The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29


concessions granted 20 various property
owners; 10 fact, many Of the rivers can
not supply tho quantity of water called
for In these concessions
WORLD REPORTS.
Willett & Gray quote the following
reports from their correspondents:
Philippine Islands.
MANILA, May "a, 191O.-The Payne
tariff, though it is getting greater cred.
It here this year than is due TO it, is,
and certainly will be, a great stimulant
to production up TO the 100000 tons
limit. Any great increase in produe.
tion, however, on the old estates, under
the old methods, which must last some
time yet, is not possible, owing to the
continued mortality among the field
animals, which, moreover, are replenish.
ed from countries where disease among
cattle is VIGOROUSLY rife, and this is a
condition which renders our crops pre-.
carious at all times.
One or two reputedly strong Amer.
lean concerns, ostensibly hailing from
Hawaii, have acquired some large
tracts of land, with the intention of
cultivating and milling sugar under the
! most approved modern methods. but
they are having their troubles right
from the beginning, and my opinion is
that they will not show any great re-
suits for some years to come. Hawaii
is one country, and the Philippines is
another-quite different If those con.
Germs are in any way dependent on field
animals for the cultivation of their
crops, under existent conditions. their
progress viii be slow and at times dis.
heartening, despite all their other ad.
vantages. Heavy steam plows have, so
far, not been anywhere a success in the
Philippine Islands, and the best of them
have been tried now and again by the
most intelligent agriculturists since the
early eighties
Brazil.
The West India Committee Circular,
June 81, 1910, says: With the present
large crops and the high price of sugar
prevailing through the shortage of
crops in other countries the sugar in
dustry in Brazil is at the moment in
very satisfactory condition. Taken as
whole, the machinery in the various
sugar factories is good and fairly up.
to.date, but it is badly arranged. The
scarcity of skilled labor and want of
competent and expert management is of.
ten responsible for much waste and
financial loss. 1t is not unusual to find
| the best modern machinery installed in
old buildings quite unsuited to the pur-
pose, both ms to capacity and design.
Foreign expert managers were tried
some years ago in several factories, but
unfortunately they were not as q rule
| the right class of men and the result
did not encourage the manufacturers to
repeat the experiment. Arrangements
are in hand to finance several large fac.
tories with British capital and to place
them under expert management, which
would considerably increase the output.
British Guiana.
DEMERARA, June 25, 19lO.-IMar.
kets: No sales of sugar for export
have been made Market weakened
during the early part of the fortnight,
but again shows a irmer tendency.
Nominal value of 90 deg, sugar for ex-
port to Canada, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
For local consumption Yellow CRYSTALS
are fetching $500 and Dark CRYSTALS
SS.05 per 100 pounds.
Weather and Cultivation: Weather
during the current month has been wet,
cold and unfavorable to growing crop.
Rain has fallen every day, gauges re.
cording an average fall of 10 inches.
The total average rainfall for the year
to date now stands at about 60 inches.
The excessive rainfall, low temperature
and absence of bright sunshine. have
tended to check growth, and crops have
not made the progress usual at this
period of the yBar. The majority of the
canes due for reaping during the clos.
ing quarter of the year have all along
been backward for age, and they now
nave stunted appearance. No wealth
er, however favorable, can enable them
to make up all the existing leeway in
growth, and yield of sugar is certain
to be disappointing and less than tho
usual average. The wet weather ex.
perienced has been against satisfactory
progress with tillage operations, and IL
has been found impossible TO keen
wedding work well in hand.
Sugar Making: The majority of es.
tates have closed mid-year reaping.
Average yield Of sugar for the first six
months of the year will be about I.S5
tons per acre. Cane juice has been of
fair quality, but canes have been un.
usually dry.
Manchuria.
The new beet sugar factory at
AschiChe opened last November It
worked 10000 tons of beets and pro.
Queer l474 tons of sugar. Next year
it Is thought that about 5000 tons sugar
will be produced.
SUGAR IN RUSSIA.
Ambassador W. w. Rockhill, at st.
Petersburg, reports as follows concern.
ing proposed notifications in the laws
governing the sugar industry of Russia;
The substance of the present regula-
tions is a follows For each factory
season, year ending September ! the
quantity of sugar to be released for
| a M he 4.