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known as the Princesa, Puerto de Tierra, and Govadonga; 

 four spacious plazas with seats are provided for recreation. 

 The streets are swept daily by hand, and arc Jsept very 

 clean. 



Among the large and imposing public buildings are the 

 casino, the Casa Blanca, the cathedral, the administrative 

 building, the barracks of Balaga, the Casa de Beneficencia, 

 the seminary, the theater, the Intendeneia, the Diputa- 

 eion Provincial, the institute, the Real Audiencia, the 

 aduana or custom-house, the residence of the military 

 governor, that of the captain of the port, the Presidio 

 Provincial, the San Geronimo, the Santa Elena, the 

 ( 'armelite convent ; the churches of San Jose, San Fran- 

 cisco, La Capilla, Santa Ana, Ermita del Santo Cristo, and 

 St. Augustine ; the civil hospital, the College of the Sacred 

 11 .'art of Jesus, the public warehouses, the Yacht Club, 

 the railway-station, the Bank of Spain and Porto Rico, 

 the office of the administrator-general of communications, 

 and the Hotel Inglaterra. There are also many large stores 

 and shops, tastefully arranged, and rilled with all kinds of 

 European goods. 



The residences occupied by the more respectable people 

 are the upper floors of the two-story buildings, while the 

 ground floors, almost without exception, are given up to 

 negroes and the poorer class, who crowd one upon another 

 in the most appalling manner. One small room, with a 

 flimsy partition, will house a whole family. 



There is but little manufacturing, and it is of small 

 importance. The Standard Oil Company has a small re- 

 finery across the bay, in which crude petroleum, broughl 

 from the United States, is refined. Matches are made, 

 some brooms, a little soap, and a cheap class of trunk. 

 There are also ice, gas, and electric-light works. In 1892 

 a contract was made with a London company to build an 

 aqueduct for supplying the city with water. The muni- 

 cipality guaranteed seven per cent, interest OD the cost, nol 

 to exceed ninety thousand pounds, to be finished in two 



