Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-10
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.F|L|PINOS FINALLY PASS MUSTER;
SENT TO ISLAND PLANTATIONS
Mauna Kea Carried Eighty -Four Little Brown Brothers and
Ssters-Serra First to Report Arrival at San Francis
C0-Large Shipments of Lumber Leaving for Islands,

After a detention at the Federal
quarantine station covering a period
from December 23, a number of Fill
pnos who arrived at Honolulu by
he Pacific Mail liner Mongolia have
been released, and they took passage
for the Island of Hawaii by the
Inter Island steamer Mauna Kea, sail
ing at 10 O'Clock this morning.
Eighty-four Filipinos-men, wO
men and hildren together with
their goods and chattels, were among
the picturesque assortment of human.
ity that will occupy The lower decks
of the steamer, which makes Calls at
several plantations On the Big Is
land.
Included in the number were sew
eral natives CT the Philippines who
had arrived here as steerage pass0l-
gers by the Pacific Mail liner Korea
last Saturday.
At the close of a conference be-
tween officials connected with the
United States Marine Hospital and
Quarantine Service, the Territorial
Board of Health and the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Asso iation, the Fill
ipinos have been given opportunity
of taking up work on Island planta-
lions.
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under detention at Quarantine Is
land. 1t will require several days TO
determine their status. They arriv-
ed here with an assortment of dis !,
eases and ailments, some loathsome
and others contagious.
The Filipinos who departed today
will be distributed at the various
sugar estates on Hawaii.
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Change of Flag May Bring Subsidy.
The transfer of the British steamers
Rubi and Zafro which for several
years were operated between Manila
and Hongkong under the management
of the China-Manila Steamship Com
pany has awakened much comment in !
the Orient ard the mainland as we'll |
The two steamers have been grant
ed an American registry. American
Consul Anderson stationed at Hong
kong commenting on the transfer Of
the China & Manila Steamship CO.
fleet from the British to the American
flag he states that the change was
made in order to enjoy the Philippine
trade, which offers special induce
ments.
This transfer. says Mr.. Anderson,
was brought about by the discovery
in the annual report of business. that
the company had dropped about $15,-
600 local Occurrency or $4,000 gold in
the operation of its vessels BY reor
ganizing under the laws of the Philip
pine islands the company can enjoy
the interisland trade, a business
which is growing rapidly and in adj
dition, counts upon securing a $4,000
a year, gold, mail subsidy from the
government.
Other Eastern companies, however,
are operating at as great a loss, ac-
cording to the same authority. The
Douglas Steamship Co. an English
is reported to have clear
ed about S205. gold, net profit from
he last years business. For the past
five years, Mr.. Anderson reports. the
company has lost money.
Mr.. Anderson gives a table showing
he proportion Of business enjoyed by
various mercantile fcots in the Bril-
fish port Of Hongkong for the past
i've years This shows that British
vessels in 1905 enjoyed 56.5 per cent.
Of the business and, by steady losses,
Ire new taking but 49.4 per cent. Of {
rade. The japanese vessels, with {
government aid, are the only ones 9
showing great gain in business. enjoy I
rg 90 per cent. Of trade in 1905 and &
GA per cent. in 1909. [
American shirs, which carried AZ c
,er cent. of cargoes in 1905, carried, d
n 1909, 81 per cent. A similar Ia
lie, printed for all Chinese ports, !
hows that the British trade fell away q
rom As per cent in 1905 to 392 per O
ent. in 1909 while the Japanese trade t