THE, CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 82-92 Beaver Street, New York 



MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE, Publishers 



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Vol. XVI 



JANUARY. 1918 



No. 2 



Contents of This Number 



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Cover Page — Old Church at Baracoa. 



Frontispiece — Baracoa Village. 



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Cuban Commercial Matters: 



Castor Bean Industry 19 



Food Supplies 19 



Jewelry 18, 19 



New York-Nuevitas Express Service 19 



Tobacco Shipments Suspended 19 



Cuban Financial Matters: 



Capitalization of Japanese Sugar Companies 21 



Prevailing Prices for Cuban Securities 20 



Report of the Guantanamo Sugar Company 24, 25, 26, 27 



Report of the Nipe Bay Company 22, 23, 24 



Traffic Receipts of Cuban Railroads 20, 21 



Cuban Government Matters: 



Cattle 7 



Cuban Heroes Decorated 7 



Cuban Soldiers 7 



Customs Declarations on Postal Parcels for Cuba 7 



Custom Receipts 7 



Export Licenses 8 



Financial Expert 8 



Instructor in Aviation 7 



New Wireless Stations 7 



Nueva Gerona Wireless Station 7 



Trade Mark Bureau 8 



Havana Correspondence 9, 10, 11 



Sugar Industry: 



Centrals Grinding 27 



Chart — Exports of Cuban Raw Sugar to Europe During 1915, 1916 and 1917 32 



Chart — Market Price of Cuban Raw Sugar at New York 33 



Consumption of Sugar in the United States 28, 29 



Encouraging Cane Growing 31 



The Fertilizer Problem 30 



Japanese Sugar Co 27 



Market for Sugar Machinery in Jamaica 29 



Proposed Sugar Mills 31 



Substitute for Sugar Obtained from Grapes 30 



Wax from Sugar Cane Waste 31 



Sugar Review, English . . 34, 35 



Sugar Review, Spanish 35, 36 



The Town of Baracoa and the Eastern Part of Cuba, Illustrated 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1(1, 17, IS 



