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THE CUBA REVIEW 



SUMMARY OF ACTIVE PLANTATIONS BY PROVINCES 



Output Figured in Bags. 



NATIONALTY OF OWNERS 



Pinar del Rio . . 



Havana 



Matanzas 



Santa Clara. . . . 



Camaguey 



Oriente 



Totall918. 

 Totall917. 



ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 



As the estimates of production of the various estatas were made at a time when all con- 

 ditions for the production of sag ir ware most favorable, it is, therefore, probable that these esti- 

 mates are in excess of that wh'ch present indications would tend to justify. Our cable report 

 from Cuba received the end of March state that conditions for grinding have not been as favor- 

 able during the last two weeks of March as previously existed, and even though this will neces- 

 sitate later grinding than otherwise would have been the case, it is not now expected that the 

 total crop will reach more than 25,000,000 bags. 



One very interesting feature of these statistics develops the fact that there has been a 

 decrease in the number of Centrals owned by Europeans and Americans in 1918 as compared 

 with these ownerships in 1917. Wh'le, on the other hand, there ha? been a very marked in- 

 crease in the number of Cuban ownerships, which reflects the prosperity of the Cubans who have 

 been engaged in the prodicton of sagir at a time when this commodity has been so much 

 in demand all over the world. 



MOVEMENT OF CUBAN CROP TO MARCH 31. 1918 

 Actually Shipped from Cuba 



To United States 4,474,000 



To Europe 1,298,000 



Total *. 5,772,000 



The above figures represent somewhat less than one quarter of the estimated crop. 



