The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-12
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES.
THE CocoANUT.
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grove at Biscayne Bay of 100000
trees. The trees begin TO bear at
or z years of age. The nuts are a
tritle smaller than those of the tropics,
and are not considered so valuable
for seed purposes which are procur-
ed principally from the Bay Islands
and the mainland of Honduras. The
results have been highly profitable
to those who engage in the business,
for there is large demand from
factories that prepare it in a desic-
Gated form, and from confectioners.
The confectioners of New York alone
use up about 100000 cocoanuts
annually. Within few years all
the land in the State and on the
Keys suitable for cocoanut culture
will be planted but the area is limit
ed and the number of trees will not
much exceed 100000.
On the coast of Brazil there are
groves of the cocoanut for about 2S0
miles, but most of the product is
consumed locally.
In the Madras Presidency there
are no less than 219,000 acres under
cocoanuts.
The most valuable product of
commerce in Malabar is that from
the cocoanut tree. The average pro-
duce of cocoanuts from the whole of
Malabar has been estimated at from
800 to 400 millions annually.
In the French Colonies of Podi-
cherry, Karikal Maize and Yamaon
there are about 100000 nuts pro-
duced and 100000 gallons of oil
exported.
The Straits Settlements export an
nually into India about 1000, 900
nuts. and the Maldives about TO-
100000.
In Java and Madina there are more
than 20,000,000 trees.
Mauritius ships away annually
about 30, 200 nuts and about 400 cwts.
of coir cordage.
In the French Oceanic Islands there
are about 1000 acres covered with
cocoanut palms which produce about
100000 nuts and 100000 kilos
of copra annually.
The islands of Samoa have many
natural and cultivated groves of CO.
coanuts which produce most prolifi-
cally. The most of the crop is con-
sumed locally as food. The export
of copra is about 5000 tons annu-
ally. Robert Louis Stevenson, the
novelist who is settled there, is about
to set out grove of 80 600 cocoanul
trees. These have been started in
small baskets and were ready to sci
out three weeks after sprouting anC
will begin bearing in four years. Il
is estimated in Samoa that a grove o:
10000 trees in full bearing is wortt
$4,000 year for the copra alone.
British Honduras sends annual,
to the United States about 1000, 900
nuts which will soon be largely in
creased, as within the last few year
large numbers of "cocals" or "co
coanut walks" have been planted
some of them containing 10000 t.
! $4,000 trees that will soon begin t.
produce.
British Guiana send about 200, O0
nuts to England, but the bulk of tn
product is sold to the East India
immigrants who use them for foo
and also extract arrack from the tree
One firm has machinery for extract
ing oil and making coir for eXpor
and raises stock upon the refuse.
Santiago de Cuba produces an
nually about 100000 nuts some o
which areturned into oil and the bull
exported to New York, Liverpool
London, Bremen and Barcelona
They cost about Sl5 per 1000, an
the freight to New York or Londo
is about So per 1000.
The Republic of Honduras pre-
duces about 100000 annually, tn
bulk of which is shipped to Me-
York in two steamers that call fo
them regularly, making it their sol
traffic. The local price is from 81
to $25.
Baracoa in Cuba produces abor
100000 annually valued at So
per thousand. About one half are e,
, ported to the United States and tn
other half turned into oil by wv
r large factories. Three fourlhs of til
. population of this district are d
pendent upon the cocoanut industr,
The latest available figures sho
the impt rts of cocoanuts into Ne
York to be as follows: From Bar
Goa, 6,131 $50; San Bias, ,659 1851
San Andreas, 925, 1893; Mayague
7G9, $50; Porto Bello, 1872 900; Ru
tan, 674,9Sl; Kingston, All ,80t
Port Antonio, 299, 800; Truxill
100000; Corn Islands, lG5, 70(
+, Mosquit, Cost, 1925; Boco d
Toroo 100000; Montant, LOG, 32l
!. St. Jago, l44, 300; Jamaica, lis
800; Colon, Santiago, San Doming
AspinwaIl, Hayti, Trinidad, Belle
o Nassau, Greytown and a few 9th
minor places, sol, S20; making
total of -, $50, 939 cocoanuts. The
If figures however have largely
creased in the last year or Two fro
Mexico and Central America pri
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