The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-31

NuDa amounted TO llO,UUU 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 APP
parently their policy to keep the de
mand for refined sugars down as much
as possible to q hand-to-mouth basis,
and in this way buy raws only on
hand-to-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 1886 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 2,050,000 tons,
as against 100000 tons last year"
TROUBLE LOOKED FOR.
Cuban conditions are thus given
under the New York date of July II:
"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 BIO
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 confne
the public hearings to Honolulu. The
dates for holding these hearings have
not vet 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 Surveys viii take at least three
months.
PRlVY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
The Archives Commissioners have de.
sided TO publ, the proceedings of the
Privy Council. These are storehouse
Of Hawaiian history and besides are
the ultimate evidence of the titles 10
much land in the islands.
HAWAIIAN HOTEL MORTGAGE.
4 mortgage Of the Hawaiian Hotel
10 Bishop a. Co. for 100000
was filed for record during the week.
For CHILL PEPPERS.
In answer TO inquiries from the Pro.
motion Committee. letters have been
received from San Francisco indicating
That good market for chill peppera
could be found there at the seasons OF
ihe year when they are out Of season
IN the Coast.