The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-07

The Week.-Raws: Unchanged Re
fined: Unchanged. Net cash quota
tions this date are: Molasses, 2.620c;
Muscovado, 2.S75c.; Centrifugals, $3.50
GranuIated, 4.30c. Receipts. 5570I tons.
Meetings., go 900 tons. Total Stock in
Four Ports, 187, f47 tons, against 1874
TONS last week. and 1871 S8 tons last
wear. Beet sugar quotations, T. o. o.
Hamburg, S. 1 led. per cwt. for 80
deg analysis, without bounty, equal to
2 e9c for 90 test Centrifugals at New
York First Marks German Granulat-
ed f. o. b. Hamburg los. lad, with
out bounty. equal to 4.27c. New York.
duty paid.
Estimated afoats to the United
States from Cuba and West Indies,
As 900 tons; Hawaii, $4,000 tons; Peru,
etc. 10000 tons. Total, $4,000 tons,
against 5000 tons last year.
Net Cash Prices Refined.-It is gen.
eralIy understood that the lowest price
named for refined here is basis OF
Granulated, in barrels and bags. 45Oc.
net cash quoted by Federal for prompt
shipment.
Statistics by Special Cables.-Cuba.
The six principal ports: Receipts Al
900 tons against 1S1, 900 tons last year;
ia centrals grinding against 176 last
year.
This weeks summary of the statls-
tieaI position shows stocks in the Unit
ed States and Cuba together of 284,-
147 tons, against, 234 440 tons last week
and 338. 4S8 tons last year. decrease
of ASA tons from last year.
Europe-Stock in Europe, 807, 600
tons. against 2,543, 900 tons last year
Hamburg reports no shipments of
raw or refined sugar to the United
States this week.
Visible Supply.-Total stock of Eu-
rope and America, 4,091,147 tons,
against 1881, 4SS tons last year at the
same uneven dates. The increase OF
stock is 1,209659 tons, against an in
crease of 1 1852 1876 tons last week. Total
stocks and afioats together, show
visible supply OF 4,471,147 tons, against
2.956, 48S tons last year, or an increase
of 1914 $50 tons.
RaWs.-Business sessions this week
are shortened by the Holiday on
Thursday, the 22d instant, for the OBJ
servance of Washingtons birthday.
making it desirable to publish our
Journal on Wednesday in this in
stance.
The tone of the market is steady,
with some holders exhibiting more
firmness and advancing their views to
2 1-32c. to 2 Lie C. and f. for Cuban
Centrifugals. Thus far, however,
nothing higher than &c. C. and f., equal
to 8 sec. landed, basis SO deg. test, has
been paid recently for Cuban sugars
or the same parity for other sugars.
The American and Howell, whose
wants for the immediate future are
well covered, having withdrawn from
the market, the capacity or buyers
who are open for negotiations is
limited and not sufficient to readily
absorb all the sugars for sale.
Values here are on very low level,
now being .33c. below the parity of
European quotations for beet sugars,
but, under present conditions, it is
difficult to establish an Improvement
British West India planters are not
dependent upon the American mar
ket, as their sugars are admitted into
Canada at preferential rate of one
third the regular duties, but the
producers in San Domingo are not
granted this privilege and they are
now shipping a good part of their
produce to the United Kingdom. where
they obtain Sprices fully Lie above
the values ruling here.
The arrivals at the United States
Four Ports for the week were again
large amounting to 55,707 tons, against
requirements for MEETINGS of $4,000
tons, increasing the total stocks to
1S7, 147 tons. against stock of 157.48S
tons at this time last year.
The importation of foreign sugar at
New Orleans has begun for the season,
the first shipment of 5000 bags Cubas
having just arrived.
Cuba reports by mail heavy showers
in a few localities, a satisfactory tom
mage of cane, but a rather disappoint-
ing quality of juice. Our special ca
BILE from Cuba today reports some local
rains which are considered unimpor-
tant and that harvesting is proceeding
favorably.
Receipts at the Cuban seaports for