The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-07-22
European Correspondence.
LETTER Ne. Solomon, June Is, 1882.
THE TREATY WITH PORTUGAL.
PROM OR own CORRESPONDENT.

LETTER Ne. SOLOMON, June IS, 1882.
H TBEATY WITH PORTUGAL.
The Convention, which the Hon. Mr..
Carter has made with the Portuguese
Government. has passed both Houses Of
Parliament at Lisbon, and after receiv-
ing the Kings signature only waits rati-
ication on the part of the Hawaiian
Government.
This Convention is of great value TO
Hawaii, on the ground that it distinctly
recognises the right OF the Hawaiian
Board of immigration TO recruit la
borers in the Kingdom of Portugal. and
thus some OF the elements of risk which
have hitherto attended this business are
eliminated. The Portuguese has natur-
ally eXactcd that its emigration laws
shall be strictly observed. and that lis
subjects shall be properly treated. On
the other hand, the Portuguese have
been placed on the footing of the !. most
favored nation clause in the Hawaiian
Kingdom.
The successful negotiation of the Con-
ventIon has been most opportune ut the
present moment, as the Government of
Portugal was just about to stop the
operations of the Hawaiian Emigration
Commissioners at the Azores Islands.
by refusing to issue passports to its sub
lects, pending IN inquiry into the ad-
verse reports which have been current.
These, | understand. Mr.. Carter has sue
cecded iii refuting.
THE SECOND EMIGRANT sTEAMER.
As there is just now a very favorable spir-
it prevalent among the Portuguese, both of
the mainland and at the Azores, to emigrate
to Hawaii. Mr.. A. tiofnung, the Royal
Commissioner of Emigration at this pl ce,
with his usual energy his taken advantage
of the circumstance and has chartered the
fine steamer "Hansl" to follow the Mon
arch, y the pioneer emigrant steamer. The
''Hansa' will sill from here on the Goth in
slant. She is fitted up and has accommoda-
tons fer 1000 passengers and there is every
reason to hope th~t she will secure this
number from both ports:--Lisbon and St.
Michaels. As a rye number of the Ha-
waiian planters have a strong preference for
Portuguese | borers and want more, there
can be no doubt that these exertions of the
Roy | COMMISSIONS will prove a source of
5 tisfaction to them. | heard that Mr.. Hof-
hung is going himself to LishGIC
tend the emb ,rkntion q asseD-'o' 10 super'I
thai nS-t. a = he first d 3mlgfuneS f fro[
in thence for Hawaii, and it must be a point
t, great importance that everything should be i
N order.
q SCIENTIFIC.
F. DR.. A. Weisbach, chief physician of tn
r Austri n Hospital at Constantinople, VIII
it has taken more measurements of living me
than any other anthropologist, has publishe
- the results of his works, which refer to l
different people and over 200 individual
from ali parts of the earth. | extract som
.e parts Of his report referring to Pacific ISLAND
ers. Regarding height, the largest measure
D. ments are found among Hawaiians and 9th
er k nakas, (l.700 millimetres) and Ne,
"a Zealand Maories 1750. Among other ma
- tons only the following can compare
70 Swedes, 100; Scots. l70S; Norwegians
D. l729 and c. fires 1853. The greatest Gil
sc cumferance of the he d is found among Pat
agonians (6l4 70 M and Maories goo
With regard TO the bust. North American In
dians and Polynesians excel all others il
size. The number of pulse-beats per minut
m varies from 90 Congo negroes) to 81 MA
durese and NicobarsJ. The Hawaii ms av
erage with IS Among Europeans the leo
IA bones throughout re longer than the arm
u but among PolyneSlans and Australians tn
" leg-bones are shorter than the arm. TIL
greet collection of human skulls, recentl-
Ie purchased by the Royal College of Surgeon
i from the heirs of the late DR.. Barnard Wis
contains skulls of all + ces of Polynesia. IN
GLIDING large number of the now extinc
Y Tasmanipns nd several dozen skulls of ma
tive iiaNaiians. DIR. William johnson. Sur
:; geon-General of the British army, has sen
If a letter to the Times, in which he assert
e his belief that Leprosy is dependent on tn,
d growth within the body of fungus organ
II Isms (bacjUO. and that good results can b.
n obtained by the use ofcarbolic acid. In view
a of the great Importance of this subject t.
Haw.iians, | enclose = full copy of this in
{ teresting letter, in hopes that medical mer
t may give it their full attention.
DIR. Otto Finsch. who visited Hawai-
u last year for the purpose Of scientific
" collections, after Il visit to New Zealano
went to Thursday Island. Torres Straits
t and is now on the coast Of New Guinea
h Some Of the natives of Rotumah Is
5 land, lately aft Xed to FIJI, nave sent il
,, petitions for the restoration of their in.
! dependence. but it is believed that they
represent only a small minority.
Mr.. de CESAR, of Malta, has arrived
here on his way to Australia, in order
to make inquiries as to the practicabilitv
=, OF emigrating the Maltese to the Ami
/ pOdcs. Malta is said to be the most
e crowded spot of land in the world
10000 inhabitants to 100 square miles.
and the Hawaiian Government should
scnd a special emigration commissioner
to La Naletta.
W. Hemmings has been appointed
Consul at Levuka for the German En-
pire.
NAVAL.
H.M.S. Swiftsure, on the way to the
Pacific as the new flagship. arrived at
Madeira May 81. While saluting the
Portuguese tiag one Of her guns ex-
ploded, killing one and ~wounding three
others. She sailed again 3rd instant.
The Josepha, which sailed April /. from
Cardiff for Honolulu. has been spoken
in lat. . y. long. 20. W. The Hawaiian