Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-25

HARBOR NOTES

steamer Wiheimina Tuesday morn
| ing. IL ~ IT, .@...
! The Canadian-Australasia steamer
! Niagara. hence August IS. arrived at
Vancouver Thursday.
From Kaanapali August 3, the
schooner Muriel arrived at Port Town.
send Thursday, q days out.
The British steamer Brinkburn
from New York via the canal is due
here September l6 for bunkers
The japanese steamer Wada Maru
is expected to arrive here Sunday
from San Francisco. She is eight
days out today. f..
The American-Iiawaiian steamer
Floridian is expected TO arrive here
from Newcastle with a cargo OF coal
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock. 49,. p
The next mails for San Francisco
will go this evening at s O'Clock on
the T. K. X. steamer Nippon Maru and
next Tuesday on the Matson steamer
Lurline. HIT. r.. p
The Inter-Island steamer Helene
will arrive Saturday from Kawaihae
with cattle As soon as she has dis
charged she will be laid up three
weeks for repairs.
The Mauna Loa reported the follow
ing sugar waiting shipment on Ha-
vail: Punaluu 5000 bags, Honuapo
$500, Honokaa 5000. Sugar in the
warehouse at Punaluu after shipment
was S026 bags. :. 81
A United States consular report
from Antofagasta, says that coal is
still in demand in Chile. Coal from
the United States is selling at s1S.25
to $20.65 per ton. The freight rates
are from $1215 to SIS ton. -. i
Great Britsin shipped 1915, 203
tons Of coai and the United States
1888 tons to France in 1915. The
receipts Of American coal would have
been much greater had American ship
pers been able to deliver their coal at
French ports. ~.
| More vessels flying the American
flag entered Para, Brazil, during the
first six months of 1916 than dur.
ing any previous year since 1908. The
number was Is as compared with Il
during the entire year 1915, one in
| 1914 and two in 1913. ...:H J. ..
According to consular report from
Liverpool, England, the number of yes.
sells which entered and cleared from
that port during the year ending June
| 60. 1916, was 1912 as against 22,652
on 1915. The total tonnage was 49,.
679,943 and 18,9S0,913 respectively.
The monthly report OF the Imperial
Japanese department of communities.
tons, as published in the Official Gaz-
cite of July 2, 1916, gives the number
CT seaworthy vessels in Japan as 2146
with a total tonnage of 1,627,103. Of
these 431 are ocean traders of more
than 1000 tons each. Vessels of over
.a.000 tons number 5 and over 5000
tons IS.
From Hawaii ports with 50 cabin
and Al deck passengers with Inter.
Island steamer Mauna Loa arrived
here this morning. She reported light
Winds and smooth sea both ways.
Freight consisted of 6400 bags of sug
ar, 206 bags coffee, five bags ava, 6S
/ q ego
pieces koa lumber, Is head OF cattle,
two cows and four steers, 80 quarters
beef, "a crates chickens, AZ bundles of
hides and 1853 packages Of sundries.
The Atsuta Maru of the Nippon Yu
sen Kaisha European line was strand
ed near the northern point of the
| Ogeshima Island en- August with 35
/ cabin, 35 secol.d cabin, SO steerage
/ las sengers and 1000 tons of freight.
All passengers were saved. The fore
| part Of the ship was slightly damaged
when she was further carried on the
| slloal by the high tide The n. Y. Il.
'c1lce is resortlng to every method re-
! eardless of expense to save the steam.
/ Ell. [...-...
The passage through the Panama
Canal OF July Is CT the passenger
\ steamer Remuera Of the New Zealand
Slipping Company on the way from
| Wellington to London, marks. the es-
Enlistment of this important line
through the canal It's route has for
/ lnerly been around the Cape of Good,
! Hone on the outward voyage from
Great Britain and around Cape Horn
On the homeward lap, the vessels go
ing completely around the world on
each trip. The company has reported
/ IT'S intention of building new ships es-
pecially for the canal service.
The Hongkong harbor report fol-
1915 carries an interesting diagram OF
tonnage entered at Hongkong from
1867 to 1915. period of 4S years. In
| 1867 the entire foreign trade of the
port, including all foreign ships, junks
oY,d ctoop, lo,irnhoo amounfad tO 3