The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-02-28
MER CIAL.
E0NOLTTT. FFB. p. 1sss.

HONOLULU. FEB. 2s. ISIS.
The receipts Of sugar from inter-island
ports FOR the week are sc, 7S9 bags and of
rice aud paddy. and nee bran. 1850 bags.
From foreign ports, We have the New bed
ford whalers Wanderer and Bagoda; the
Mary Winkelmsn and W. 9. Irwin, from
San Francisco also {. ). ). Adams from
Samoa.
The departures were the Amelia, ]. D.
Spreekels. Discovery and Colusa hence and
the Dora Sluhm from Hil0.
4 The shipments per Amelia and Spreckels
are detailed IN our shipping notes. The
Col1sa took cargo of 200 tons sugar and
the Discovery go tons sugar and 54Sl gal
I Ions sperm oil. The sperm oil is part OF the
proceeds of the Cruise OF the bark Lagoda-
The aggregate value of the above ship
r ments 10 san Francisco Is some SSo5.OOO.
India exported 25.9S0.Oc0 bushels wheat to
& European ports during the year 1851 against
4 3s.496 600 bushels in 1856 falling on OF
1S.2l6,G00 bushels.
The Wool journal SAYS: Ii l. estimated
that twenty thousand sheep persisted IN the
: recent blizzard az Lampssas, Texas. herd
Z Of eight hundred laid down IN drilling
; rain. the mercury fell, and the flock froze AS
they lay. The sheep mortality viii result IN
{ q short wool crop.
The arrivals Of sugar at san Francisco
were l07.S6l bags. OF this whole lot, 600
=, bags were from Central America and 1856
: bags from Manila, and the remainder from
2 the Hawaiian Islands.
The Stale Comptroller Of Texas has issued
an annual report, which says: The shrinksee
ID cattle values during the year was SSe44,-
I 3SS. with an increase In number OF l2o,12o
: head. The number Of cattle IN the state Is
over 100000. valued at s. per head. The
value Of railroads Is put down at S402I4.OOO,
4 an increase over 1886 of S4.0O0,OOO. The
number Of miles Of railroad constructed last
year was 1854. The total bonded indebted
ness Of the State is 81 ,237 $50. of which only
$1,245 600 is held BY individuals. The per-
mRnent school fund invested in bonds is
Z $59lS,000, besides about 100000 acres Of
land.
The shipments of flour from San Francisco
during the month Of January amounted to
/, 69.921 barrels. OF this quantity the Hawai-
ian Islands took 1859 barrels. The shipping
valuation was S4.05 per barrel. The largest
customer was Great Britain, taking more
than all the rest together.
kuhluna's German Trade Review of the 18th
January, published at Berlin, says: Ii Is GER
tain that next years production of sugar in
Germany vii considerably exceed that of
last yesr and Its forerunner, Almost without
exception, the factories will increase their
Of beets viii extend their operations by one
half or double
The 5. T. Market Review of the 10th re-
ports coffee dull and prices weaker, due 10
depreciation in other markets
James Dunn's lGlasgoW) Review of the
Sugar Trade Of 1887 Is 10 hand.
The total gain since the opening Of the
year until the date Of the review. in Glasgow
K laaE 49, sd
As Sd per cwt. for Java sugars. The
difference in fsver of prices of cane sugars
a. against those of beetroot had not, during
the yesr, been altogether maintained, and it
vas 10 this the fact was trscesble that the
Intrinsic values Of these descriptions, had,
during 1881. touched lower point than at
any previous period in the history of the
trade. The stock of sugar within
the United Kingdom at the beginning of the
year was N round numbers, 191 600 tons and
81 the close. 1926. Against total
importation Of l.lOS,605 tons into the United
Kingdom, America imported l,051,522 tons;
but whilst Of the former only 792, $40 tons
were raw sugar, and OF this only 1875 tons
were manufactured into refined sugar, the
whole Of he American lmportatlons consisted
Of raw produce, and the quantity delivered
for manufacturing purposes exceeded these
lmpOrtstlons by 81 ,2SS tons. In other words
the QusntIty refined II America was LOS, 9S4
tons. against 7SS. $50 tons in the United King
The further disposal of the sugar in both
markets Is accounted for IN the case Of the
United Kingdom by her re-exports of lS76S
tons of raw. and p 5T tons of foreign re-
fined. and S2.9lS tons OF British refined
sugar while America transferred SI76 tons
Of rRE sugar 70 other markets, aud exported
40OSS tons Of refined. The said importation
into America IN the eleven months consisted
Of l.G04.52 tons OF cane sugar and 1900 tons
Of bsetroot, which in the aggregate shows
decline OF Is. +53 tons as compared with the
business IN the corresponding eleven months
Of 1856. The consumption of sugar in
America for 1851, was, through the four
Atlantic ports, 1855 tons, and IN
the United Kingdom l.l29,464 tons.
The beetroot sugar pro-
ouctlon Of Europe, according TO Mr.. LIGHT,
an eminent authority on the subject, is esti-
mated for 1SS7-SS at ,, %. 600 tons and OF
cane sugar, for ell cane growing countries, IN
which the Hawaiian Islands are not men
toned, 2l50,o00 tons, which added to the
estimated Hawaiian crop, makes g total of
4-5l2Oo0 tons The foreign refined
sugar imported into the United Kingdom
during the year, Was 81 .2S5 tons. one-third
Of which passed into consumption through
the medium of Glasgow importers. The
highest and lowest prices of American Gran
ulsted II i E. IN January. 1857, were los
Sd snd l5s 1o5sd respectively, aud IN Decem-
Der, 2ls and l9S I'd.
The latest adyiceS from New Bedford state
the oil MARKETS very quiet and no sales of
sperm OF whale have been made. Whalebone
continues IN good demand and sales have
been made Of 400 pounds Of Arctic al 81 p
70 8 b. and 300 pounds OF Japan at 81 per
pound. mostly for export. The exports OF
bone for the week ending January sd were
1881 pounds, making from January lst 10