Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-23
Company Completes Year Dur
ing Which $500, 600 in
Dividends Was Paid

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That the rains of the last few
months have been of incalculable
| benefit to Eva plantation, and have
| raised the level Of the artesian well
system to 80 feet above sea level
only 1 foot inches below the original
high leyeI--is one of the interesting
| facts brought out in the annual re-
port of the manager, George F. Rem
ton, submitted today at the annual
stockholders meeting.
The 1915 crop was 1924 tons of
sugar, yield 81 below the estimate,
and less than the 1914 yield. which
was 29,S33 tons. For 1916 the esti-
mate is placed at $4,000 tons, which
win probably be SURPASSED # weather.
is favorable. - !
The company paid Is per cent, or
100000 dividends in 1915, out of a net
profit of S1,013,630, and has now a
balance carried forward of $1,424,677.
Bank deposits and cash total $691 ,204.
In 1914 the company paid 100000,
or IL per cent. with net profit of
1886. 697.
Manager Renton's report follows, in
part: 2.
Crop 1915. .s..>...
"rhis was taken from the following
areas: 1862 acres plant cane, 671.23
acres long first ratoons, 224.54 acres
long second ratoons, 245. 25 acres long
third ratoons, 20223 acres long fourth
ratoons, 689.11 acres long fifth ratoons,
$50 acres long sixth ratoons, 1854
acres first short ratoons, 505.66 acres
short ratoons, 27.24 acres volunteer
cane Total, 4177.32 acres.
in addition to-. this, the Apokaa
Sugar Company, Ltd, furnished 61.62
acres of cane to the Eva mill The
4l77.32 acres yielded 29,294.57 tons OF
commercial sugar, which was 81 per
cent below the estimate. The yield
should have been greater. There was
plenty of cane on the ground; but the
percentage of sugar in the cane was
1895 per cent; the purity of mixed
juices was S1.6S per cent, and the crop
average was $40 tens of cane to make
ton of sugar. l attribute this low
sucrOse and purity to the large guam
tity OF Yellow Caledonia and De:
merara 1885 harvested.
1T has been the experience here
that, on the rather heavy lands of this
plantation, these varieties are not en-
tirely suitable, although the quality OF
the canes might improve with con.
tinuous cultivation. For this reason
the management is now working away
from these and towards Hawaiian
Seeding canes, from the great variety
OF which ! am certain we now have
humber which will be easily superior
to either the Yellow Caledonia or the
Demerara 1135 here, and may, per-
haps, approximate the yields formerly
obtained from Lahaina before it was
attacked by the so-called Iahaina dis
case * r. ....... -:
Crop 1916. . .....=..... -" :. +.
"'lhe estimate of this has been |
placed at $4,000 tons in round num-.
bers. This should be attained, and |
more, If the weather will moderate suf-
ficiently to allow the cane to ripen |
The rainy weather experienced since |
grinding was begun has not been con-
ducive to rapid ripening. On the
other hand, the weight of cane per /
acre is averaging heavier than had
been calculated, so that of the three
fields completely harvested by jan
uary 81, 1916, the estimated yield was
22U9 tons, while the actual yield was
2349 tons. On the whole, therefore,
should not be surprised if the actual /
output for the crop of 1916 should
overrun the estimate.
"ln addition to the cane of this com.
rany, there will be ground ia the Eva
mill for the Apokaa Sugar Company,
Ltd, 1889 acres, thus making total
OF 4296.20 acres to handle this year at
the factory.
The average delivery of cane to the
mill has been very much hampered
and reduced, since the beginning of