THE CUBA REVIEW 23 



CUBAN FINANCIAL MATTERS 



Weekly receipts: 1919 



Week ending Jan. 4th £19,209 



Week ending Jan. 11th.... 23,081 



Week ending Jan. 18th.... 25,063 



Week ending Jan. 25th. ... 29,256 



THE PREVAILING PRICES FOR CUBAN SECURITIES 



As quoted by Lawrence Turnure & Co., New York. 



Bid Asked 



Republic of Cuba Interior Loan 5% Bonds 82 88 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1944 93 95 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1949 90 92 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 4y 2 % Bonds of 1949 83 84 



Havana City First Mortgage 6% Bonds 100 103 



Havana City Second Mortgage 6% Bonds 98% 100 



Cuba Railroad Preferred Stock 65 72 



Cuba Railroad Co. First Mortgage 5% Bonds of 1952 77 82 



Cuba Company 6% Debenture Bonds 90 100 



Cuba Company 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock 85 95 



Havana Electric Railway Co. Consolidated Mortgage 5% Bonds 82 89 



Havana Electric Railway, Light & Power Co., Preferred Stock 107 109 



Havana Electric Railway, Light & Power Co., Common Stock 97 99 



Matanzas Market Place 8% Bond Participation Certificates 100 



Cuban-American Sugar Co., Preferred Stock 



Cuban-American Sugar Co., Common Stock 154 155 



Guantanamo Sugar Company Stock 50 52 



Santiago Electric Light & Traction Co., 1st Mortgage 6% Bonds 82 85 



the cuban-american sugar CO. York, on Tuesday, February 11th, for the 



Preferred and Common Dividend. purpose of considering and acting upon 



The Board of Directors have declared u P on the recommendation of the Board 



the following dividends, payable April of Directors that the Company issue and 



1st, 1919, to stockholders of record at the sell not to exceed $25,000,000 of its first 



close of business March 14th, 1919: mortgage bonds in order to reimburse the 



treasury of the Company for a part of 



the expenditures made in the purchase 



of new properties and for additions and 



On the Common Stock a quarterly divi- extens ions to, and improvements of, ex- 



dend of 2%%. isting properties, and in order to pay off 



Checks for the payment of the divi- the floating debt incurred in connection 



dends will be mailed. therewith. 



The transfer books will not be closed. The propor tion of stock, favorable to 



On the Preferred Stock a quarterly 

 dividend of 1%%. 



the proposition, represented at the meet- 



cuba cane sugar corporation ing was sufficient to carry out this recom- 



A special meeting of the stockholders mendation but it was subsequently de- 



of the Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation was cided to postpone the issue of bonds until 



held at the office of the Company, New after the close of the Victory Drive. 



