The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-22
LETTER No. 80.-March 20.
GENERAL MATTERS.

have received information that Mr.. A. Hof-
nung, the energetic and efficient Commissioner of
Emigration for the Hawaiian Kingdom at this
place, has taken steps for initiating a service OF
steamships for emigration to Honolulu IN future,
as being a more expeditions and more attractive
means of transportation for the emigrant labor
ers. However the long voyage aronnd Cape Horn
involving an enormous consumption of coal, will
only admit of large steamers being employed,
which are very costly. Ii seems that Mr.. Hoff-
nung has now succeeded in surmounting these
obstacles, for the Steamship Monarch, now at
Liverpool, 1856 tons register, $50 horse power,
classed A. /, at Lioyd's, is now advertised to sail
on the 25th instant for Honolulu. This steamer
which also offers accommodation for a few first
class passengers, will probably first go to st. Mi
chaels, to embark a full list of Portuguese emf
grants. On arriving at Honolulu the Monarch
will be the first steamship, making the direct voy-
age from Europe to HaWaii.-While Mr.. Carter
is now at Lisbon, engaged in negotiating the emf
grafton treaty with the Portuguese Government,
late advices from Australia report that Major
Ferguson, the special delegate of the South Aus
tralian Government. has returned from Bombay,
after having succeeded in making arrangements
for the emigration of Indian coolies to that colo
ny. Mr.. Rafferty, the delegate from Queensland,
il now at Calcutta for the same purpose. The
present time does not how ever seem very favorable
Tor the negotiation of like treaties. at least for
other governments, as Sir Chas. Dixie, the under
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in Parlia-
ment last week, that the emigration OF coolies to
the French Island of Reunion had been virtually
stopped, for the time being, by the Indian govern
ment. pending a more satisfactory understanding
than at present exists with the French government
as to their treatment. By the last census in Nov
ember 1881, Reunion had a total population Of
nearly l70, 900. Of which over 80 900 were In
dian coolies, and only 500 Chinese.
THE STEAM YACHT SUNBEAM,
With Lady Brassy on board, arrived at Gibral-
tar from Tangiers on the 4th instant, and Lady
Brassey was visited on board by the leading resi-
dents Of the port aud the officers of the garrison
and feet. Sir Thomas Brassey has now publish
ed the first volume of his new book on The Brit
ish Navy it's strength, resources and administra-
ton. and certainly nobody is better qualified
to write ON this subject, than the present Under
Secretary OF the Admiralty, who is we'll known
at Honolulu by his visit in the Sunbeam, as by
the cordial hospitality with which he received
King Kalakaua at his country seat last year.
Much of this book was written on board Of the
Sunbeam.
PERSONAL Mates.
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, late professor OF
natural history at the Edinburgh University. died
at his residence near Linlitbgow, on the 10th in
slant, aged 81. He was the director of the scien-
tifc staff of the Challenger expedition, and author
of several books on this cruise. Sir j. Pope Hen
Messy, Governor Of Hongkong, comes to England
next month on a years leave of absense. and he
will probably not return to Hongkong. MIR.
Marsh, the Colonial Secretary, will be acting gov
ernOr of the colony. The Bishop of Honolulu s
visit t. this country is stated to have been I'M
dertaken for the following reasons To obtain
an increased support for the general fund Of his
mission, to carry through the press a revised edi-
ton Of the Hawaiian prayer-book, and to solicit
special assistance for the erection of the Honolulu
cathedral and for the endowment of the sec.
NAVAL.
II. NJ. Schooners Charity and Conflict, l gun,
100 tons each, now on the Australian and West
ern Pacific station, being practically worn out,
will be sold or broken up. and it has been decld-
ed that small steam vessels shall eventually re-
place them. r. b.