The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-05-26

LuE ISsrRAScE-The Rev. 7. Dewitt Thlmags
Of Brooklyn. New York. recently preached . SER
mon in bis usually vigorous style. entitled. "The
High Crime OF Not Insuring" We quote one
sentence what amount Of comfort. Of sduea-
ticn, Of moral and spiritual advantage. is re-
presented in the simple statistic that in this country
the life Insurance Companies. in one year, paid
seVenty-seven millions Of dollars to the families
Of the bereft and in Eve years they paid three
hundred millions Of dollars TO the families Of the
bereft and are promising to pay. and hold them
selves in readiness 70 pay, two thousand millions
Of collars to the families Of the bereft." This
gives an extraordinary view Of the business In the
States. The Saith annual Report Of the Mutual
Life las. Co. of New York (for which the Hon. S. @,
Wilder is agent in these islands) gives some facts
in relation 10 its business rs follows
Al present II has in force 80, l25 policies. insuring
S30l. as ,O37 and its business for the year 1876
was the issue of Sl20 policies. the receipt SIS
1876. 703.36 premiums; the issue, monthly. Of
more than 10000 receipts over the country and
connecting with the same. and In addition, the
mailing Of a like number OF notices called for
by the action Of the Legislature, during the past
year.
1t purchased, for cash. ASH policies, on sur
render, and paid for the same, during that year S.
Gig, 623,lS.
SUGAR GROWING IN EGYPT AND LOUISIANA
young Hawaiian who has had considerable experience
in sugar growing and manufacture at the islands
and who is now abroad, having visited Egypt and
Louisiana. writes as follows TO a gentleman Of this
city of the former country 81 visited one Of the
sugar plantations. being entertained two nights by
the chief engineer, who with his wife we're the only
white people on the whole plantation or within ten
miles Of it; so you will understand that all the over
seers, engineers and sugar-boiers as well as the
laborers under them we're Arabs There are ten Of
these plantations in Egypt, all on a large scale. Of
about the same plan and capacity, the English
being copies Of the French. and all owned by the
Khedive. This plantation had $500 acres Of cane to
grind this year. averaging probably about II aud
perhaps not more than one ton per acre. which they
expected TO have all OF by this time. grinding as
usual, night and day, seven days ia the week. The
main building was about 700 feet long, and with
the wings. about 80 feet wide. Of brick. Lower
floor cemented, upper floor aud roof Of iron. Four
sets of rollers. 81 feet; 8. "a circular CHARTERS Of
copper, $50 gallons each; Is bone filters, 4 sets triple
effects, 8 copper vacuum pans, 8 feet in diameter,
solid brass vacuum pumps: 81 steamer boilers 6 and
1S ff,-but only four were in use-about 90 cen
~trifugals, all nicely planned and arranged.
The sugars were beautiful, having heavy, clean
surfaced crystals" OF Louisiana he says There
are hundreds OF plantations here, TO be seen on
both sides of the river, but they finished March
lAst) grinding long ago. They are behind us-or
at least no more advanced-and / would not e-
change places on any account. A good average
yield here is one ton. or a triae over, per acre"