The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-03-18

This table shozs The effect Of the war upon the Louisiana
southern States during its continuance. Since The war the
to-t lana crop has begun TO pick up and is gradually increas-
So The fsPeEt remarks:
q little sugar has been made from the beet in Wisconsin,
fn-l 5 ard California, bat the manufacture has not advanced
5sed what may be termed an Experimental step.
5Gdsiana male some progress again last season, in The
sction Of sugar. as We hnd in the valuable work Of Mr. l.
tC-1 Ierau, Of New Orleans, the crop Of Is59-70 put down al
---5lO hhds, against s4.z56 bids made ia 1868. This season
Inmates range from 10000 TO 10000 hhds-the actual
m, however, viii probably not exceed the former figures.
l- sufficient and reliable labor upon the Plantations, there
te-E Fery considerably augmented.
The Spanish West Indies continue to be the source whence
= raw The great bulk 81 oar supplies, the prolific fields OF
tu Contributing S0asS Per cent. Of Cur whole consumption
he last Cuba crop, that Of lsSa-5o, was only about 2 per
y NJ one, it is stated by good authorities, viii probably show
siderable filling of, a. owing 70 the political troubles.
PAN rs ia the exposed sections used up last year ell their
70 cane, E.sring its destruction by the eOntending partiss.
- "a len nothing to Commence their rolling operations VITA
ts,Hiat statements last year we're not justEei)- This, with
otha hiadrsoess, int.rfsres with early grinding, and 80 free re-
eet9- wii be something later this year than usual.
Fnom Porto Rico, the next point in Importance TO Cuba,
gsisI than rhat Of last year. Heavy rains, however, have
IN mdde TO the latter rsrt of this month.
ne crop in the British and Frsnea West Indies will not
vary materially from that Of last year"
au0ng other interesting information contained in the annual
.sse-t Jgsf issued By Fisk & Hatci- on the Central Pacific
h-1rosd,~ hod the following important statement
or ue Pacific Railroad Is enermOus. Prom the settlement Of
the cost of transporting the mails to ard from ihe Pacific coast
"a zen very large, and during the 1s' year Of it, sons,sTe,
aero-s the gap bet~een the approaching eDds Of the Two roads,
Eaa ~ me rate " tl.lytIONO - anAluin AHe Suurc
rgt % transporting more than ten times the amount OF mail
Hriter by the Pacific Railroad is less than 100000 per an
nun For many years the cost to the Government Of trans
porting troops AMI military supplies, for the maintenance Of
pefre upon the frontier and pLaius, was FROM 100000 TO
100000 per annual Nov il does not probably exceed
8 qJ0OO9"
u appears, moreover, that The Central Pacific Railroad, he
sides saving large sums to the Governments, has ezrDed, from
the drst year Of its beginning. sufficient 10 pay all operating
eTpruses, in addition 10 the interest on its own bonds, and to
carr a surplus ever TO construction account. The earnings
for $40 prove 10 be nearly SS,O0O,OO0, while the earnings for
Is7l are estimated AZ slO,00O,O 600, Of which SO per cent will
= avliiable TO meet its annual interest payments These are
among the sOundest reasons for the excellent standing Of the
Erlds in our market