

THE. 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1919, by the Munson Steamship Line 



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Volume XVII 



OCTOBER, 1919 



Number ii 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CUBAN CONGRESS TO CONVENE 

 A call for a special session of Congress, 

 to be convened October loth, was issued 

 September 30th by President Menocal. 



President Menocal wishes to acquaint 

 the members of Congress with the terms 

 of the peace treaty with Germany, and 

 present it to them for ratification. 



CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AT SANTIAGO DE 

 CUBA 



Customs receipts at Santiago de Cuba 

 for the first six months of the present 

 year amounted to $1,554,099, an increase 

 of $74,047 over the amount collected in 

 the corresponding period of 19i8. 



STUDY OF INFLUENZA 

 By presidential decree of the 23d of 

 June, Dr. Antonio Cueto Yasquez, Secre- 

 tary of the Commission of Infectious 

 Diseases, was designated to come to the 

 United States to make ;ui exhaustive study 

 of the treatment of influenza. 



REVENUE FROM CUBAN STAMP TAX 

 The total revenue from seventeen 

 months of the operation of the Cuban 

 stamp tax, from the 1st of September, 

 1917. to the 31st of January, 1919. was 

 $4,070,735, which represents an approxi- 

 mate monthly average of $275,102. 



DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

 President Menocal lias commissioned 

 Sefior Guillermo Sanchez y Reyes, chief of 

 the Puireau of Personnel, Lstates and Ac- 

 counts of the Department of Justice, to 

 come to the United States to study the 

 most advanced methods in the compilation 

 of criminal statistics, and to collect data 

 required by the Director of the Depart- 

 ment of Justice. 



NEW MILITARY CAMP 

 It is reported that negotiations are un- 

 der way for the purchase by the govern- 

 ment of Cuba of a tract of land compris- 

 ing 334,113 square meters, to be used for 

 a military camp. 



The land was acquired from the Cuban 

 Colonial Land Company, and was part of 

 tbe San Marcos estate. 



EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS WITH MEXICO 

 The Mexican Minister to Cuba, through 

 the Department of Foreign Relations, has 

 suggested to the National University the 

 advisability of an exchange of students 

 between tne two countries. The University 

 of Mexico has received the suggestion 

 favorably and will consider means to bring 

 about such an exchange at an early date. 



