The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17


U. S. TUG lRO'
sells of barges carrying passengers for
hire such copies of certificates TO be
kept on the permanent files of the col
llectors office.
Collectors or other chief officers of
customs should report quarterly to the
supervising inspector general, on cata-
logue No 240, the names, dates of in
spection, tonnage and name of place
where inspected, and of the officers
making the inspection of such vessels.
which names shall follow after the
names of steam vessels reported in said
catalogue No. 240, in alphabetical order.
Supervising inspectors will also re-
port in like manner in their quarterly
statements. Form 2117.
Collectors and other chief officers of
the customs shall satisfy themselves
that the master and chief mate of any
sail vessel of over 700 tons, arriving in
or departing from their respective dis
tricts, are licensed as required by law.
and in default of such license shall inn
pose the penalty of 800, according to
section 443S of the Revised Statutes.
on any such unlicensed master or chief
| mate and on the owner or agent en-
pfoying him.
+! Collectors and other chief officers of
the customs shall satisfy themselves
/! that any sail vessel of over 700 tons
I and also any sail vessel or barge OF
over 100 tons burden carrying passen-
gers for hire. arriving in or departing
from their districts respectively, have
been inspected as required by law, and
in default of such inspection shall inn
pose the penalty of $500, according to
/ section $500 of the Revised Statutes,
1 7 These Instructions supersede Depart
ment Cireular No &c, dated July Il
1899 =
L. ]. GAGE, Secretary.
Is Pitcairn Island DepopulatedP
| What f1asghappened to the natives OF
Pitcairn. Island? On her voyage from
Australia the bark Inverneill, which ar
rived at San Francisco on May 4th,
| passed within three miles of the ia
nous south sea island home of the de-
scendants of the mutineers of the
Bounty, the crew seeing no signs of
life.
| 1t has always been the custom of the
| natives to put out to passing vessels
With fruit, vegetables and other pro-
visions, but none greeted the fnverneill.
The crew scanned the shore of the is
land with powerful glasses, but no sign
of life could be seen
Now the question naturally arises
what has happened to Pitcairn? The
crew of the Inveneill feels confident
that if the natives were alive and well.
they would surely have put out to the
bark, as the weather was fine when the
island was passed. 1t is feared that
ison1e stress of circumstances has de-
populated the island.
l. The InveneiIl encountered a success
sion of northwest gales and heavy seas
all through February, and it was on
March .22d when she passed Pitcairn.
Direct to Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, May AT a
meeting of the Committee on Direct
Communication with Manila had yes
terday afternoon in the rooms II the
Board of Trade a report from the sub
committee lately returned from Wash
ington, D. e.. was presented and filed
George Wa MeNear, George A New
hall aid Andrew Carrigan reported
tnat they had personally interviewed
the President and Secretary of War,
each Ct WHEN had received them gra-
ciously and had given their proposition
close attention. The committa con-
SidorS hot loci
full as could be hoped for, since a defn-
lite promise was not expected on such
short notice, the object of the trip be
ing for the purpose of starting the ma
chinery of the project in motion. The
committe also considers that it's visit
did much to offset the opposition
quarters against the interests of this
port.
A full report of the trip is nov be-
ing prepared, which viii be forwarded
to each of the commercial organiza-
tions at an early date.
General Shipping.
! The British steamer Indrapura.
which arrived at San Francisco on
April 9th from Calcutta, brought a
cargo estimated to be worth nearly
$1,000.O00 The cargo consists of 1000
bales of jute. 5000 bales of bags and
burlaps and $500 bags of bone meal
The Ward Line Steamship Com
pany's new steamer Esperanto arrived
at New York April 26th from the yard
| of Messrs. Cramp & Sons, Philadel-
tphia, her builders. The Monterey, a
sister ship to the Esperanto, was re-
Gently launched. The latter Is SEIZED
uled to sail from New York May Sth
for Havana, etc.
The presentation of a medal in rec
ognition of Captain Engel bart's rescue