THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Arrangements have been 

 U. S. Bail made between the United 

 on the States and Cuba to pro- 

 Lottery. hibit traffic in lottery 

 tickets, and all Cuban con- 

 suls have been notified of the existence 

 of a treaty between the postal authori- 

 ties of the two countries to discounte- 

 nance any such traffic through the mails. 



At a meeting in New York early in 

 September between Postmaster-General 

 Hitchcock and the Cuban Director of 

 Posts, Colonel Orrencio Nodarse, it was 

 arranged that all Cuban consuls turn 

 inquiries as to the lottery over to the 

 police, while Cuban authorities will no- 

 tify the American government of all 

 inquiries made direct to them, in order 

 that the police of the United States may 

 be able to detect any attempt on the 

 part of American dealers to invest in 

 the Cuban lottery. The officials of the 

 lottery will refuse to accept any cash 

 coming from the United States and will 

 furnish evidence which will lead to the 

 discovery of the senders. Fraud orders 

 will be placed on the mail of any per- 

 son found to be engaged in such traffic. 



The Cuban authorities have notified ticket 

 sellers that it is absolutely prohibited to 

 send tickets or lists to the United States. 

 All orders must be sent at once to the 

 Postoffice Department. 



Revenue 

 Cutters 

 Wanted. 



Cuba's revenue cutter 

 service requires some 

 more vessels of light 

 draught and United States 

 shipbuilding firms have 

 been invited to submit proposals for 

 building the boats, which on completion 

 will be accepted at the port of construc- 

 tion. 



In a report on the matter on Sept. 17 

 to the State Department, United States 

 Charge d'Affaires at Havana says that 

 orders cannot be immediately placed be- 

 cause there is no provision in the last 

 budget for payment for such vessels. 



At the commencement exer- 

 Piiblic cises in Havana on September 

 School 12, marking the beginning of 

 Attendance, the public school courses. Pro- 

 fessor Gonzalo Arostegin, of 

 the Havana University, the orator of the 

 occasion, had this to say regarding public 

 education in Cuba : 



"In the beginning of the eighteenth cen- 

 tury there were only two free schools in 

 Havana. In 1899 there were 312 and si.x 

 months later they had increased to over 

 2,000." 



He praised highly the work done in this 

 direction during the first intervention. "At 



J. M. Covin, Director of EI ]\Iundo, an influ- 

 ential daily paper of Havana. 



J. !M. Covin, Director de El Mundo, Ilabana. 



present," he continues, "there were 36,139 

 children from 6 to 12 years old attending 

 the public schools, which was equal to 76 

 per cent, of the school population." 



Many 

 Contracts 

 Canceled. 



Some contracts rescinded 

 by President Gomez because 

 made without advertising 

 and public bidding are as 

 follows : 

 Central road from Santa Clara to Sagua 

 la Grande and Cifuentes ; Trinidad aque- 

 duct; repair of the Santa Clara jail; re- 

 pairs of an embankment of the rivers of 

 Tunica, Zaza and Arrono Bejucal; Holguin 

 school house ; hospital construction at Ma- 

 tanzas and Santiago de Cuba ; for dredging 

 Cienfuegos harbor in front of the Fowler 

 and Castano piers ; for dredging the chan- 

 nel of the port of Isabela de Sagua ; for 

 building an aqueduct at Rancho Veloz, and 

 for all the roads and bridges ordered con- 

 structed in the 1909-10 budget. 



The first refrigerating 

 Refrigerating plant established in Cuba 

 Plant for the cooling of meat 



Established, slaughtered in the country 

 is a part of a new abat- 

 toir opened for business August 29 in 

 Havana, when in the presence of numer- 

 ous guests. Bishop Pedro Estrada 

 blessed the buildings. The abattoir is 

 the largest in the island and is situated 

 near the harbor and equipped with all 

 modern appliances. The construction is 

 of steel, marble and cement. 



