The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-11-04
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No merchandise for Chinese merchants per IA
lakaua. An uncommon circumstance.
This American bark Edward May arrived a
Honskong, on the 9th September.
Some gentlemen interested in cane planting Oh
Kauai left in the James Makee on Thursday, to se.cc
a suitable site for the erection of a new mill a
Waimea.
We are glad to learn that very sa satisfactory new
has been received from Japan, leading to the hop,
that our mission to that country will meet with
very favorable deception there, and that they viii
be successful in the object of their visit.
In another column will be found the concludin.
portion of an article on the Museum, from the pei
of 4 gentleman recently arrived, vino, though no
a naturalist himself, has had experience in the de
tails of museum management that entities his sug
gestion5 to confederation.
Mr.. Yung Wing, a Chinaman who is not alto
gether unknown on these Islands, and who for sew
eral years past, held the post of Charge d'Affaire.
at Washington, has received his appointment as Ia
otai or Chief Magistrate of the city of Shanghai.
Mr.. Yung Wing is a prOfessed Christian which
makes the appointment the more remarkable on
account of it being the first Of the kind. He
speaks the English language fuently, and il gener-
ally well educated.
The Friend, in commenting on the recent visit
of the Rev. Joseph Cook. and regretting that MANY
could not gain admittance to Fort Street Church.
says lone of the needs of Honolulu is a large
audience room where, on snch an occasion as this
Sunday evening, all may find place" Surely the
writer of these lines overlooked or ignored the eX-
istence of the Music Hall, which conld easily be
made to accommodate twice as many as Fort
Street Church and whittier many would go who do
not care to patronise the sacred editice.
The hull of the Niagara is now observed to move
about by the force Of the slight swell. showing
that she has been relieved of the mass of wheat
that kept her steady. According to a widely-accept-
ed medical opinion, there could be nothing more
deleterious than decaying grain, and had not been
for the effective measures resOrted to, that mass
of over 1000 tons would be lying in the Niagara's
hold this day. 1t Is owing to the effective work
of the torpsdoes after all. that we owe deliverance
from a mass of decaying matter calculated to pro-
mote malaria. They broke in holes in the bow
and stern about the size of an ordinary doorway,
which enabled the flowing tide to clear the wreck
of its disease-spreading damaged cargo. The wreck
may be expected to break up at amy moment.
The Planters Monthly for July has been re-
viewed by the HOngkOng Daily Press. The article
on population was selected as one of special i'm
portance. THE Daily Press observes with some
truth, i'll reference to the Chinese. that the
tide of immigration is setting in so strongly
that there seems to be ground to believe that in
a few years they will become the dominant race
On the other hand, i'll referring to the fear that
has been expressed in some quarters, that there is
a possibility of the conversion of this Kingdom
into a Chinese dependency, owing to the large
number Of Chinese that arrived last year, they
say W do not think there is the smallest
reason to fear such a result, even If the Chinese
population goes on increasing. If their being in a
majority could give them the right to usurp the
administration, and the Chinese Government were
agsressively inclined, there would be some occa-
sion for alarm but under present circumstances.
and remembering the respect the Chinese have for
constituted authority, there is little reason to fear
trouble as the result of their numerical strength
so long as they are fairly treated. At the same
time the Hawaiian Government act wisely in look
ing elsewhere for IL portion Of their labor supply,
and especially so i'll encouraging the immigration of
families from the Azores.