The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-31
Unexampled Yield Sugar
Last Year.
Prospects for the Coming Season
Paintings Have Been Heavy
and the Weather Good.

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Following Is MS report on sugar;
Referring to this important industry.
which is rapidlv attaining sucb dim.n-
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StltuteS considerable FACTOR IN the
nrosneritv of Queensland may hiring
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area Oh SS'ooo acres. me crop harvest
eG, however eAceeueu TINS estimate
by 23,'54 tons, or totaI production
for the season or lb5,'3f tons OF sugar
from 1881 acres OF cane.
Area of Cane Sugar
Crushed. Manufactured.
1876, 432 acres ... 1916 tons
1852, 391 acres .. 1873 1874 tons
Tho comnarativa vaIuas NJ tho two
SEASONS, crons az c1o lbs nor TON NAV
no ESTIMATED also as follows.
1oo- c,n,Ss
iSSS igiSsa9
II VIII pe holed oS the ABOVE hSuTes
lhat the increase over the yleId oil SUI
gar IN 1891 amounted 10 b5,SlS tons,
whlch may De referred TO as note
worthy instance vi Ihe iatehI possloIh-
Ties OF production contained III the
troplcal lands OF Queensland.
Inc uneXampled sugar yield oi 1898
Is the more remarkable on taxing into
account Ihat, at the commencement OF
the season the cane IN several districts
ieNealeu 10" uensily oI sugar, caus-
ins H III , hets 10 SuspIhu cIusH, ,
uhlii cue uIn,i'F iose. 9upsequehI vi!
Meathei' VIII Cousins lhv cahe W
- [i 1oss ma' ,.esp .,.H,,t t' III
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tho canefiaIds
Stotis+icaI ra,,,r,, oo,,r;,,, ,,,. ,ho
pao;s,rar Canarai 49,. ~, ..,,.,,.,S
weight nj cane nroducad nor acro
throughout the Colony i'm IseS IN have
haan IS tons 14cwt ne ,gains, 10 ,ons
6cwt ner aero crown in ISaz. ond Go
ures derived from rho same sourca
show the comparatlve production of sr-
gar per acre for the two years 1897 and
1898 was | ton lOcwt. and | ton 19cwt.
3qr. respectively.
| NAV bring under your notice that
Queensland nearly doubled her expor,
of sugar during the last season. having
shipped 13O943 tons i'm 1852 ms
against 6.557 tons in 1878 thus
| leaving for home consumption a mar
gin of 81. 19l tons, a quantity which
| may be presumed to represent about
| 1000 tons in excess of requirements.
AS showing the distribution of this
| export, it may be of interest To note
! that according to Customs statistics
! New South Wales took 1870 tons OF
| our sugar; Victoria, Jl,9I2 tons; South
| Australia, 16.2iI tons: West Australia,
| 4c54 tons; Tasmania, 33S tons; New
| Zealand, $50 tons, and South Sea ISL
| ands. 6 tons: while Hongkong and
Japan absorbed 2Jl1 and $50 tons res
| pectively. The total quantity OF sugar
| exported was valued at G1.i1i,2OS.
The subject OF countervailinS duties
| to protect production of cane sugar
against the competition o. bounty-fed
| beet sugars has occupied the serious
attention of sugar producers in the
! British dominions, and the Agent-Ge
| eral for Queensland. Sir Horace ToZcr.
| has given unremitting attention and
| valuable assistance to the lsague
| formed for promoting the abolition of
| these bounties. 1t is satisfaC-
| tory TO note that the steps al
| ready taken by the Indian Government
| To protect her sugar manufacturers
! have received very general approval.
With regard to- the prospects OF the
| coming season. the weather through
out the colony has been generally fav-
orable to the growth OF the cane; the
grub pest has been well kept in hand.
and although frosts have been eNper-
| fenced as far North as the herbert
River fair average crop may be eX-
pected.
AS returns from planters show that
111,000 acres in the colony are now
planted with cane, of which quantity
at least 100000 acres will be cut during
| the coming season. the production OF