The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-22

$sS9.l9.$
A New York despatch Of April Sosh. reports
the VISIBLE supply Of grain on April 18th, as
follows: Wheat, Ss47.01o bushels; corn,
S,EQ0p bushels; oats. S7S9, 600 bushels; rye,
SoSooo bushels, barley, $4,000 bushels
A panic vas reported On the SOth alt, in the
Lo1aon lin msrks8. The French syndicate
had ceased bzying The cash price had
dropped from g166 to g105 per ton, and little
had changed hands II this price
The San Francisco NGrkst Rssisse says:
CodfshinG is now the greatest industry IN
the shape Of deep ssS fishing ever carried on
BY nKn. Il Is comparatively modern, snd
dates from ths tine % the discovery Of
Arnsrics by Colnmb1S, thoaeh some say that
Breton and Basque fishermen had, before
that tlzoe, made voyages 10 the banks OF New
fo-ndlan5- As FAR IS Is known, shsrs are
only two great series of COZ banks IN the
wo-i6-.hcSe Of the Atlantic Sn6 those OF the
Pacific. The former. though by much the
snsllsr, employ great army OF men belong
frg 10 many nations The right OF nshinG
OF Theses banks has been esteemed as much
as that Of the acquisition Of 50 much territory,
and they take conspicuous place IN many
treaties between the great nations OF the
world The Atlantic fisheries are said 10
employ $4,000 nsn, the result Of whose IN
dnstrT Il an annual catch valued 81 one hun
6red millions Of dollars The total arss OF
Atlantic fisheries does not exceed 1000
square miles Those OF The Pacific. as far SIS
i known, have an area OF 5000 sq1Sre
niles o. nearly ten times those Of the At
lsrIic- II. therefore. the fisheries Of the
Paeike were as lnd1strioosly worked as are
those Of the Atlantic, 81 immense sgmy OF
tEo s1d half millions OF men would be en-
Ployed. while the result Of their lAbors would
Dc equal il TSlne 10 3 thousand million dol
lars yezriy. No matter what may happen, the
million eggs have been found II the roe OF
single cod. and the abundance OF the hshlng
never fails.
The trade Of the United States as whole
has increased rnSrvelocSly VITA the Austria
hans. 50 also has that OF Sdn Francisco, con
sidereG Is 3 part Of the whole. The imports
from Australia N 1870 were $27S-e6+ the eI-
ports thithsr $S,4l9,97S. In 1887, ths. is. the
1Sczl year. the imports we're S4.+ll,ltS: the
exporsS 50 COS. ASS. Il the nScSl yeSr Of 1886
the exports we're $ll,lS4.S0l. The trade has
th1s increased az S great rsts-nesrly four
fold n the space OF seventeen years At this
rsts, IN seventeen yesrs more the trade voald
hsvs grown 70 s vsl1e Of close on hfsy-ssven
millions Of dollars
he Treasury Department reports the
debt reduction Tor Msrcn az 81. 81. $50; for
rins months. SIS so. 5SI, Net cash bal
Snce. OF Treasury Surplus. on April Iss,
$l14.57S.SSsl The TrsSS1rsr's statement Of
Ssssts and liabilities shows net gold S2lS,-
SIS-25S ne. silver $+S,SS6, IS2 net United
States notes. S24i70.622 Deposits with Ma
tiouSl banks. $51. %, 6+7. Government re-
csipts for March, So, So, S7S, compared 20
$SSS5s, l65 for March, 1881 Expenditures,
$l6.6Sl- 9Q7, compared 20 S2L617,S71 for
March. 1857. The coinage Of gold Ess
$l.47l.Sl4. and Of silver s., 1871
5rzGSsyss.'s Of April 18Th gives the follow
M statement OF the foreign trade OF japan
&. Tce foreign trade Of japan n 1887 Is eSGl-
mated ST So $1,000 an increase OF $1,000
COO over 1SS6. Of this large increase n the
to.2I trade more Eh2C thrss-fo1rths Is N the
Vslcs Of oEs- $3.50, ol0. being an advance on
ne prsviols Year. OF over 100000; brown
scEsr EaS taken t1 the amount Of 1850 600,
81 advance OF over S+5l,0QC On the import II
1855 IN refined sugar there vas consider
able falling on. Of gray ShIrlngs and other
cotton fAbEies over $4,000 yards were In
ported last yesr. IS against % 10000 yards
rhs wear before. making difference IN value
Of sb0z1 S5QQ.0QQ. In the American import
OF kerosene OIL there E9S 3 slight falling on.
The kZ1res published make no nenEioE Of
metals. but Il L veil known thSr Of bar and
plsts iron, and also of pig iron, large qusn-
titles have been imported partly on Govern
usct account In exports the only increase
OF IN orta1es vas N raw silk, OF which
$3.50 90 Eorth vas shipped. being an ad-
vance Of almost S1,55o, coo OF the preceding
year.