The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-07-04

A SU66EsrIoN.-A very pleasant drive might be
made BY extending School Street in a southeasterly
direction across tue base Of PunchbOwl Hill, and
then bringing it by gentle sweep toward the east
along he upper side of the old Makiki sioue-wsll
up to the main entrance of the Oahu College
grounds. This improvement could not fail Of being
universally popular. The slight elevation it would
st,sin, below the craggy sleeps Of Punchbowl,
would give most delightful prospect over the
plain aud town, Including at coup d ali, the whole
landscape from the cocoanut groves OF Waikiki and
the outrageous shades OF Punahou with its lovely
blue background Of ocean, down past the city TO
the lagOons of Pearl River and the purple noun
tains Of Wsianse. From purely utilitarian point
of view the road would be useful by providing a
much shorter route between Nuuanu Valley and
Punshou. The expense would be very small.
EXTENSION OF THE POSTAL UsIoS-The Empire
of Japan has been admitted to the Postal Union,
from and after June l, and Brazil and the Portu-
guese colonies from July l, 1871 The postage
rates fixed by the United States for prepaid cCr-
respondenee addressed to, and unpaid CORES
poudenee received from Japan, when the trans
pOriAiion Is performed by direct steamers between
San Francisco and Yokohama, as follows: For
prepaid letters. cents per Is grammes halfOunee;
for unpaid lettersEeceved 10 cents per Is grammes
half-Ounee; for postal cards, two cents ezeh; for
newspapers, If not over four in weight, two
cents each for books, other printed matter, pat
terms Of merchandise, etc, two cents for each
weight of two or fraction thereof for regis
tration fee on all correspondents, 10 cents
QUEER ARITHMETIC The last Saturdays Alder
tiSsr makes some remarkable assertions in regard
10 the tidal wave of Mas last It says that the wave
Travelled from South America to New Zealand,
distance Of 81, 0S0 miles O, in seven hours and
half, or ST the rate OF SIS miles a minute. Ii viii
be news 10 many that the distance between those
two places is more than a quarter OF the distance
I from the earth 10 the moon; tut, allowing that,
how can it be proved that wave moving At the
rate OF s miles minute could pass the shove
distance in sesss hours aud thirty MHHtssl Accord
ing to our calculations the wave should have been
over week 10 travelling it. The facts in the mat
ter are simply these: Tue distance from Iquique
Auckland N. z Is 60so miles; the time occupied
BY the wave in travelling across the ocean from
point to point was IL hours and so minutes. which
was at the nate of SIS miles per minute, or S4S
miles per hour. Tue wave came over to this group,
s distance of $3.50 miles, in y hours and so min
utes or at the rate Of SS4 miles per hour.
] TIE AMERICAN BIBLE socIETr.-From the Sixty
first Annual Report of this society, We learn that
the receipts for the past year were SIS 57s55 in
Guiding S227, 50 for publications, So, a
from rents slss, DISCS from Iegaeies, $9l, 274 20
from donations, and s., ss6. rs from sundry items
From foreign lands SIS. 7O7. L were received, and
the aggregate receipts exceed those of the previous
year By SD, ISL .. Funds have been expended
during the year to secure TRANSACTIONS of Scripture
in Turkish, AzerbIan and japanese, aud to publish
I versions in those languages, well as in the
siAmese and Dakota Spanish reference bibles,
Portuguese gospels, and historical and propheticaI
works in Dakota have also been issued. The
number of copies manufactured at the Bible House
was 55s AS; printed abroad, 27s .s47; purchased
abroad, S5.osl; total, ss1, O56; copies issued at
home, e.. 796 abroad, 259s $50; total ss1 O56. OF
bibles for the blind S47 volumes have been issued
making total TO- us in IS years The issues Of the
society In 81 years amount TO 81 IA. SIS copies
The Bible Society Record circulated 10 500 copies
during the year. The grstnitous work tor the year
amounted in value TO $3.50 4S5.6S Ofthis sum,
SIS 655 in cash appropriations for the foreign
field, besides 1851 copies Of the scriptures sent
from the United States.