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Government is now handling all the flour imported and hinted that if necessary these two 

 other commodities could also be handled by the Government. 



The building of wooden sailing vessels on a small scale is going on in Havana harbor and 

 on the Almendares River near the city. Announcememnt has been made on the part of various 

 concerns here of the intention to fabricate steel vessels, but nothing has been done in this 

 direction, probably due to the difficulty in securing construction material. We have not 

 learned of any sales or transfers of vessels since our last report. Imports are very heavy and the 

 wharves and warehouses are again considerably congested on this account. 



Newspapers report that another contingent of artillery officers have been sent to Pensa- 

 cola, Fla., for training with the American forces stationed at that point. 



A concession was granted during the term of General Jose Miguel Gomez to build a high 

 bridge across the channel at the entrance to Havana harbor for the purpose of pro- 

 viding better communication between Havana and Casa Blanca. Actual construdction has 

 never commenced on this project, but the subject is being taken up again and it is rumored 

 that an attempt will be made to buy the old Cathedral and remove it to make room for the 

 approaches to this bridge on the Havana side. We have reported sale of several church prop- 

 erties located in the commercial district on which large buildings will be erected, but it is 

 thought that the sale of the Cathedral will meet with considerable opposition on the part of 

 the church people as it is one of the oldest and best-known churches in Havana and where the 

 ashes of Columbus were deposited prior to their removal to Spain. 



There was recently inaugurated in Havana a factory for the manufacture of pianos and 

 phonographs. The organization is backed by local capital. Pianos have been manufac- 

 tured to a small extent in Havana, but the production of phonographs will be an entirely new 

 industry. 



In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, there arrived at Havana 2,481 vessels from foreign 

 ports, which is 107 more than during the preceding year. 



Comparative statistics of tobacco exportations during June, 1918 and 1917, are as follows: 

 Exports in June 1918 Quantity Value 



Tobacco in bales 16,882 $1,362,225 



Cigars 17,203,440 1,382,011 



Cigarettes (packages) 744,057 24,222 



Smoking tobacco (kilograms) 10,914 12,969 



Exports in June, 1917: 



Tobacco in bales 14,529 $787,757 



Cigars 8,276,269 696,897 



Cigarettes (packages) 753,856 25,750 



Smoking tobacco (kilograms) 15,658 16,002 



The Banco Hispano-Americano, organized a short time ago, in which the Chinese business 

 element, a consideable one here, was largely interested, was forced to suspend payment recently 

 and indications are that they will lack considerable of being able to pay off their depositors. 



As a matter of information we give below the business houses in Havana included in the 

 American Enemy Trading List corrected up to July 12th, which is the latest data furnished: 



Balleiiilla, Daniel (Tillmann & Co.). 



Bernal, Federico, Havana. 



Berndes, J. F. & Co., Cuba No. 64. 



Berndes, Rene, Cuba, No. 64. 



Campania Cubana de Comisiones y Representaciones, Havana. 



Clasing, Luis, Aramburu No. 1. 



Cia. Anonima Electro-Alemana-Cubana (H. Upmann & Co.). 



Cuena, Arcadio, of Cuena & Co., Aguacate 86 (Lehmann & Co.) 



Eppinger, Alberto, Amargura 11. 



Gutmann, R. S., Habana, 150. 



Heilbut, Enrique, San Ignacio, 54. 



Heilbut & Co., San Ignacio, 54 



Holz, Alfredo (Orenstein & Koppel, Arthur Koppel S. A. Lonja del Comercio 217). 



Ibern & Co., Mercaderes, 42. 



