The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-07-31

, Cuba amounted to lis, 900 tons on July
IA, and Cuba will probably produce
| $4,000 tons more to the balance of the
season, making the supply 100000.
Subtracting, say, $4,000 tons for do
nestle consumption and stocks to be
carried over, leaves $4,000 tons to be
| shipped to this market 1t is, of
course, questionable whether or not
buyers will be able to obtain all these
supplies. This means that after secur.
ing all the Cuban sugars, $4,000 tons
will have to be purchased in outside
markets, Europe, Java, Porto Rico,
ETC., and. of course, as these supplies
| can not be secured on a moments no.
tice, refners can not delay buying so
very much longer. Nevertheless, as we
have previously mentioned, it is ap-
parently their policy to keep the dc
mand for refined sugars down as much
as possible to q hand-to mouth basis,
and in this way buy raws only on a
handto- mouth basis so as to tide over
the next two or three months, without
having any very sharp advance.
Whether or not they will be success.
full remains to be seen. The market
closes quiet, and in the absence of sales
the spot quotation remains nominally
on the basis of 4.36 cents duty paid
fer 96-degree centrifugals, 3.S6c. duty
paid for SO muscOvadoes, and 3.6lc
duty paid for 50 molasses sugars The
worlds visible supply is 2,050, 900 tons,
as against 100000 tons last year"
TROUBLE LOOKED FOR.
Cuban conditions are thus given
under the New York date of July Ia:
Weather conditions continue very ia
vorable, Cuba having this year typ.
zeal rainy season, with frequent heavy
showers, and hot sun the rest of the
time, and these conditions, if con-
tinued, must tell with Importance on
the next crop. Politically the Island is
somewhat unsettled, and it remains to
be seen what the solution will be- The
! general opinion is that if the United
States Government withdraws the first
| part of next year, that it will not be
long before there is further trouble,
as the defeated candidates are not like.
ly to live quietly under the government
which will be elected"
LAND COMMISSION ORGANIZES.
The Land Commission appointed by
Governor Frear has already organized
and the individual members are at
work studying up the subject. 1t has
already been decided that public meet
| ings shall be held on each of the is.
lands. 1t was felt that as the public
lands are on every island and the peo-
pie on every island are interested. it
would not be fair either to the people
who wanted TO be heard, or to the com
mission which wants to hear all that
can be said on the subject to confine
the public hearings to Honolulu. The
dates for holding these hearings have
not yet been determined and they will
probably not begin until September
MILITARY MAPS OF OAHU.
A detachment of 100 men of the
Engineer corps are TO arrive here early
in November. and under the command
of Captain Orwell will make surveys
for military maps Of this island. The
field sur Ieys viii take at least three
months.
PRIYY COUNCIL, PROCEEDINGS.
The Archives Commissioners have de.
cided to publ, the proceedings of the
Prlvy Council. These are a storehouse
of Hawaiian history and besides are
the ultimate evidence of the titles to
much land in the islands.
HAWAIIAN HOTEL MORTGAGE.
a mortgage Of the Hawaiian Hotel
property TO Bishop Co. for $4,000
was filed for record during the week.
MARX EFT For CHILL PEPPERS.
In answer 10 inquiries from the Pro.
motion Committee. letters have been
received from San Francisco indicating
that good market for chill peppers
could be found there at the seasons of
the year when they ase out Of season
on the Coast.