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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Tobacco Exports for May. 



The following table shows the exports of all kinds of tobacco from Cuba and the 

 amount received for it during the month of May : 



I 1909 1 I 1908 , 



Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 



Bales . 22,592 $1,188,799 19,359 $1,140,472 



Cigars'" ' .... 14.519,397 956.082 14.432,870 940.001 



Cigarettes (packs) 690.967 18,961 813,544 26,873 



Smoking tobacco (kilos).... 11.166 10.856 15,926 12,332 



$2,174,698 $2,119,678 



Bronze Badges for Cuban Service. 



All the officers and men of the United 

 States Army who served in Cuba during 

 i:'e period of pacification from Oct. 6, 1906, 

 to April 1, 1909, will receive from the gov- 

 ern ,ient a service badge with ribbon in 

 rrcognition of that service. The badge 

 and ribbon will be issued as a part of the 

 army uniform gratuitously to enlisted men 

 and at cost price to officers. This action 

 is taken by direction of President Taft. 

 The badge will be of bronze and will be 

 similar in general design to the badges pre- 

 viously authorized for services during the 

 Spanish war and the Philippine insurrec- 

 tion. 



Improvements for Havana's Harbor. 



The Provisional Governor of Cuba, Hon. 

 Chas. E. Magoon, signed on January 26, 

 1909, a decree ceding to Harris Bros. Co., 

 the well-known merchants of Havana, cer- 

 tain lands fronting on Havana harbor, with 

 the right to dredge the bay and fill the low 

 lands behind the bulkhead in the harbor be- 

 tween Matadero and Agua Dulce creeks. 



The Atares Wharf & Warehouse Co., 

 of Havana, purchased this concession from 

 the Harris Bros. Co., together with certain 

 lands, rights and contracts acquired later, 

 all of which form the basis and value of 

 the present paid un capital of this company, 

 $800,000. The officers of the new company, 

 it is believed, are: T. H. Harris, president; 



Havana Harbor. .\ steamer with lighters along- 

 side unloading the cargo. 



La bahia de la Habana. Un vapor con chal- 

 anas a sus costados recibiendo la carga. 



I. L. Harris, vice-president; E. G. Harris, 

 treasurer, and J. Lynchenheim, secretary. 



The wharf line or bulkhead is now in 

 course of construction, and the company 

 purposes to lay tracks connecting with all 

 the railroad yards of the city. To com- 

 plete the building plans of the company it 

 is purposed to issue $200,000 six per cent, 

 first mortgage bonds to run for fifteen years. 

 The bonds will be secured by the lands 

 owned by the company, which on govern- 

 ment values and prices of similarly situated 

 lands, are worth $850,000. 



The future plans of the company con- 

 template an attractive income from ware- 

 house receipts, wharf rentals, etc. Immense 

 dredging work will have to be done, but 

 this is supplemental to the work of the 

 government, which provides for a channel 

 at this part of the harbor. 



American Educational Methods Please. 



The Misses Narcissa and Marina Gomez, 

 daughters of President Gomez, of Cuba, 

 are to be enrolled as students at the Notre 

 Dame Academy, Baltimore, Md. President 

 Gomez is said to be greatly pleased with 

 the American methods of education, and 

 hence has decided to send his daughters 

 to this country to complete their studies. 

 Miss Gomez, a niece of President Gomez, 

 has been a student at Notre Dame for some 

 time. 



Cuba's Insane. 



A statistical statement regarding the Ma- 

 zorra State Hospital for the Insane, issued 

 May 30, showed 2,131 inmates. Of these 

 1.122 are men, 988 women and 21 chil- 

 dren. 



A. F. Conway, of Las Ovas, Pinar del 

 Rio Province, says the Post, will establish a 

 frog farm in a large pond on his farm. 

 The flesh is pronoimced by experts to be 

 better than that of chicken and more tasty. 

 Three pairs of legs weigh one pound of the 

 kind he will raise. 



A company has been organized in Sancti 

 Spiritus for the manufacture and sale of 

 ice in that ancient city and adjacent towns. 

 Sr. Ramon de E. de la Cruz is president. 



