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THE CUBA REVIEW 



1906-07 14,478,025 1,444,310 10.0 



1907-08 13,914,994 969,275 7.0 



1908-09 14,562,000 1,521,818 10.5 



1909-10 13,927,394 1,804,349 13.0 



1910-11 16,981,880 1,483,451 8.9 



1911-12 15,887,230 1,895,984 11 .9 



1912-13 18,208,814 2,428,537 13.3 



1913-14 18,787,745 2,597,732 13.8 



1914-15 18,407,539 2,593,667 14 . 1 



J915-16 16,519,443 3,006,274 18.2 



1916-17 16,466,777 3,019,936 18.3 



Cuba has thus furnished an average of considerably more than ten per cent of the world's 

 sugar in the past, and her proportion is on the increase,due to the combined effects of her 

 increase of production and the shrinkage of production in other parts. The fact that she has 

 not increased her percentage more than is shown, indicates altogether too clearly the consider- 

 able increase in other producing countries not affected by the operations of the war, and seems 

 to suggest that she has probably reached about the highest percentage that will be shown, and 

 that after conditions become normal, she will probably resume her position of supplying about 

 12 or 13% of the total crop. 



DOMESTIC SUGAR CONSUMPTION 



There were about 1,500,000,000 pounds of 

 commercial sugar stocks on hand August 31, 

 1917, compared to 2,000,000,000 pounds on 

 the same date in 1916, according to the first 

 war emergency food survey, figures for which 

 are issued by the Department of Agriculture. 

 Large decreases were reported by mills and 

 refineries and by storage warehouses, al- 

 though stocks in the hands of wholseale 

 grocers and all large users of sugar showed in- 

 creases in 1917. 



The returns indicate that the amount of 

 sugar consumed in 1917 was about 88.3 

 pounds per capita, whereas the average an- 

 nual consiunption for the five-year period 

 ended in 1916 was 84.7 pounds per capita. 

 The evident increase in consumption, says the 

 Department, is due, in part, to t.te increased 

 manm"acture for export of commodities like 

 condensed milk and to an increase in popula- 

 tion, coupled with an increased consiunption 

 by individuals, and to an increase in con- 

 siuners' stocks. 



Of the total stocks of sugar reported more 

 than 538,000,000 pounds or 41%, was held 

 by sugar and sirup mills and refineries. Whole- 

 sale grocers held about 285,000,000 pounds, 

 or 15.8 per cent, and storage warehouses about 

 207,000,000 pounds, or 15.8 per cent. 



Retail dealers came next with about 134,- 



000,000 pounds, or 10.4 per cent of the total. 



New York reported the largest stocks, about 



323,000,000 pounds, followed in order by 



California and Louisiana, both of which held 



over 100,000,000 pounds. Details of the 

 sugar survey may be found in circular 96, 

 office of the secretary. Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



Leyendas Histpricas Mexicanas, by James 

 Bardin, published by The Macmillan Co., 

 New York. .Price, 80 cents. In this book is 

 presented a series of stories which illustrate 

 the history of Ancient Mexico, in all its 

 grandeur and all its misfortunes. These 

 stories provide a background of tradition 

 against which can be seen the Mexican Indian 

 of today. 



Chain Driven Motor Trucks and Tractors, 

 Book No. 359, published by the Link-Belt Co., 

 Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis. This 

 booklet ex]3lains the advantages of chain- 

 driven trucks or tractors over gear-driven 

 types of all characters. 



Manual de Fabricanies de Azucar de Cana 

 y Quimicos Azucar eras, by G. L. Spencer, pub- 

 lished by JohnWiley & Sons, Inc. This book 

 contains a review of processes of cane-sugar 

 manufacture, practical instruction in sugar- 

 house control, selected methods of analysis, 

 reference tables, etc. Sixth edition, enlarged. 

 XV. 4-561 pages, 4 by Q%, 97 figures, flexible, 

 $3.50 net. 



WELL AT CIENFUEGOS 

 The Artesian y\'e[\ & Supply Co., of Provi- 

 dence, R. I., has started drilling another well 

 for the Soledad Sugar Company at Cienfue- 

 gos, Cuba. 



