The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-31

Arthur Gordon, the British commissioner
at Auckland II j. very probable hat the
French have adopted this new annexation
policy in anticipation Of the opening OF "a
Panama Canal, which would place thei.
possessions on the direct route to Australia
and New Zealand.
AUSTRALIAN SUGAR.
10 j. possible that before long Australia
Will become q rival 20 Hawaii a. a ~
producing country. \ special Tunes cor
respondent writes from Melbourne. that
large quantities Of lauiaTe now being taken
up for the growth Of -ugarcane. The Hon.
Mr.. Hope was the first pioneer in the at
tempt To- prJtit2bly grow this, 20 u,
necessary Of life. As he had everything 70
isnru at the outset, lie had 10 pay for the
acquisition Of his knowledge and he sank
10 D. generally repOrtet-cOusiderable sums
iu the cultivation % this new kind Of crop.
lie has since been more successful and he
ina addition now Enjoys the reputation Of
having Initiated an industry which j.
rupidly becoming one Of tine main features
% national wealth. Last year 1000 tons Of
sugar were exported from the port Of Mac
kay alone, and his year A. much as 1900
tons Will be exported from the same place.
The labOTers on these plantations are
almost always south sea Islanders, called
there " karnackIes.H They are industrious
and sober and when well treated by con-
siderate masters, are easily manageable.
NEW HAWAIIAN LITERATURE.
The recent visit Of King Kalakaua to
Europe has naturally attracted new atten-
ton to his Kingdom, and a number of
articles pertaining 10 Hawaii have recently
appeared in continental publications. The
French geographical weekly, II EzptOTd-
hDH, has two papers : EArchipeL HdUdiiH,
by II. de Bizemont, in No. 236, and Les
lies HaUai, by l. Delevand in No. 24l.
Tn BULLETIN Of the Geographical Society,
at Antwerp, contains "A report by NJ.
Marques on the artesian wells in the
Sandwich Islands, No. ~, page 1913, and
even the BOLetin de Ia SOciedad de Geo
grdfn at Madrid, publishes an article on
Las ELds Hdudfi, by r. Beltran Y ROs-
pide, with n map, No. ], page 40. Two
new Admiralty maps have also appeared
this year No. 1910: The ISL
auds, p. 3d., and the No. 1873: Honolulu
HarbOT, Is. The latter in the scale OF
l-73Of. The HydrOgrapic office at Wash
ingtOn has also recently published No. S67
SOuthside Of Oahu
NOTES \ ITEMS.
An international Exhibition will be
opened at Christchurch, New Zealand, on
March Is next. a special section will be
devoted to exhibits from Great Britain, and
gold, silver and bronze medals are to be
awarded. rim Henry of Prussia will
pass the winter in Italy and Egypt on ac-
count Of delicate health. He Will be again
accompanied by Baron S~eckendorff, his
military tutor, and DIR. Braime, both OF
whom made the cruise round the world
with him.. The British Royal Princes
Albert Victor and George will not return to
this country before next spring, after visit
ing Japan, China, Singapore and CeylOn.
The Queen has approved DIR. Richard
Krauel as Consul-General for Australia,
New Zealand, Tasmania and the Fiji Isl
ands for the German Empire, to reside at
Sydney.
NAVAL NEWS.
Germany will send out two new gun,
boats of the Albatross class to the Paci-
fic next year. H.. NJ. s. Gannet, which
sailed from Honolulu on October 9Th, fol
Tahiti, is expected to arrive at COquimboi
about the Sth Of January, 1882.
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