The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-18
LETTER FROM EURoPE-NO. As.
[FEoy OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, May 3, 1881.

CFRoN OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, May 3, 1881.
NOTES on SUGAR.
he last West India mail, down to April 10th,
' Drts that the drouth still continued on all the
rs producing islands, and owing to the great
3 cency in the yield, the crop will be over on
majority Of the estates in two or three weeks.
dry weather il also very unfavorable for
4 rdng operations, and the planters are very
1Gs as 70 the results. Reports from Cuba
+ ie that this years crop will be at least 10 DER
n e. behind that Of last year. In the Island Of
aritius, which bears in many respects, so
eh similarity TO Hawaii, there will also be
-lrt crop This colony, although no larger
n an English county, has now an annual rev.
Pc exceeding E7OO, 900, and it's annual trade
rtimated ct six millions. On the Erst Of Jan
~, 1880. its population was 357 ,339, of which
" ,Sy+ were Indian coolies There are now
sugar Plantations on the island. the largest
which employs 900 men. The Governors =
NJ report states that the rev - Labor Code -
satisfaction both 70 the planters and 10 the
M es, now forming the peasantry Of the island
peat sugar refinery has just been established
II iiro, Egypt, with capital Of eight million
-.
p. NJ. ) ). Zealandia which arrived at
Francisco on April Goth, from Australia, via
olulu, had on board S9S,75O in gold bars
|I PirIs. This - the first consignment Of the
y made by this route. When Prince Henry.
B sermany, made his recent cruise around the
|l) IN the Prince Adalbert, he was accom-
~ ed by the young painter, Saltzman. This
ID has just opened, at 4 gallery in Berlin, an
~ bitiOn Of all his studies and sketches made
- FEf he
" about 50 water-eolOr sketches and drawings
Y ing the collection, there are quite a number
|1f fesentIng Hawaiian, and principally Homo
" views, scenery and street life. The New
|&fh Wales vote for immigration this year
< slnts to $50 900, being third less than that
|pst year The first volume has just appeared
be .. Report on the Scientific Results Of the
hge Of ii. NJ s. Challenger, during the
M 1875, prepared under the Superintend-
# Of Sir T.. WyvIlle Thompson, and published
" Order of II. NJ. Government. This great
"a will form, when complete, series of IA
q large volumes.
NAVAL NEWS.
D. British Flying Squadron will not come to
NJ lulu. It's revised route now being as follows:
1res CapetOwn for Melbourne, there to arrive
'<T 10Th; TO arrive at Sydney June 9th, and at
4ekland on the 25rh thence 10 FIJI, and re-
ID four days; TO arrive at Yokohama August
<I. Alter touching ut Kobe. NagasakI, Che
\, Shanghai and Hong Kong. to return to
|nnpOre On Dec. 9th, pass through Sunda
'rairs and arrive at CapetOwn March 5th touch
81. Helena, and arrive home May 25th, 1882.
te following British men Of war have been
|lercd home from the Pacific and Australian
lions screw cUryettes Danae and Turquoise
guns each, aud screw sloops Penguin and
.pfey, 6 guns each. Captain }. E. Erskine,
INC secretary to Ihe FIRST Lord Of the Ad-
iralty. will succeed Commander Wilson in
|1nand Of the Australian Squadron. Late
VI eez from Panama state that the U. ). ).
&ck kawanna, Captain GIllis, sailed from Callao
s March Goth for the south coast, and thence
40 proceed to Samoa, Hawaiian Islands and
.1 francisco. The U. ). ,. Alaska arrived at
1rn ma on April 5th, after a cruise OF over
<NO miles, from ChimbOte, in Peru, by way
"a Marauesas, Samoan and Hawaiian Islands,
IN francisco and Acapulco. The run from the
rzn place 20 Panama was made in IA days.
.r<hin Count de MOnts, who brought the Vineta
honolulu IN 1876. and received the Kane
zre eha Order from King Kalakaua, and in May;
1I8 was in Command Of the GrOsser kurfurst,
- was sunk IN the channel by collision with
.< king Wilhelm. has Just received his promo
|t.. b. Rear Admiral. The ratification Of the
ID Chine c treaty now being daily expected,
Ii1 iral Lessofsky's Heet in the Pacific will at
1.. be recalled. Only few vessels will remain
trotect Russian interests in the event OF
|4< between China and Japan, which IN Russian
Lclhl circles is regarded as probable