of the country,
and locke for some map which should show is
generally .dmirable show. l hope every one is not
bound to .noW as much Of sueh a state, IS Of the
boundaris and government Of France for instance
Wouldn' it pay Us to be well and thoroughly
represefed At the coming Paris exposition? We
want ~ men and women Of Europe 20 settle Hp
our yGant country. Is there any better way TO
advert-e our advantages 90 the worldI Tables OF
our c.mate, statements Of what land We have 10
sell. is capabilities and prices. One. or better two
Commissioners who can unweariedly for six months
auswr questions are wanted, AID all should not be
left tl the last three months.
Chr colonial n~eighbors make grand exhibits Of
the, resources. Each gold producing colony has
an 5belisk or pyramid Of wood, gilded, showing In
buk the amount Of gold produced since gold dis
coeries; some dividing II od TO show the amount
yielded in each year. with statements of the value.
ley exhibit in some two hundred small paintings,
seTy class Of soil aud country, aud the price per
Ere, every phase Of farming, grazing and mining
lie, their grains, fruits, meats, manufactures Of
every description, all their woods, h~erbaria. metals
and minerals Brazil makes immense and careful
exhibits Of the products Of that great empire. IL is
known that they had the wisdom TO have a pre-
liminary great exposition of their own last year In
order TO assemble aud select from that what would
do them most credit and attract most beneficial
notice IN this worlds gathering. ! do not speak,,
for the limits Of this letter do not permit, nor does
my one days rest as travel westward permit. Of
the exhibitions Of France. Austria. England, and
such finished countries They are of n different
character. IL is new countries, inviting immigration
10 which we can most probably look for example
Of the beneficial use 10 be made Of Worlds Fairs"
Could our community be agreed enough about any
thing 10 have the first year Of Reciprocity a fair,
an exhibition at Honolulu, which might help US to
60 TO Paris the following year with something more
ample and complete than this OF 1857 IL would
pay.
The treaty ? | fear my last hasty note to you
written from New York just after the passage Of
the bill ty the House, was a day too late for steamer.
Now there " developed an opposition in the Senate,
or rather an opposition operating on the Senate,
coming from the rice and sugar growers Of the
south. They fear we have such n vast territory FIT
for the growth Of those staples that We shall conflict
with their market east Of the Rocky Mountains.
OF course we know that our suitable land is very
limited in extent and our possible capacity still
,1--- restricted by the amount Of water available
lr ir-irsIou. snd ~ &c ra1a'y oi .aAor TO- many
yesls 10 come, 5ut ir bard 20 e tL-. sSaet
t2Ires supporting our knowledge sos deg
difficulties anu rbr f-@aL..- decay rs Cd amos doubt
now that we have passed the crisis Of difficulty and
secured the coveted reciprocity. The four hfths Of
the Senate which ratified the treaty must insure US
the majority which is all we need for the bill TO
make it operative
Another correspondent writes as follows
Our Hawaiian exhibit has received any amount
of attention, being crowded all day long. .
There have been not less than three thousand
visitors per diem since the opening Of the exhibit
ton. 1t has been favorably noticed in the papers,
AMI all the Hawaiians who have visited il are i'm
menely pleased. II forms a rallying point from
which they branch out to view the exhibition. and
to which they return to rest. The fact is, Hawaii
has become very well known to the multitudes who
throng this vast Vanity Fair and all are
eager TO obtain information"