The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-03
REPORTS OF PLANTATIONS

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Many sugar plantation companies
have held their annual meeting during
the past week An abstract of the
more important facts in the reports of
managers is given herewith.
Eva Plantation Co. had net profits
of s77O,O7S.26 for the year 1907, yielding
500, oC0 in. dividends. or IA per cent on
the capital stock. Manager Renton, in
a comparative statement covering five
years, showed that in the last four
years 1894 tons of sugar had been lost
through the action of the leaf-hopper.
A. gain of about $500 tons last year
over 1906 he attributes to a check that
had been put upon that pest. There
had been no labor troubles during the
year. The total acreage for the 1907
crop, which was 80, 4S1.61 tons of sugar,
was S770.S2 acres. For the 1908 crop
the total acreage is 1922 AS acres. These
Apokaa Sugar Co, whose cane is
ground at Eva mill. The 1909 crop
will be from 9667.66 acres, exclusive of
Apokaa.
Manager Weinzheimer's report to
Koloa Sugar. Co. showed a crop for
1907 of about 5614 tons of sugar from
1547 acres. For this years crop there
is an acreage of 1885 acres, and for
that of next year 1900 acres, from
which 1000 tons of sugar is expected.
Large Improvements have been made
in the water supply and the mill plant
has had added to it fine new centrifu-
gals and one new filter press.
Waimea Sugar Mill Co. heard from
Manager Fassoth's report that last
years crop was 1916 tons of sugar from
249 acres of cane. This year 1900 tons
is expected off 240 acres. and the same
amount next year off 265 acres.
Makaweli plantation was shown, at
the annual meeting of Hawaiian Sugar
Co., TO have made profits of $500, 3O4.16
last year. of which $4,000 was paid
out in dividends. Including the Gay
& Robinson sugars, the crop was 20, $50
tons, being an average return of 6.GS
tons of sugar an acre. Manager B. D.
Baldwins estimate had been exceeded
by 1882 tons. This years crop is esti-
mated at q .091.S7 tons of sugar. For
the 1909 crop the area is the largest
yet carried and is expected to reach
from $4,000 to $4,000 tons. Little or no
damage was done last year by the
leaf-hopper, it having been kept in
subsection 'by the Australian parasite
and local enemies.
For Kihei Plantation Co., Manager
A ]. Mcleod reported a crop of 1917
1-2 tons, which was under the estimate
owing TO excessive rains. Next crop
is estimated at 400 tons. The sale of
the plantation, approved at a special
meeting some time ago, is expected to
be effected soon.
Waialua Agricultural Co., Manager
Goodale, had a yield of 22,521 tons of
sugar for 1907, or about 1900 tons below
the estimate 1t was from 1880 acres
and the average yield was $50 tons of
sugar TO the acre. The tonnage of
cane per acre, so far as cropped is
higher this year than last. For 1908 a
crop of $4,000 tons is estimated, there
being an increased area of 1929 acres
as between 1907 and 1908 on January /.
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area of newly-cleared land to pineap-
pie growers.
Maui Agricultural Co. showed a
profit for 1907 of s294196 $50, of which
Haiku Sugar Co. received S29, 730. - and
Paia Plantation 44,59616. Manager H.
A Baldwin reported a crop of 90 1853
tons Of sugar, which should have been
exceeded if it had not been for poor
juice the early part of the season due
TO the warm, wet spring. From 1854
acres plant cane and 2043 acres ra-
ICONS, the crop of 1908 is hoped to ex-
coed the former estimate of $4,000 tons
For the 1909 crop are being cultivated
1925 acresIof plant cane and 2205 acres
of ratoons, and for the 1910 crop 1880
acres of plant cane and 2300 acres of
ratoons. They are burning all borer-
infected cane before cutting. Lime is
being literally employed to check root
disease. Besides furnishing the plan
tation with beef, the company's ranch
shipped forty-five head to Honolulu
and furnished a number of working
oxen for the fields. Together with Ha-
waiian Commercial & Sugar Co., the
NJ. A. Co. has a fiourishing rubber plan
tation at Nahiku of about 100 acres of
Ceara trees. Something like the same
area will be planted this year, alter
mating Hevea with Ceara.
Manager Ahrens of Kukuihaele plan,
tation Pacific Sugar Mill Coz reported
large mill improvements during the
year. With the water available from
the Hamakua ditch the plantation will
be able to lay out all its lands, about
$3.50 acres, below the thousand-foot
level. For the 1910 crop it is expected
to have between 400 and 1900 acres
of plant cane and goo acres of ratoons,
which will be the record for the plan
Kohala Sugar Co, according to Man
ager George Watts report, has found
the Kohala ditch supply scanty when
most needed. Therefore it is proposed
to contract for no more from that