The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-17

S.67c duty paid for 50 moiasses sugars
period. The worlds visible supply is
$4,000 tons against S.53O.00 tons last
year.
CONDITIONS IN CUBA.
The same authority says: There has
been no news of special interest from
Cuba, Messrs. Willett & Gray yester-
day received a cable from their cor
respondents in the Island. reading ON
different days this week partial rains
fell in provices of Camaguez, Santa
Clara. Matanzas. and Hawaii No
general rains yet. By this it would
seem that there has been some relief
from the drought.
The visible production 10 the end Of
March was 66S, 900 tons. With the April
production for the entire Island about
$4,000 tons, so it will be seen that in
our estimate of March Is. when we
figured 10000 tons production for the
month Of April we figured $4,000 tons
too high. This makes total produce
ton for the Island to the first of May
close to 100000 tons, and we do not be-
lieve that the production from now on
viii exceed 100 900 tons. which viii
make the total crop about 900 600 tons.
The number of Centrals grinding has
been reduced to S.
FROM EUROPE.
From Europe this same authority
quotes a CORRESPONDENT: There is
nothing new about the sowings except
that they are late this year. The
weather is extraordinarily cold here,
we are having snow, and we hear that
the same conditions are ruling on the
I, I'll,
.fering with the field work"
HONOLULU REFINED QUOTED.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 2i.-De-
mand for refined is good with UNI
changed prices. Quote both refineries:
Cane in bags. 5.S0c; Beets in bags.
$500; Honolulu Plantation cane in
bags. 5.70c.
RUSSIAN SUGAR FAILURES.
The failure of the two largest sugar
manufacturing and refining firms III
the world, Charitonenko & Sons and
the Cherkassky Refining Company. is
announced from Odessa The liabili-
ties of the former amount to sic, $780,
600. and the later about Sc, 600 The
crisis in the Russian sugar market is
due to great extent 70 the restriction
of exports. production being greatly
in excess Of home demand.
The Stock Excha &c transactions OF
the week have beef as follows:
Monday-25 Paauhau. Is; Is Me-
Bryde. AIS Eva, 2s25: Pioneer,
1874; 200 oahu Sug. Co, $3.50; 6 Paia,
40; 10 McBryde. AIS.
Tuesday--1O McBryde. ATS; 25 Paau-
hau. IS: 1000 Honokaa, 11.5O; 175 Hoo
nokaa. 1875; Is Waialua. 81; 10 Nc
Bryde, ATS: 20 Oahu Sug. Co, 2S. so;
$1,000 Pioneer SIS, 1O1; 40 Onomea, "a; 25
Olaa, 4.S75.
Wednesdays Paauhau. 1875; SO
o. r. & L. Co, 100; IS Oahu Sug. Co.
2S. so; 100 Eva, 2S.25: 500 Paauhau
(buyer 9O). 1885, 500 Paauhau (buyer
9O), 1875; so Paauhau, 1925.
Thursday--5O oahu Sug. Co, 2S.75;
100 Eva. 2825; 40 Olaa, 4.ST5: 25 Pau
hau, 1880.
Friday-20 McBryde. ATS; 100 Pine
apple, 2425; 20 Waialua, 81; 30 Paau-
hau, 10; 200 oahu Sug. Co, 2S.75; 200
Honokaa, 11.625.
Saturday-s10O0 Paia 6s, 100; $1,000
Paia 6s, 100: $500 Paia SIS, 100; 10 Pc
peekeo. 14O: $500 Paia 6s 100; 100 Haw.
C. & s., 91.75: 10 Olaa, AIS.
Dividends have been announced as
follows:
May 15-Hawaiian Sugar Co, ] IL
per cent: Oahu Sugar Co, l IL per
cent: o. r. & L. Co, 3-4 per cent;
Pepeekeo per cent; Waialua, IL
per cent: and an extra dividend Of
per cent, payable May 81. 1908. de-
clared by the directors of Eva Plan
tation Co.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
The collection of taxes for the first
period seems to have gone on extreme
ly satisfactorily, so far, at least. as
Honolulu is concerned. The collections
for the last three days We're consil-
4rably more than 100000 The collec-
lions for the last day were $l2lOO9,
and up to midnight of May Is, S362113.
This is a record. These figures are for
Honolulu only. For the rest of the
island only partial returns have been
made About 100000 in all Is expect
ed. The collection of taxes this year
seems to have been accompanied b.
less of disturbance to business than
usual. which may be attributed, per-
haps, to the increasing returns from
sugar.
THE SANITATION CAMPAIGN
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the Board of Health and the
Board OF Supervisors, by which the
sanitary inspectors Of the former and
the garbage department Of the latter
ara to work in harmony in cam
paign for the thorough sanitary clean
ing OF Chinatown, block by block.
AROUND THE ISLAND ROAD.
There is a renewal of the agitation
for a thoroughly good carriage road
around this island. A great part Of II
Is already a fact. What Is needed are
links. County Engineer
Gere estimates the cost at $4,000.
FORTIFICATION WORK.
The Hilonian on Wednesday brought
Eve fifteen-tOn mortars for the battery
1t Diamond Head and a quantity OF
he mountings for them. This vessel
will bring the remainder Of the ma
.erials for the mounting.
Bids for hauling cement to the DiA-
nond Head Notifications and FIR