The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-12
Campbell and Silva to Go After
Portuguese as immigration
Board Agents.
DEMERARA TO BE VISITED
British Colony May Supply a Big
Number of Experienced
Cane Planters.

Demerara, one of the counties of
British Guiana on the northern coast of |
South America, may yield detachment
of immigrant recruits for Hawaii, ae-
cording to the present plans of the ter
ritorial board of immigration. A. j.
Campbell, who has been selected as the
agent of the board to make second
visit to the Azores and Madeira for
Portuguese immigrants, will also visit
Demerara, where there are large num-
ber of Portuguese colonists, who have
been engaged in building up the sugar
industry of that section of the British
colony.
Mr.. Campbell proposes to leave here
August on the Pacific Mail steamship
Korea, accompanied by j. A. Silva, edi-
tor of o Luso, who was also Mr.. Camp
belts assistant on his first visit to the
Portuguese islands.
The Demerara plan is the most recent
one, arising in the last few days in
the discussions of members of the board,
and in all probability Mr.. Campbell
will arrange his own plans to include
a visit to British Guiana. There is a
very large colony of Portuguese there,
immigrants from the Portuguese is
lands, many of whom, no doubt have
relatives here. The Demerara sugar re-
ports are far from being optimistic, the
latest adviees being that the yield per
acre will be from one and a half to two
and half tons. In comparison with
the four to seven tons per acre in Ha-
waii the Demerara output will be small
and far from profitable. This has given
rise to the belief that the sugar indus
try there is in a weak state and that
the Portuguese laborers may be willing
to change their place of residence from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The fac
that there is a large and prosperou
colony of Portuguese here, may be al
inducement to them to declare thei
willingness to come to Hawaii.
British Guiana, early in the last cen
tury, consisted of three colonies-Deme
rara, Essequibo and Berbice-so name'
after the principal rivers that drail
them. They were consolidated into on
colony in 1881. Dutch Guiana bound
British Guiana on the east. Georgetown
is the capital of Demerara.
After Investigating conditions ther
and ascertaining from the Portuguese
whether they wish to change their resi-
dence Mr.. Campbell will go to tn
Azores. Madeira and ST. Michaels, am
endeavor to recruit once more. Afte
listing the immigrants there he vii
charter steamer Of sufficient size t
hold reserve space for immigrants iron
Demerara, and bring all around by wa.
of the Strait of Magellan.
M 4 ttsNr, 1aou mn
favor the use of the Tehuantepec rout
for immigrants. The transhipment o
immigrants across the isthmus is re
garded as dangerous owing to tn
chance of yellow fever germs beinj
picked up by the immigrant travellers
Chairman Ivers stated yesterday tina
he doesn't feel that such chanc
should be taken, as if yellow fever j
eyer brought here it viii be expensiv
and disastrous to eXterminate 1t. Th
old method of bringing the immigrant
around South America will be followed
Mr.. Silva will be sent to Hawai-
presently, there to be Joined by MI
Alfonso, in tour of the plantation
where Portuguese are employed. The
viii ascertain where the most recen
Portuguese immigrants are at work an
learn from them whether they are sal
isfied and whether they would advis
their relatives joining the new detacl
ment of immigrants. From Hawaii, M
Silva win go to Maui and thence to Ki
uai, taking similar notes. R, X. b
nine, the expert moving picture tak'
and photographer, is now on Hawa
taking photographs of the buildings
which the Portuguese workers live an
he win endeavor to take photograph
of the men working in the fields, groul
of children, and bits of the plantation