THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



GONZALO DE QUESADA 

 After a brief service in New York, at- 

 tended by Major General Thomas H. 

 Barry, commanding the Eastern Depart- 

 ment, Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsby and 

 representatives of President Menocal of 

 Cuba, the Cuban legation in Washington 

 and in Havana, the remains of Hon. Gon- 

 zalo de Quesada were taken to Havana 

 for burial in Colon Cemetery. Sefior de 

 Quesada was formerly a minister to the 

 United States and at the time of his death 

 in Germany was Cuba's minister to that 

 country. In Havana full military honors 

 due a Major-General were paid the Cuban 

 diplomat and patriot, and the national flag 

 of Cuba was at half-mast until the re- 

 mains were lowered into the grave. 



SENORA MARIANA SEVA DE MENOCAL 

 Sefiora Mariana Seva de Menocal, wife 

 of President Menocal, accompanied by her 

 son and daughter and several intimate 

 friends, including the wife of Gen. Rafael 

 Montalvo, President of the Conservative 

 Party and candidate for the presidency, 

 sailed from Cuba on September 5th for 

 Paris, by way of New York. 



DISPLAY OF PRICES FOR NECESSITIES 

 On August 2nd President Menocal is- 

 sued a decree requiring all dealers, either 

 wholesale or retail, to display the prices 

 of their goods in a prominent place in 

 their offices or stores. The list of prices 

 will be effective from the 1st to the 15th 

 of the month and from the 16th to the 

 end of each month, and are renewable 

 every fifteen days, with the modifications 

 which may be necessary owing to fluctua- 

 tions of the market. 



The basis for the fixing of these prices 

 will be the sworn declaration of the im- 

 porter given to the Custom House, or the 

 price fixed in the account, which must also 

 be sworn to, if the articles are bought in 

 Cuba. 



The Department of Agriculture. Com- 

 merce and Labor will be responsible for 

 compliance with the law. 



BILLS RECENTLY SIGNED BY PRESIDENT 

 MENOCAL 



President Menocal has signed the fol- 

 lowing bills : 



Concession of $120,000 for a new school 

 of pharmacy at the University of Havana. 



Another of $15,000 to endow a chair of 

 vaccines and vacination. 



A concession of $94,000 for the termin- 

 ation of the road between Santa Clara 

 and Sagua la Grande and Sitio Nuevo. 



A concession of $200,000 for alterations 

 and repairs to Las Animas Hospital, and 

 $25,000 to erect a monument to Dr. D. 

 Finlay. 



CUSTOMS REGULATIONS 



Consul General Harris, Havana, calls 

 attention to the following Cuban customs 

 regulations that have recently been vio- 

 lated in a number of cases : 



Merchandise brought to the island for 

 purposes of sale is not permitted to be 

 brought as baggage, and if so brought is 

 liable to confiscation. Even though the 

 merchandise is in a trunk or suitcase 

 wholly apart from the clothing and other 

 personal effects of the traveler himself it 

 is a violation of the law to bring it in as 

 baggage whether checked or not. Such 

 merchandise should be sent by mail, ex- 

 press, or freight as the circumstances re- 

 quire. Samples above $500 in value do 

 not come within the law under which 75 

 per cent, of the duty paid may be re- 

 funded when the samples are removed 

 from Cuba. Cuban consular invoices are 

 required in cases where the value of the 

 shipment to Cuba is $5 or more. 



PALACE OF JUSTICE 

 The Cuban Senate has passed a bill 

 appropriating $1,500,000 for the building 

 of a Palace of Justice, either on lands be- 

 longing to the state or to be acquired for 

 the purpose at a cost not to exceed $300,- 

 000. 



