The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-28
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LoSnoS May 18th 1879.
NorEs DS SCGsE.
To-. total sugar crug u Cuba g. nov estimaied
M SO 200 tons. b-ir- sl .xs-ss Ut 10000 ever
Int v.s-.- crop. In austria the production Of
bcetroot .ur1r IA. Exactly doubled from Is mil
tions metric cwt. 10 1875 % % MILLIONS IN 1873.
In barbados heavy rains have fallen. an unusual
occurrence as this season Their effect on the
ea0as IA. been wonderful. The fields presenting an
aupenrance seldom witnessed at this time Of the
vear. and if favorable weather continues. the yield
will prove % be the largest On record The hurri-
cane which passed over the Island OF Reunion on
March 20th aud 2Ist was the. most disastrous that
has Visited lh- colony Tor mlny years, and tie re-
ductiou .n ths sngar crop caused by toe deSo-ia-
ton % the plantations D. rstlmatrd nt - per cent.
By the last census the population % this island
consisted % ll3OJJ male % 10000 females an
anomaly attributed chiefly % tie immigration Of
voLc.SoEs.
During the yenr I57s ile volcanic eEuPlons in
all parts Of the world reached The unusually high
number Of II they were az places lar aPayt and
mostly from little known and inaccessible vol
canoes. Vesuvius entered on an active period IN
April. Ia January repeated eruptOns were Cd
Nsd from previously unknown volcanoes near
the Straits Of Magellan: about tle same time
lama I. the New uebrid-s vas active and Tie
island Birara in the New Britannia group was de
vnstufcd In it8 northern past yrhile great delds OF
pumice reached Tor ont 20 sea lsluga Ia norm
America was tie scene Of an eruption in Febru-
ary. accompanied U.lh mucI lava Ihere were
smaller volcanic oJtbrezks Of Hecla, Of Asama-
wanna in Japan. Of CJt0P1Li, Of IepacO and 9ltna
ir san -aIv1d0r and o. IsuleO. Greater c%ruptiOns
took place iu The AleutilI and society Islands 10
rho latter the iialds 81 Elntea aud E1tlIu.-
were laid waste AlaEse mud eruption from
Mount Etna took place at Palermo ia sicily The
number Of earthquakes recorded during the year
amounts 10 IO3- The latest news from Java states
that the volcauJes in both tie eastern aud western
districts Of that island are ia iuli activity a
broad river &C fiery lava was aOwiGg from the
crater Of SmeTI down to the southern coast, ilu-
minating all the ueighbOrhOOd at night with Its
rudy light. The Gedeh mountain was at the
same time ejecting an enormous amount OF ashes,
which covered the surrounding districts FOR miles
New GUINEA COLONIZATION. q
Next autumn a pioneer party Of 5000 Italians
commanded By 1enOtti Garibaldi, tie generals
son, viii sail from laramie for the south coast oil
New Guinea to established q colony and found a
new city to be called Italia The expedition viii
consist Of two parties. one military to protect the
colony against the natives. and the other agricul-
tural and Industrial to establish the settlement.
-Four steamers arc chartered to carry the expedi-
ton and convey the stores. (Which comprise all
necessary implements from the saw and spade to
TIE printing pres, and also u Geographic cable to
connect the colony with the north coast OF Austria
la. The settlers intend D. land at the mouth OF
one Of the rivers. form a camp there and live part
y in the tents and partly on shipboaId until the
most healthy and favorable site for a city has been
found. The OriginatOrs of this project hope 70
attract to their colony the 10000 Italians who
now emigrate every year to South America, but at
Nut 6LuAt tAilG AueIE - EDult uA~IA hdAu nCtA
Eagland may not offer its objection to this enter
prise
SAMOA.
There seems to be but little doubt tuat Ger
many intends 10 take possession Of the Samoa
group. 1t is now positively stated that Prince
Bismarck has given up his former Grm opposition
70 the policy OF acquiring foreign colonies for the
empire and has even become a convert to the pro-
ject- The acquisition of a cOaliug station at
Tonga was the first step IN this direction, and The
appointment OF Captain Zsmbsch Of the Imperial
Navy to be Consult General for the Samoan Islands
whica has ir( ken place, seems TO point to a
new system E.ive interference in the affairs OF
that Pacific group Capt. Zembsch who il an able
and energetic naval stat officer replaces Consul
kcber at ApiIt WHO negotiated The new treaty
II tween Germany and Samoa. In regard 20 this
10y tbr. British Colonial Secretary has just
stated tu Parliament, tuat no Cumpihuts have
been RECEIVED frO-u British subjects in samoan Of
any iuGingementoi thsr RrouEi~taI rights. The
German cOasuls protest ag5iust Generaf BaEtsu ;
appointment o. Prime Minister NJ Snmoa was
probably dHe TO Instructions iroR Berlin.
NAVAL News.
Admiral D. Horsey having arrived % Van
couver- Island truuls uonoialu in The Triumph,
reports be- VIII lrsve ut once ir Peru aud Chile
on account % the war. Tbe'DaTiHJ from The Paci-
lie and the Slppt0 frum Australia have both ur-
riveI at S~pitheud gnd gone but Of commission.
The German corvette ATindes sailed from Auck-
land ApriI 1T for Apia. Captain Canevaro, who
tau.led nc Honolulu IN che C~TistCfOTs Colombo
last year describes his cruise ia the Pacific in the
Muiiiaas ReUieJr. Captain Kennedy who COM
manded the ReiHdeer in 1875, j. now on the West
India station in TIE Druid. The u. Z. Uyiie ar
rived Ut Bremen April 9th. I22 days from Homo
lulu b. u.