Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-29
Agents Report Shows Promis.
ING Condition Existing on the
coinpany's Property


Officers of the. Taniang olak Rub.
her Plantation. Ltd. have been elect.
ed for the ensuing year. The same
officers were elected TO serve an
other term, being: @. N Wilcox, pres.
ident; e. n Wodehouse, yicepresi.
dent; Albert Waterhouse, secretary:
Fred T. p. Waterhouse. treasurer. F.
B. Damon and ID. p. r. Isenberg will
continue to serve as directors.
At this meeting the agents annual
report was handed In, which shows a
promising condition of things on the
plantation. II follows:
"As mentioned in the last annual
report. our Mr.. Albert Waterhouse
arrived in Singapore February 10.
1913, and remained In Malaga until
April IL. visiting the eompany's plan
tation at kuar while there. On No
sembef Is, our Mr.. Fred 7. p. Wa
terhouse arrived In Singapore and re-
NAMED until February %, 1914. DUR
ing which period he visited the plan
Jation d number of times.
During the year considerable inn
provement can be reported. Drain
work has been greatly extended and
improved. The wedding is better in
hand and the trees in the various
fields where the soil Is poor have
shown better growth this year than
ever before. The wedding Is carried
on systematically and none OF the
fields are allowed to get in bad con-
dition. New drains are continuously
being cut and the old ones cleaned
greatly to the benefit OF the soil and
trees
aThe health on the estate, as has
always been the case, is very salts
factory; only two coolies were in the
hospital at the time Of our last visit
Trapping is still carried on with
the single w system The half her
ring-bone third section will, however,
gradually be introduced on the older
trees, with the object Of improving
The bark renewal. At the beginning.
this new system VIII hardly yield as
well as the cid one, but within few
months the result will be practically
the same. Curing and drying are be-
ing carried on satisfactorily. Our rub
Der. especially No. pale crepe,
fetches the highest price in the mar.
ket and is being used in the mannfac-
ture Of the best grade of automobile
tires. Thinning out the trees will
be carried on very conservatiyely.
blurred, and dry, trees gradually be
ing cut out where necessary.
aThe management of the estate is
in charge Of Mr. B. w. Bohemian, he
having been appointed acting man
ager in April. 1913, when Mr.. Wallace
left on his vacation Mr.. Bohemian
has been connected with the estate
for the past ethree years. Mr. Dando
Is in. charge of the tapping and the
work of this department shows very
satisfactory results. Mr.. Goddard IS
still In charge of the wedding and cul-
tivating and Mr.. Gunst of the factory
and machinery. both Of these depart
ments being well carried on.
s.The year 1918 is the first year in
the history of the plantation In which
the revenue has exceeded expendi.
lures. This is exceedingly satisfac.
tory as 1t IS in spite Of the fact that
the price OF rubber which was $1.165
a pound III New York in January. fell
steadily through the year until Octo-
Der, when it reached the price of soc
q pound in New York. As there was
q steady increase in the crop during
the year, the larger part of the crop
sold at the lower prices, and the ay-|
erage for all grades at Singapore was
IS. 78 cents per pound as against $I,04
at Singapore during 1872 While the
crop account expenditure increased
from $1S,650.27 in 1912 to s30,2S6.20I
in 1913 owing to an increase in the
crop from 57.027 lbs. in 1919 to 145,.
157 lbs. in 1918, the amount ex-
pended under the head of 'Miscel-
Ianeous Expenditures decreased from
SCI 1927 in 1912 to $50, 202.13 in
1913, the principal reduction being IN
The wedding account from SIS, 263.S8
in 1912 to $13, .2S In 1913. The
shove accounts include their proper
lion of management and supervision
The estimate of expenditures for this
year, 1914, is as follows:
:t....,..,....$l Sit. $50. %
Tapping ................. IT al,6uU.OU
Mfg. Il Mktg. EXP. 1880. 90
& Cultivating. Is, 500. 90
Recruiting Expense ....... 2,SS9.OOl
Rent .. S64.0
Miscellaneous expenditures. .19,536.00l
49, s<-s ,..sz,. h. $S4,640.00l
New BUILDINGS ...........$ 100000
FOOLS 81 implements ...z... 10000
Roads q Drains new -. !, 400. 90
Factory Plant .........,..- $4,000
2 al: s 10000
Total f.'.... ...... ~, UV0.OUi
1.-THE managers estimate Of output