The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-04-21
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SATURDAY April q. 1888.
The activity in business circles that W. no,.d
last week continues with but little abatement, ,rd
our importers are busted in receiving and pIaeing
Arse eonsisnments Of good - every description.
There has been received during the mast w.et ,,11
eargoes u general merchandise Der n " AImv. 7
ID SPrecEels, City Of sydney, Eureka. G Murrav
Ella and CoPtic. The goods by the latter vessel
were almost entirely to Chinese firms. and she had
large number Of packages for san Francisco. The
cargo Of the Elinor Vernon previously noted came
to hand in bad order, and sales have been made Of
lots for the benefit Of the underwriters. The auc-
tion5 throughout the week have been fairly we'll
attended. and average prices have been realized.
The receipts Of domestic produce have been -
follows SUGAR, 2O.Ol2 bags MoL,ssEs, 2j9 Pkgs :;
Wool 40 bales RICE and PADDY ? 1875 bags.
The shipments have been. SUGAR { Bis TG H. ::
RIcE 3f2, 700 rs HrDEs f2,O7j rbs; BAy,vAs 2,5fO
bnehs SHEEP SKINS $500 Pc The value Of these
shipments is about $4,000.
By late arrivals a large number Of Chinese have
been brought here to supply labor on the planta-
tions, and we learn that by the AbergeIdie from st.
Michels there may be expected nearly a thousand
Portuguese men, women aud children and from
Bremerhaven by the Ehrenfels there has sailed 700
German emigrants- These two arrivals will
add q very valuable element 70 the population Of
the Kingdom, and we hope that many more Of the
same class will follow. q
Msssrs. s. COIN & Co. have opened 4 new cloth
ing house ia Nuuanu street, and disPlaya large
stock Of new goods They have taken 4 new de-
parture in the matter Of advertising which
promises to be highly successful
The following is Williams. Dimond 4 Co.'S COM
mercial letter per City Of sydney
san Francisco, April z. 1888.
Our last advicss were dated March 10th. per
Zealandia-
UGAR5-Th local reGnsries have made no
change in their schedule this month. In New
York Cuba Csntrifugais. after advancing to ~.
have a2aiu fallen of to 7 Ills for o., with light
ratss. The Beet crop, in Europe, although large
in quantity. is not yielding we'll on account Of the
heavy rains. In orr last We mentioned an advance
in Manila, making the basis S6.Sj. ON the 18th ult.
il advanced to S6.9S. and on the 10Th to SIP. !
where il remained until the 3Dth. when it dropped
to S6.s5. where it still remains. In our last we
gave the new tariff rates mp % aad including lG
DIS. We row continue. All sugars above lG and
not above %. IRE To pay b. All sugars above 20.
3Ec.
RICE Ia advanced 10 5c. lsss 1 per cent. for
cash Notwithstanding the receipt FOR the first quar-
ter Of this year are 1000 bags IL excess Of last.
Railroad freights on rice have been reduced again
to 1c- per H.
FLOUR-GoIden Gate tx. Family $3.50. Edo
RADIO Sf'a-
HAY-wfd cat compressed s22l an $500 70.
b.. Large bales S2lif a. $1,000.
BARLEY-Ne. feed s1.2j fob.
BRAN-City mills s14i4, Country sI7s fob.
oATs-Choiee s1.97E "a $500.
WOOL-The rains have i~nterfered with shear
ing. and receipts have BEEN go light that prices
for new spring aTs not established. the market Is
quite nominal for wool Of all kinds.
CHARTERS-Market quisr. tonnage firmly held.
Last charters. iron 4j1s-. Cork L. X wood iOTs. 4
Liverpool direct. To arrive iron has been closed 4
At SIS. Cd, Cork. U. h, Nov 3Oth- cancellation.
We have had abundant rains and the crop press
poets are very favorable
EXCHANGES DAYS sight on London 1914 al
God. New York 25c. prem
DEPARTURES April >, brig J G Ford.
DEPARTURES-BriS COnsuelO,
KahuIui schr. Emma Claudin1. HilJ schF. Ida
bark Lilly Grace, via MahISOat bktne
Discovery. !