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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Exports from Java during March as reported to us by cable amounted to 120,000 

 tons, of which 61,000 tons were destined to Europe, 68,000 tons elsewhere, chiefly 

 Eastern countries, but including 3,000 tons to Egypt and 8,000 tons to Australia. 

 There are no Java sugars now afloat to the United States. Estimate of the new 

 crop, on which harvesting is just beginning, has been increased to 1,300,000 tons. 



The situation is unchanged as far as refined sugar prices are concerned, basis for 

 which is 9 cents less 2 per cent. Only a moderate business is doing, but the warmer 

 weather will no doubt have its influence on the consumption and with the large ex- 

 ports for the Royal Commission our refiners will be hard put to care for the in- 

 creased demand during the summer months. 



New York, N. Y., April 28, 1910. 



CENTRAL HORMIGUERO, S. A. 



We regret to announce that due to a 

 typographical error the estimated crop 

 of the Central Hormiguero S. A. of Hor- 

 miguero, Province of Santa Clara, for the 

 season of 1919, which was indicated as 

 200,000 bags in the Table of Active Sugar 

 Plantations appearing in the March issue 

 of The Cuba Review, is incorrect and 

 should be 250,000 bags. This Central was 

 the largest producer in the district of 

 Cienfuegos last season. Up to April 26th, 

 this year, it had already produced 205,000 

 bags of sugar, with every prospect of 

 bringing the total of this season up to 

 the original estimate of 250,000 bags. It 

 is under the able management of Mr. Elie 

 L. Ponvert, its President, whose residence 

 is at Hormiguero, Cuba. The owner's 

 address is Hormiguero, Cuba, Central 

 Hormiguero S. A., having no office in New 

 York City. 



GENERAL GOETHALS 



General G. W. Goethals, who went to 

 Cuba early in April at the head of a com- 

 mittee to investigate the properties and 

 affairs of the Cuba Cane Sugar Corpora- 

 tion, returned to the United States on the 

 steamer sailing from Havana April 12th, 

 according to a note published in Facts 

 About Sugar. 



During his stay in Cuba General 

 Goethals, with the other members of the 

 committee, visited all the Cuba Cane mills 

 and also Centrals San Vicente, Washing- 

 ton, Violeta, and Tuinucu, all of which 

 are identified with the Rionda interests. 



While no announcement of the impres- 

 sions formed by the committee as a re- 



sult of their inspection has been made, it 

 is understood that one result of the trip 

 was to show the need of expenditure for 

 upkeep of the mills, machinery, and build- 

 ings of the various properties. This was 

 especially the case with the smaller mills, 

 as contrasted with the larger ones on 

 which considerable sums have been laid 

 out for betterments. The committee is 

 reported to have been much impressed by 

 its visit to Tuinucu, which is the flower 

 of the Rionda centrals and, probably, the 

 most profitable mill in the island. 



DISTILLERS FOR SUGAR FACTORIES 

 The Department of Agriculture in Cuba 

 is advocating the establishment of a dis- 

 tillery at every factory, on the ground 

 that a ready market for the alcohol pro- 

 duced may be created locally to replace 

 gasoline for driving motors. With gaso- 

 line at an average of about 45c a gallon, 

 a cheaper fuel is highly desirable, and 

 the owners of gasoline-driven cars would 

 profit as well as the producers of alcohol. 



CENTRAL REFORMA 



It is reported that an American com- 

 pany has bought the Central Reforma, sit- 

 uated two miles from the town of Cai- 

 barien. The sale included all appur- 

 tenances and properties of this sugar mill. 

 The former owner was General Francisco 

 Carrillo. The sale price was $2,000,000. 



ITALIAN CROP 

 The entire Italian sugar crop of this 

 year has been taken over by the govern- 

 ment under an agreement with the sugar 

 producers. 



