The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-14

Oh p 100, 4Oo.oU, winch is n ueCTeaSe
of 40 percent. The customs receipts
for the same period are less by 1S4
percent, making deficit of S40,-
531.49. There has also been de-
crease in the tonnage of merchant
men arriving of sos tons, and II
total decrease in the value of cargoes
of S26S, ,945.95.
In domestic exports for the
quartsr ending September 3Oth,
sugar, of course, takes the lead, next
in order comes rice, molasses takes
third place, followed in the order of
quantity, by bananas, goat skins,
hides, sheep skins, betel leaves, of
which last named there were 6S boxes.
The quantity of sugar is greater
than the quantity of all other en-
umerated exports put together.
The three months returus of sugar
expectation show a total of "a, no.
9Ol lbs. Rice amounts to 1898, 800
lbs. In the order of values, sugar
shows 81, ,379, ,S04.91, rice Sl1S, 1872
80, next in order come hides $780,
o59.S7, bananas S13,747.50, goat
skins So, 7G5. 40, molasses So, ,451. .25,
sundries 1867. 10, betel leaves
$4,000, and sheep skins S213.00,
all making a grand total of 81 ,540,-
1915.
For the nine months just end
ed there has been an increase in
sugar expectations over the CORE
spending period of 1881 of 25, ,094,-
S24 lbs, in rice there is decrease
of ,777,S47 lbs. The other articles
showing an increase are bananas,
4,S74 punches; sheep skins, 2,253;
dried bananas, boxes, S92; goat
skins, 262, and hides, 172. There
is decrease of 13G,11S lbs. in
wool, 46,224 in paddy, $1,000 gal
Ions of molasses, 1864 lbs. tallow,
2,7O6 lbs. coffee, 1,721 lbs. fungus,
81 calf skins, and IS boxes betel
leaves. The nine months exports
for 1885 are sugar, 149, 9,644 PIG
lbs. rice, $685., 1858; wool, 1859;
molasses, gallons, 46,3S2; bananas,
punches, 43,673; goat skins, 49,
AS; hides, 1896; sheep skins,
1868; coffee, l 1875 lbs. dried ba-
nanas, boxes, 892; betel leaves,
boxes, 2S1 and calf skins, 26. The
total value of the above is put down
at 81, 1865, 116.7O.
The imports for the six months
ending June 3Oth, were: goods
free by treaty, 81, l,o47, ,411.71; goods
paying duty, s449, $3.50; goods
free by the Civil Code, Sill, 1854. 0S !;
bonded spirits, $70,074.74; bonded
goods, S26, ,405. SO: spirits, S16,-
S76.O5; total imports, S1,721,-
s59.74. AS compared with 1884,
the decreases re:-on goods free by
treaty, s320,972.44; goods paying
duty, S3O4,547.91; goods free by
the Civil Code, s42, 2,51s.12; bonded
goods, s33,931.9O; bonded spirits,
S2S,O53.77; spirits, s5,444.16.
The six months Customs receipts
amount to $3.50, ,646.3S, and are OBJ
tanned from import duties on spirits,
1928, ,S91.33; on goods, S58, ,023.24 ;
miscellaneous sources, $40, $40. SO ;
and from bonded goods, S19,-
190.SS. The decrease in Customs
receipts mentioned above is due
mainly to the falling off in imports
of general merchandise, amounting
as it does to nearly half the total
value of the importations of 1884.
The decreased receipts from spirits
show three times the amount of the
decrease in the import value of the
article. The decrease is under the
three headings: goods, s23,7s3.26,
spirits, $l7, l99.49; and bonded
goods, Sc, l40.9l.
The arrivals of merchantmen dur.
ing the half year ended June 3Oth
were 8 in 'St and o in 'S5, but the
tonnage of the nine was 6,926 as
against that of the eight which was
1874. The respective values OF
cargoes were, in '84, $3.50, 1929