The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-25
KAHUKU PLANTATION
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders This Monng-Repor of
Manager Andrew Adams

Annual Meeting of the Stockholders This Monng-Repor of
Manager Andrew Adams
The annual meeting Kaubu Plantation Company was held
this morning O'Clock the office of the agents. Alexander
Baldwin The financial report showed that the earnings of the
plantation for the year had been from the sale sugar
S67275o and from the profits Of the $IoO9692 making
total 1917 2262 The total cost OF the crop $3178664
making the earnings $5973708 Dividends amounting
100000 paid $2487487 written off for depreciation,
and $4S63 carried surplus The and
liabilities OF the plantation each given at $Io6778965
Manager Andrew Adams report detailed and interesting
and follows
The crop of 1902 amounted to 647 sugar of which
287 125 Kauus share of Laies sugar The produce
from the Kauku fields 6J6o. 25 mied from LAS
cane which BIS plant 5o3 long
and 537 short The total crop Is
tons less than the crop This due in part the TACT
that the production from aes fields was less than half Iaies
crop Some OF our suffered materially from
lack Of cultivation 1901 owing the shortage of labor
during nearly the whole Of that year.
Grinding commenced on the 18th of November, 1901
and continued the 10th OF June when the mill shut
down. The mill commenced grinding again the 18th of Octo
ber and from that date the OF December when
the crop completed 1000 62 tons of ned
from Field No which planted May, 1901 and continued
growing through that without asseng and from Field No.
s. long ratoons.
CROP OF 1903
The crop of 1903, being mied will be taken from 55z
acres OF plant cane sos acres OF long raoon and o3 acres OF
of bitches and fumes under ee reduction in the pump
lift Your 1904 crop distributed for irrigation follows: 800
irrigated by flowing wells 1000 irrigated from
the S. feet lift and under irrigated from the al
feet lift and under and the remaining 40 odd irrigated
from the 247 feet lift of the Reder Pump which of the
economical lifts Of the pump This arrangement should
have material influence the reduction of the
expense of this crop.
still further reduction should result from the of oil for
fuel the pumps There every prospect that oil will be in
time during the month of May 1t is be regretted that
the change from the of coal oil could not have been made
during the while the shut down. as was
hoped would be the that the reduction i'll pumping
pense might have affected the whole years work AS it the
saving for the remainder OF the should be considerable
Two wells added during the year the number
already the fields and under them the lower side OF
Fields No and IS taken About "a OF more
less sandy land planted under the mill waewater fume
and he HOvno n the main
stable sweepng being Systematically distributed among these
fields For the returns from these fields will be
small eventually excellent soil will be built up from which
good crops should be taken.
Planting commenced the nth OF June and was finished
during the second week in October.
The go of long cut back commencing
with the end of July, and at the time were erzed and
hd up with plows This looking well and is all let out
All OF the 52 OF short started before the
january, which considerably earlier than
possible to OF the short for the 1903 crops
Some OF these far advanced that they have already
been fortified and hed up On the 10th and the 18th of Decem
Der inches of fell and the lower portion OF Field No.
part Field No both of which form part of the short
crop flooded for several days After the water had
subsidized found necessary repant considerable
mage seVen