The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-27
Dividends Paid On Last Years
Business Total More Than
Million Dollars
SINKING FUND INCREASED
, LARGELY, SAYS TREASURER
Manager Baldwin Points To
Weather Conditions As Hav-
ing Been UnfavorabIe

Hawaiian Sugar Company's annual
report has been mailed to stockholders
of the company from the offices Of
Alexander q Baldwin, agents, in ad.
vance of the annual meeting of share
holders to be held Wednesday morning.
The report shows profits for the year
1915 of $1,l89, 290.16 out of which
dividends of $1,050,00O were paid. The
profit and loss balance carried forward
was increased by $139, 290.l6 to $751;
S49.l3. Treasurer Waterhouse reports
an increase in the sinking fund from
$4S3, 7SOl74 to $500, 4S2.76. b. ID. Bald
win, manager, reports on plantation
conditions as follows: ........ ... -"
1.-THE past year has not been n fa-
vorable one for growing crops at
Makaweli. A careful study of the
temperature and rainfall records win
snow, that although the average mean
temperature on the plantation for the
year was not SO very far below the
average for twelve years, yet, the max
imum temperature for the best growing
months from April to September was
far below the average Also, glance
ut the rainfall records will show, that
duriAg the six months of best growing
weather, as already mentioned, be-
tween April and September, the rain.
fall was unusually light, and out Of
a total of 27.04 inches for the year at
the Office station, 23.2l inches of this
rainfall fell during the first three and
last three months of the year, or the
winter months when the weather is
cold and no benefits are gained by a
heavy rainfall. .-. ..,,.
Drought Effects Felt
80 AS matter of interest, the cor
responding figures of the stations at
camp two and camp seven are submit.
ted. At the former, out of total
rainfall of $500 inches, 27.6l inches
fell during the first three and last
three months of the year. The lee side
of the plantation suffered the most, and
Mt camp seven station out of total
rainfall Of 2S.23 inches, 26.79 inches
I fell during the winter months, and
there was only LA inches of rainfall
during the six months between April
and September. -.
"This weather has affected our
fields. The individual sticks of cane
have not reached their usual length
understand, however, that this condi
ton is quite general throughout the
Islands this year. -
2 +" Tasseling has been very light this
year, and the fields to harvest for the
coming crop are still growing. Due to
this fact it is possible, that some of
the fields may eventually reach their
usual growth.
During the early months of the
year the lcaf.hoppers were quite severe
IN some of the fields of young plant,
and helped check its growth to some
extent. The Tatoons did not suffer
from their attacks. Other pests have
q not been harmful.
Difficulties During Year
"There were many difficulties to
overcome while harvesting and milling
the 1916 crop. The severe storms in
January, 1915, did an enormous
amount of damage TO the fuming and
railroad systems, and il was especially
difficult harvesting the Gay e. Robin
son valley fields, and twice, the fun.
ing systems in the west and cast Ke-
kappa valleys were washed out by
floods The loss of four miles of hume
boxes which went out to sea, and the
serious delay in harvesting operations
have been very costly while taking OF
tho Gay & Robinson crop. ~
"The time thus lost made it impos
sible for US to finish grinding until
well into September, 1916. The last
fields were harvested too late and
therefore fell off in their yields, thu
the crop did not come up 10 the est
mate submitted in my last annual re.
port. , ~ 49,. .
"The harvesting and milling of this
crop commenced on December 2, 1915
and continued until September 10,
1916. The total estimate for the com.
blned crops Of Gays& Robinson and
the Hawaiian Sugar Company was for
29,63475 tons of sugar, but as already
stated, the final out-turn of the crop
was short of the estimate, and only 4
total of 27,90S.ls75 tons of sugar was
produced from both crops. The Ha.
waiian Sugar Company being l,10I.25
tons Of sugar short, and Gay & Robin.
son 625.3l25 tons short of the original
figures submitted. =,
Low juices, stormy weather and
prolonged grinding season, were prin.
cipally responsible for reduced Yields. -
Prospects Fair For 1917
The report states that 450l. 90 acres
of cane. were harvested including
l,O64.50 of the Gay & Robinson fields
The sucrose in the cane averaged I4.57
a low mark equalled only once by the
plantation-in the crop Of 1918. II
required 1859 tons Of cane to produce
ton of sugar, Regarding the 1917
crop, Manager Baldwin reports:
Gas stated in the beginning of thi,
report, there was very unfavorablt
growing weather for crops during tho
past year. Both the Temperature ana
rainfall during the best growing
mouths for this crop were not benef
cial for sugar cane, and this crop ha
received quite cheek in its growth
due mostly TO cold weather. Al
stated in another part of this report
the tasseling Of the majority of tn,
uallG FOR thia. arnn has haau I;osl,t