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famous IMalccon drive of I[avana, wliich was stopped tluriiifi; the Cuban revolution last winter, 

 has recently been resumed and it is hoped that it may now be carried through to completion 

 without further interruption. This extension when completed will link up with the new bridge 

 and boulevard from the Almendares Iliver to the bathing beach at Marianao, which is being 

 built by private pirties int-jrL>5tod in s.iburbin djVc'lop:n Mit of that district, and will then 

 make a new direct route to the Playa. 



The Custom House collections at Havana for the month of December, 1917. were §2,624,- 

 577.82 as against $3,074,2^1.18 for Novembsr, the decrease being caused by the great decrease 

 in the importation of foodstuffs, for, as already advised, there has been practically no importa- 

 tion of flour, lard and other fats for over a month past. The total receipts at Havana for the 

 year 1917 were §29,194,333.30 as against iS2S,322,9S9.72 for 1916. 



There is very little doing in the Cuban oil industry at present. Some drilling is going on 

 both liy old and new companies, but there are no new developments and as a result public interest 

 in such stocks has greatly decreased, and th(> price of same has reached lower figures than ever 

 before. 



There have been no recent cargo lots of Pacific Coast products via the Panama Canal. 

 Steamers continue to arrive with direct cargoes of rice, although a British sailing vessel arrived 

 here recently with a cargo of 44,000 sacks rice direct from India, which it is stated is the largest 

 sailing vessel to enter here, being 2,999 tons gross and drawing 25 feet. 



THE TOWN OF BARACOA AND THE EASTERN PART 



OF CUBA 



Bu TheoiJoor de Bonu (Courtesy of "The Bulletin" of the Pan Americin Union) 



The historic town of Baracoa may be said to be the western outpost of the Maisi district 

 of Cuba. In an extremely isolated position, Baracoa can only be reached from other parts of 

 the Republic by water communication. The nearest railroad terminal on the north coast is 

 Antilla (Nipe Bay), and from here one is forced to take one of the coastal steamers of the 

 Empresa Naviera de Cuba in order to get to one's destination. The trip to Baracoa can also 

 be made from the south coast by embarking at either Santiago de Cuba or Caimanera on the 

 return vovage of the coastal steamer. 



Baracoa Bay, 



