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THE CUBA REVIEW 



COMMERCIAL MATTERS. 



Five Years of Cuba's Commerce. 



Imports. Exports. 



1903 .... $67,077,676 $78,486,400 



1904 82,835.651 89,978,141 



1905 103,220,985 112,280.026 



1906 .... 99,539,661 108,909,667 

 1907 105,218,208 116,592,648 



The commerce of 1907 is divided as fol- 

 lows : 



Imports. Exports. 



United States. . . $51,447,053 $100,653,335 

 Other countries of 



America .... 9,277.605 2,504,299 



Germany 7,592,326 3,211,959 



Spain 9,499,002 639,374 



France 6,643,826 



Great Britain . . . 15,322,981 4,506,458 

 Other countries of 



Europe ..... 3,604,052 744.189 



All other countries 1,831,036 486,817 



Postmaster-General Meyer is nego- 

 tiating parcels post conventions with 

 Cuba and Brazil. 



United States Trade With Cuba. 



Imports. Exports. 



1905 $86,304,259 $38,380,601 



1906 84,979,821 47,763,688 



1907 97.441,690 49,305,274 



1908 83,284,692 47,161,306 



Customs receipts at Havana for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, igcS, were 

 $18,811,730.80, as compared with $18,674,- 

 975.41 in the preceding year. 



For the first six months of 1908 — Jan- 

 uary to June — total receipts at the port 

 aggregated $8,638,^90.56, against $9,831,- 

 697.88 in the corresponding period of 

 1907. 



The Secretary of the Treasury sent a 

 circular to the Custom House Adminis- 

 trators, December 14, ordering the fol- 

 lowing: 



"Hydraulic and mosaic paving blocks 

 in future and until the question of tariff 

 is decided, shall be classified by item 

 No. 20 of the Customs Tariff, instead of 

 item 19." 



Santarium for consumption at La lisperanza. n--'r Havana. On the right are shown the dooker 

 houses for one or more patients ; on the left are tne dining rooms and quarters for assistants. 



