The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-17
Entries In August
Reach Twenty-Five
Beating July Mark
Only Nineteen Ships Came Dur
ing the First Hall Of
Last Month

August is in fair way to take the
palm in number Of ships entering.
Fifty eight came in July, and ffty-nine
In June. With the arrival of the
steamer Minnesotan yesterday after.
noon, twenty.nine ships had como dur
ing the month, an average Of not qritc
two day. However, during the FIRST
fifteen days Of July, there were only
nineteen ships, the Colon being the
nineteenth. August should make even
a better finish than July, for there are
several ships en- route for the Orinnt
to call for bunkers, besides the rcgu-
lar steamers due. .|..... .....
vladivostok Shows Gain 49,.
Ships for yladivostok, calling here
Cor hunkers, we're three during the first
fifteen days Of the month. There were
only three for Vladivostok during the
whole Of july. Seven ships, in all, have
come for bunkers this month, as com
pared with a total Of seventeen for
July. Six ships, at least, have sailed
from the Canal, however, and few
others may come, which will keep the
August number close TO that of July.
Australian business has begun TO fall
off. Only one ship has come for bunk
ers, bound to Australia, whereas there
were six in July. Not more than two
are believed 10 be scheduled TO sal
in time to reach here this month for
Australia. However, freight in the
regular steamers of the Canadian Au-
stralasian and Oceanic lines is holding
MP, and the decline in tramps may not
Indicate any cessation Of the flow Of
freight to the South. ...
Other steamers for bunkers have
been one to Manila from the Canal. ono
to the Canal from Manila, one to China
and one to japan from the Canal.
Only one lumber vessel has como
from the Sound this month,
Concerning Australian Gold
In connection with Australia i'm
rorts from the States, as reflected in
the number of ships calling here on
their way to Melbourne or Sydney. ii
is interesting TO note that San Fran
csco authorities believe gold shipments
from Australia are bound to drop of
soon, because, IL is said, the gold PUP
ply is becoming depleted so danger
ously that II will be necessary to settl"
with silver, which is at severe dis,
count.
Honolulu has seen the magnitude Of
gold settlements by the SohOma carry
ing $2,275, 600 in English gold July lf
and the Ventura carrying the huge sum
of $5.575,000 only last week. Besides
San Francisco press reports are that
the steamer Natal is expected to have
between 100000 and $6,500,00O when
she arrives there Wednesday. 1t IL
probable that it was this expected
shipment that went in the Ventura in
stead of the Natal, which is routed
via Tahiti.
Estimates are that the San Fran
cisco mint received $40, 100000 bulliof
in July; June's receipts were $685.,
42Os0. The increase is due to create
shipments from Australia and Canada
which put the total up more thar
SO. 900, O00, although japanese shipment
were falling off at the same time.
A sudden demand on gold reserves II
| Australia, due to some unforeseen ext
gency, easily might be disastrous, Sa'
| Francisco believes. Depressed silve
rates have made the bullion movement
almost exclusively gold.