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 PERSONALLY. 



Mr. Ralph Hcsmer is at present on the Mainland and is ex- 

 pected to return to Honolulu towards the end of July, after an 

 absence of two montlis. 



Mr. F. G. Krauss, Agriculturist of Kamehameha Schools, is 

 relinquishing the work which he has carried on with great suc- 

 cess, in order ro undertake a series of experiments for the Federal 

 Government in the development of an improved strain of rice for 

 use in these islands. 



We are in leceipt of a report upon the sugar industry of Peru 

 bv Mr. Thomas F. Sedgwick, late manager of the Hacienda Car- 

 tavio of that country. Mr. Sedgwick has been engaged for two 

 and a half years in the cultivation of sugar in Peru, and the re- 

 port furnishes a general idea of the conditions there, and also gives 

 comprehensive data of the Hacienda Cartavio. The conditions in 

 Peru are most favorable to sugar cane growing and to a high 

 production of sugar. The greatest needs of the industry there 

 are the development of water supply and the introduction of mod- 

 ern milling methods and machinery. The report, which is illus- 

 trated, consists of seventy-eight pages, bound in cloth and is. so 

 far as can be learned, the first publication printed in English in 

 tlie city of Trujillo, Peru. The minor textual errors, which have 

 crept mto the book, can be readily ]»ar(loned when it is remem- 

 bered that the printers worked in a language with which they 

 were unacquainted. The Peruvian Government has now secured 

 Mr. Sedgwick's services to organize and direct an experiment 

 station for sugar at Lima. 



GRAPES. 



Grapes are widely grown in the islands, especiallv by the 

 Portuguese settlers. The principal varietv is the Isabella, but 

 European wine and table grapes a:lso thrive. Some wine is made 

 by the local growers. This is sold in the local market. It is of 

 the Madeira type. There are good openings for vinevardists 

 either in the production of wme or in growing table grapes for 

 the Mainland market, as it is entirely feasible to make the vines 

 bear at any season of the year. There is hardly any month when 

 the Isabella grape is not offered for sale in the Honolulu market. 

 There is a big opportunity for some one to come here to Hawaii 

 and grow table grapes for shipment to the Mainland during the 

 period from December to June. — Jarcd Smith. 



