The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-06-30
SUMMARY.

Since our summary issued on the
I'd inst, the most interesting event
to record is the return of Her Ma
jesty the Queen from her first
Royal tour through the windward
portion of the group. Her Majesty
visited and was heartily welcomed
in every center of population in
those islands. Not only at places
of industrial Importance as Hilo,
Waikiki or Haiku, but in smaller
out-of-lhe-way places, or where
plantations or hamlets are scattered
widely apart, did every one, native
or foreign, contribute by purse
and person to accord to the Queen
such a reception as was never be
fore rendered to any Hawaiian SOW
ereign, at least in this generation.
The late "Royal Progress is of it.
self sufficient answer to and refu-
tation of the mischievous SANDERS
that from time to time are sup
piled to certain portions of the
California press.
On the I'd inst, a workman en-
ployed at the Government kerosene
warehouse in soldering ieaky tins,
upset or dropped his portable fur
mace, and in minute the repairing
shed was in flames. In few min
utes more the fire crossed the in
tervening space and attacked the
main warehouse. The fremen and
their engines were promptly on the
ground, but water was scarce and
could have been of no use even if
ever so plentiful. II so happened
that two large consignments of
kerosene from Boston and New
York had been recently ware
housed, 80 that there were upward
of 10000 cases of that infammable
fluid and several hundred drums of
.sasoI0uv; many OF the latter ex-
ploding flew considerable dis
lance through the air. and were a
source of danger to the bystanders
and to the neighboring property.
The fire was wholly confined to the
warehouse premises, though it took
about four days to burn itself out
The s. S. Australia was just about
to leave the harbor when the fire
broke out, and took orders to San
Francisco, and there were several
consignments afoat which arriving
few days later, did away with~the
apprehended danger of a scarcity.
The Vital Statistics and Mortu-
airy Report for the month of May,
show some unusual influences act
ing of the health of the district. The
visitation of the grippe shows itself
in the entry of Sc deaths set down
to "infuenza;" on the other hand
the unusual number of II is attri-
buted to cold age" only 2 are
marked unknown" but "a of a
total of SO are returned as " unat-
tended" OF a mixed population in
the district of $4,000 the rate per
1000 per month is 51.l3, of 1900
Hawaiians the rate is 1900.
The meteorological record for
the month of May is also notice
able. The total rainfall only
reached 0.66 of an inch, against
1872 inches in 1889 and 2.25i in 1890.
The average temperature at 30
minutes past noon was 1884 as
compared with 9O.81 ia 1889 and
1854 in 1890. For June, the rain
fall has been, for the first week
DOB, the second OIL, the third 0.19
and the fourth OF, total of O.6O
inches against LOO and 1873 of the
last two years.
The ceremony of laying the cor
ner stone of the new Central Union
Church was successfully carried
out on the afternoon of the 3rd
instant The programme, though
providing no less than thirty-three
numbers, was followed out. and as
each speaker confined himself to a
few minutes speech, it was not
found wearisome. In addition to
the short addresses by representa-
tives of the various committees and
officers of the church, salutations
were received from the two native
churches of Honolulu, the Anglican
Church, and the Japanese Chris
tians, a representative pastor OF