The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-10
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER,
Per Il. NJ. =. :. Mariposa, san Fran
cisco, June /, 1889.


ing summary which goes forward by
the S. S. Mariposa, sailing at mid
night on Saturday, June 1st- The
further advance in the price Of sugar,
the continuance Of the San Francisco .
Mail service with the Colonies, and .
the terms Of settlement arranged at .
the Samoan Conference in Berlin, .
are all subjects Of especial impor-
lance to the Hawaiian Islands.
The Sugar Market.
On May oath, the date Of departure .
Of the S. S. Umatilla, a sale Of Dem
erara sugars was reported at 7.45
cents for 90 degrees in New York,
but it was not till May 28th that any
advance was reported in Cuban
sugars, and then sales were effected
at y cents. This price has since
oeen fully maintained and to-day,
June 1st, IN New York the market Is
reported as being very firm.
In London, beet sugar has adj
vanced to 23s. Sd. for June delivery
NJ. LIGHT estimates an increase Of
100000 tons in the next beet crop,
based on sOwings that are now com
! pleted. NJ. Corr estimates an in
! crease Of ) per cent. or 100000 tons.
Yet this probable gain in supplies
| has been without any influence upon
/ the present condition Of the market.
| The next season cane crops, as far as
| heard from, do not give promise Of
! any increase, but rather of decrease
! in some instances, particularly III
! Brazil, which from being an impOr-
tant crop to look forward to for
American supplies, has tscOme OF
secondary account. Few sugars re-
main In first hands in Cuba, the
spectators now controlling the bal
ance of crop, and working for higher
prices.
In San Francisco refined sugars
have hardened, and graduated is
quoted at 81 cents by the California
and IS cents by the American Re,
fnery.
In Baltimore 100000 has been
subscribed out of S1,O0O,OOO desired
for the erection of a new sugar re
fnery.
The Australian Mail Service.
Messrs. John d. Spreckels q Bros.
have just received advices by cable
from Australia dated June LIST, to
the effect that the Australian mail
service via San Francisco will be
continued for another year, or until
October, 1890, according to the pres
emit terms and conditions. The
whole service is undertaken by the
New South Wales Government, and
New Zealand may or may not join
, in the payment of the subsidy. This
will be determined when the New
Zealand Parliament is in session in
July. Should this colony fail tC
contribute towards the expense
then New South Wales will bear the
whole cost and the steamers will run
direct between Sydney and Homo
lulu without making Auckland port
of call. 1t is thought, however, that
3 New Zealand will contribute.
/ The Hon. John See, who was form
erly Postmaster General Of New
: South Wales, and signed the present
l mail contract with the Oceanic $. 5
Co, is a passenger to Sydney by the
Mariposa. He has been highly
, pleased with his trip through the
United States, and says that the
mail connection between the Colo
MES and this country must not bC
5 permitted to drop.
: Commissioners Goodchape anc
, Spaight, of the Sydney and Mel
bourne Railway Departments, art
also through passengers by the Ma
+ rlposa.
O Panama and Nicaragua.
/ The commission sent out by thu
@ Jamaica Government to Panama ha
sent away 1000 people employed of
the canal. Tickets have been ISSUED
s for 5000 more, to leave by the ear
s Hest steamers. The want Of steam
1 ers causes severe suffering amone
y the people congregated at the diff
ferent depots. They are withou
: food or shelter.
k The steamship Alvena sailed from
q New York for Greytown with fifty
n men and a quantity of tools anC
stores for beginning work on thu
Nicaragua Canal. Five hundred ma
a tive labOrers have been engaged a
It Greytown, and the construction of I
pier and permanent buildings
8 offices, etc, at that point, Will begiI
Immediately. Railroad and tele
> graph lines will also be built. The
y preliminary equipment also goes b!
n the Alvena. The party is in charge
= of Lieut.. n. r. Usher, I. S. Navy
and will be followed at short inter
walls by others similarly equipped.
/ san Francisco Shipping News.
SAN Francisco, arrivals: May &c
bark W. B. Godfrey, % days from
Honolulu, bktne. J. Smith, Is day
from KahuIui; May IS, schr Rosa
lind, Is days from Honolulu; Ma,
n 30, schr. Sailor Boy, u days iron
u Mahukona; May 81, bktne. S. \
Castle, II days from Honolulu; Jun,
e 1, schr w. S. Bovine, Is days from
a Honolulu.
Departures: May "a, S. S. Una
= tilla for Honolulu; May %, bris
u Consuelo for Kahului; May 81, bari
5 S. G. Allen for Honolulu; May Is
Il bark James A. King for KahUlui
r May 20, brig j. D. Spreckels 70
II Kahului; bkt1es. S. @. Wilder ant
s Planter for Honolulu.
t Projected departures: Brig Lm
n line for Hilo on June 5, schr Dor
T. Rl,bD1 for AjahuE0Ua ON limo >