Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-28
REVIEW OF SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKETS

Willett & Gray's circular reviews
the sugar market for the week ending
February as follows:
THE WEEK-Raws unchanged. Re.
fined unchanged. Net cash quotations
are: MusCovddos. 3.19c; centrifugals,
$3.50; graduated, 4.46-4.51c. Receipts,
1928 tons. Meetings., $4,000 tons. To-
tai stock in four ports, S1,O55 tens.
against 1O2S17 tons last week and
1851 tons fast year. Beet sugar
quotations, fob Hamburg, Is Id
per cwt for So degree analysis. First
marks German graduated, fob, Ham.
burg, SIS IL Lid, equal 4.4lc, New
York, duty paid.
Estimated a1oats to the United
States from Cuba and West Indies,
10000 tons; Javas, 10000 tons; Ha.
wall. 10000 tons; Europe, 5000 tons !:
Peru, Demerara, etc. $4,000 tons; to-
tai. $4,000 tons, against 10000 tons
last year.
Spot Foreign Granulated--The de-
mand is light and the supply very
small. Fine Austrian, 4.5Sc asked. For
import Dutch graduated, prompt ship.
ment, los Cd, c. and I. Fine Austrian
graduated for prompt shipment, 9s
Cd, C. and I.
This weeks summary of the statisti'
cal position shows stocks in the Unit
ed States and Cuba together of 220,555
tons, against 204,S17 tons last week
and lS4,O35 tons last year, an increase
of $500 tons over last year.
STATISTICS BY SPECIAL CABLES
-cuba-The six principal ports: Re
ceipts, 1900 tons; exports, $500 tons
stock. 39.50O tons. against $500 tons
last year; l4S centrals grinding
against 141 last year.
Europe-Stocks in Europe, 3,3lS,00C
tons, against 2,557,7S7 tons last year
Total stocks of Europe and America
$3.50, $50 tons against 2,Iil,S22 tons
last year at the same uneven dates
and 2,924,225 tons at the even date o.
January /, 1901. The excess of stool
is 79l, 733 tons, against an excess o.
S1S,736 tons last week, and an excess
of 556.6S2 tons January 2, 1902.
Hamburg-Two hundred and fit!
tons refined sugar shipped to America
No engagements.
RAWS-Business continued through
out the week. to a moderate eXten
on the basis of 11-16c for SO degre,
centrifugals, and at the close Their
are buyers for all sugars offered oil
this basis. The amount of offerings 1
as small as Cuba Is not yet participat
ing in the business to any material eS
tent. Entire receipts for the wee
were 1928 tons, against 1860 ton
last week and stocks are reduced I
81 .O55 tons. requirements for melting
having been $4,000 tons. The reduce
stocks would seem to require increas
ed purchases in some direction befor
very long.
The European market is now clos
, to the parity OF New FORK quotation
, and American rehners have secured
moderate quantity Of beet sugars t
replenish their stocks, while waItin
for larger offerings Of Cuba sugar.
The Bounty Conference at Brussel
has adjourned agGsn for few days {
enable the members to consult wit
their governments. IL is not yet Ce
, tain that Great Britain will assess
countervailing duty in case the Coz
= ference does not result in abolishin
l the bounties, although II is likely this
4 some benefit to the sugar producers ,
s her colonies, in the matter Of dutiC
4 will be provided in the budget whic
will be brought in during the ne,
month or two.
REFINED-There Is no change
= note in the DOSitiOn of the refined s.