The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-21


ested in the sugar industry today do
mot realize the small beginnings from
which It has grown during the last six,
~ years. At the annual meeting Of the
Royal Agricultural Society held in
July, 1856, at the Bethel an old
church formerly located on the Eva
corner of King street across from
whore the McOandless building now
standsS Charles r. Bishop reported on
the cane industry, as follows: -
Honolulu, July 30, 1856.
E"To the President of the Royal Hawa.
+ iian Agricultural Society: e..
"Dear Sir:-In the absence of the
chairman of the committee on sugar,
| it has unfortunately befallen to me to
make the report.
| Gas ] am not aware that any inn
proved methods either Of cultivation
or manufacture of sugar cane have
been discovered within the last year. 1
Shall only make n brief statement of
the amount of the sugar crop for the
present year, and the prospect for the
next crop, so far az / can ascertain.
| In the crop for 1856, IL included all
manufactured in November and Decem-
! Der 1855.
| "On Hawaii there are tMo sugar
plantations, both at Hilo, the one be-
| longing to Acho and the other to c.
Up. Samsing & Co. The last crop of the
former was 10 tons, and the next crop
will be about as much. From the lat
ter the crop was 20 tons, and owing to
the difficulty in getting labor at Hilo,
Messrs. Sensing & Co., have, l under
stand, abandoned the business.
"On Maui there are three planta-
tons; the two principal ones, the
East Maui and the 'Haliimaile at
Nakawao, and the other at Hama.
Those at Makawao are in good hands,
under excellent management, and have
every appearance of being profitable
: now, and promising for the future.
Brewer Made Eighty Tons
"The present crop of the East
> Maui will, when all in, be about ITO
tons, yielding an average Of one and
half tons per acre, and the next
years crop will, it is thought, be about
the same. On the 'Haliimaile' or
Brewer plantation, cultivation has
been much neglected for some time
! past, so that there will be no extra crop
next year. The present crop, will,
am told, amount to about so tons
"This, place has recently changed
hands and is the property of gentle
men of capital and enterprise, and will
' undoubtedly be carried on energetic
ally and properly. OF the plantation
at Hama ] know nothing except that
some syrup has been made there during
the last year, but how much do not
| know:
"The proprietors of the two planta,
tions on Kauai, the Koloa and the Ii.
hue (and especially those of the Ii
huG9 have had much Of hard fortune to
contend with, in the way Of drouths,
etc. At Kolon quite extensive 0nd
thorough experiments havc~becn tried
in planting cane upon dry, thin-soiIed
| uplands, and have resulted in failure,
the last crop amounting to scarcely
| fifty tons.
Kauai Uplands Abandoned
"The uplfnds have been abandoned.
and the cultivation is now confined to
the rich iowlands and the borders of
large marsh recently drained. The
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handsome, and affords almost a GER
tainty for crop of 200 tons in 1857;
and the superintendent estimates the
crop for 1858 at $50 tons from 80
acres, which, considering the quality Of
ground, is not perhaps too much to cx-
pcct.
"At Lihue the last crop yielded
ninety-four tons, and the next crop
would have been considerably more
had not the dry weather set in earlier
than usual, but now it is impossible to
say what it will be. The proprietors
are relying upon irrigation to save
them from the effects of drouth, and
had not the weather been unusually
dry during the last winter months the
water would have been upon the fields
several weeks ago, in time to have
benefited the present crop materially;
but, in consequence of the lowness of
the streams originally relied upon, the
water "leadh has had to be extended
to large and constant stream, which
will make the lead in all its windings
about nine miles in length, Should
this experiment work well, and have
the effect anticipated, fair crops will
hencefOrth be almost certain.
Crop Was 574 Tons
"As nearly as we can ascertain, the
entire crop for 1856 is 574 tons sugar
and about 1900 bbls. molasses. and the
crop for 1857 will probably be about
$50 tons Of sugar and 5000 bbIs. mo.
loSses; and, from present appearances,
the crop for 1853 will be much larger
than either
The reciprocity treaty negotiated be.
tween the United States and Hawaiian
governments, had not, at latest dates,
been ratified; but, considering the rs,
suranees that have been made, we can
not doubt that It win be, before the
adjournment of the present congress.
The operation of that treaty would no
doubt benefit agriculturists generally
and give on impulse TO the sugar plant
ing that is greatly needed in order to
keep up the hopes of those already in
the business and 20 induce the estab,
iigh mint IF nnN n1yntafinn. ..'