THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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THE TREASURY OF CUBA. 



Official Figures Showing Condition to Date of October 18, 1909. 



ASSETS. 



Cash on hand $1,037,411.86 



National Bank 229,190.73 



Royal Bank 160,000.00 



Total $1,462,602.59 



In the hands of revenue col- 

 lectors on hand 168,727.21 



REVENUES. 

 Balance against this ac- 

 count 5,809,830.09 



Grand total $7,441,159.89 



The Gulf Ports and Cuba, 



Galveston's exports to Cuha in the dec- 

 ade ending in 1909, increased from 1,000,- 

 000 dollars to 2! millions. 



New Orleans exports to Cuba in the 

 same period increased from $1,000,000 to 

 nearly $3,000,000. 



Mobile's exports increased from i 1-3 

 million dollars in 1899 to over 7,000,000 

 dollars in 1909. 



Key West's exports are chiefly to Cuba, 

 for of the $621,550 worth of merchandise 

 exported in the fiscal year of 1909, $558,- 

 759 worth went to Cuba. 



Eggs were by far the largest item in 

 this total, amounting to $234,001, while 

 cotton cloths showed a total of $53,286, 

 crude phosphates $47,634. cattle $22,168, 

 lumber $12,820. and furniture and pota- 

 toes each about $to.ooo. The total ex- 

 ports from Key West in 1909 were ma- 

 terially less than in 1899, when the ship- 

 ments of cattle and phosphates to Cuba 

 immediately following the close of the 

 war were abnormally large. — Official fig- 

 ures, U. S. Department of Commerce and 

 Labor. 



The Camaguey Company Earnings. 

 The following are the gross and net 

 earnings of this Company for the nine 

 months ending September 30. compared 

 with the same period in 1908. showing an 

 increase of $13,105.56 in the gross and 

 $6,434.40 in the net, viz.: 



1908. 1909. Increase. 



Gross ... .$86,144.89 $99.2=50.45 $13,105.56 

 Net 39 63 1 .95 46.066.35 6,434.40 



LIABILITIES. 



Advance orders in transit.. $274,077.74 



Postal money order funds.. 356,715.43 



Debts pending 20,297.24 



Honorary consuls 1,220,15 



Taxes on loans 926,581.15 



First loan deposit of 50%.. 270,169.92 

 Balance due on pay of the 



Army of Liberation 50%. 353,939.32 



Epidemic diseases fund 58,273.02 



Individual contracts 105,309.87 



Special laws, 1906 1,292,048.58 



Special laws, 1909 •.•-.■•■• 732,174.59 

 Decrees of the Provisional 



Governor 2,168,990.49 



Sustenance for detained im- 

 migrants 2,545.63 



Deposit of the new $16,500,- 



000 loan 687,806.86 



National lottery 190,999.90 



Total $7,441,159.89 



Cuba's Pineapple Exportations. 



From January 1 to October 16 Cuba's 

 exportations of pineapples, in crates, was 

 as follows: 



1907. 1908. 1909. 



645,989 99^.456 1,272,513 



Desk and Chair Exports. 



Chairs of all kinds are the chief articles 

 of furniture which the United States sells 

 abroad, and of these the republic of Cuba 

 takes by far the greater number. During 

 the month of August we sold to Cuba 

 chairs valued at more than $15,000, and 

 American desks to the amount of $1,500. 



United Railways Dividend. 



An annual dividend of two per cent, on 

 the ordinary stock of the United Rail- 

 ways of Havana, and Regio Warehouse, 

 Ltd., out of the earnings for 1908-09, was 

 declared in London on October 16. This 

 is at the rate of $r Spanish gold for each 

 10 pounds of stock. The nresent condi- 

 tion of the company and the good earn- 

 ings have caused United Railways stock 

 to be more highly regarded. 



Treaty With Uruguay. 



The Consul General of Uruguay in 

 Cuba reports that the Cuban Congress 

 is anxious to know the attitude of the 

 Uruguayan government about the pro- 

 posed commercial treaty submitted by 

 the Cuban government. Congress is will- 

 ing to discuss the matter at its present 

 session. I 



