The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-06-19
From orr Regular Correspondent.)
Letter from Europe.-No. SO.
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LONDON, May 20, 1880.
The new treaty between Hawaii and the German
Empire passed the second and third readings in the
Parliament of the latter country on April 10 and 20
respectively, without any important debate, some of
the clauses being explained by the Government COM
missioners. The treaty has therefore been accepted
signature; it will then be published in the Official
Gazette and go into effect. The German Govern
ment has also decided to send an appointed consul TO
Honolulu at an early day.
THE SAMOA BILL
for the support of the German Maritime Commercial
Co. lately founded on the ruins of the enterprise
started by Messrs. Godeffroy of Hamburg, has been
rejected by Parliament. This bill which aimed at
empowering the Government to guarantee q net an
nual profit Of Al per cent. on the invested capital of
the ahareholding company aforesaid, was rightly re-
garded as a first attempt by Prince Bismarck to OBJ
tain a colonial footing in the South Pacific, and its
rejection is therefore a heavy blow to his plans. A
new company is now TO be formed to work the Ger
man plantations in Samoa without a Government
guarantee
DIR. A. Lessons, who has served many years in the
medical service of the French navy in the Pacific, has
published a book on the Polynesians, in which he
attempts TO prove with many anthropological and
linguistic details of the various groups, contrary to
general opinion, that the Polynesian races must have
originated in New Zealand or whereabouts. The
German 4" Magazine for Foreign Literature an
nounces that King Kalakaua of Hawaii has promised
to write an article on the national poetry of his
country for that paper.
NOTES.
Professor George Forbes of Glasgow, who was at
the head of the transit of Venus observatory at Kali
lua, Hawaii, in 1874, has just discovered q new
planet. The ship LGmmermoor arrived recently in
the Mersey and reports passing Pitcairn Island
Nov. %; a boat with II natives came of from the
shore bringing fruit aud vegetables. The Captain
gave them some salt pork aud a bag of bread and
some papers, magazines and novels, but the latter
were declined. Queensland produced 19, 900 tons of
sugar last year. The island Of Trinidad exported
81 1-H hhdG If cnuqr in 1870 heinz a larger
amount than in any Of the II preceding years. Of
molasses there are $4,000 puncheons, and of rum on
ly 500 puucheons; cocoanuis numbered just a few
short Of five millions and coffee showed a great fall
ing of, being only $3.50 lbs, against an average of
$4,000 TBS.
NAVAL NEWS.
Russia is still increasing her feet in the North
Pacific; it is now stated that 10 TO 10 warships will
be despatched there instead of FIVE as first announced.
This squadron under command of Admiral Butakof
will include the frst-class ironclads Duke Of Edin-
burgh and the Prince Pgarskt, the latter being a
fast sailer armed with 10 300 Founders. The Ger
man corvette .9IbairOss, Capt. Mepsing, arrived at
Kiel May 1st from'the Pacific. The Prince .Adai-
bert. Can't. Maclean, with Prince Henry On board, is
expected home Oct. l. The Bismarck sailed April
"a from Auckland via Samoa and Tonga for VAL
paraiso, and the .HriqiHe, s gun corvette, Capt. Won
Hollen, left W~iIhelmshsfen April IA for the west
coast of South America, and will then cross the Paci-
fc via Honolulu for East Asia. III. NJ. s. Bacchante,
with the sons of the Prince of Wales on board, has
returned home from the West Indies. 1t has been
decided to send Prince George Of Wales on another
cruise to Australia and China. The school ship
Atlanta which has foundered with 800 men, was
formerly II. N. S. Juno, and cruised in the Pacific in
1916. The Italian corvette Christoforo Colombo is
now in the Baltic and then goes to Greenland and
North America. The Orient has just made the
voyage from Plymouth to Adelaide. Australia, dis
lance IL, 900 miles, in 80 days steaming time, this
being the fastest passage on record by far. The 10
lani arrived at Greenock March 16 from Java, and
the r. C. Wylie, Capt. Rackemann, sailed from Bre-
men April 16 for Honolulu. T b.