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CUBAN CENSUS: We have previously reported preparations for taking the 

 census of the Island of Cuba for 1920. The first step was the passing of the bill by 

 ('(ingress and recently the work of enumeration has begun. There are over two 

 hundred enumerators for Havana alone. 



GONZALO DE QUESADA: As referred to in our last letter, the cruiser "Cuba" 

 was sent to New York to bring back the body of Gonzalo de Quesada, .Minister of 

 Cuba, who died in Berlin in 1915. On arrival here, the body laid in state in the 

 city ball. The funeral was conducted by the Government with military honors and 

 was participated in by Government officials, as well as the diplomatic representatives 

 of various count lies represented here. 



REGULATION OF SUGAR PRICES: On August 27th the President signed two 

 decrees in connection with the sugar industry. One of them fixed the maximum 

 prices of sugar as follows: 



On raw sugar delivered to warehouse at seaport: To wholesalers 5.60c per lb., 

 to retailers 6.10c per lb., to consumers 7c per lb. 



On the same sugar at the mill partly refined: To the wholesaler 6.70c per lb., 

 to the retailer 7.10c per lb., and to the consumer 8c per lb. 



On refined sugar: To the wholesaler be per lb., to retailers 9.50c per lb., and to 

 the consumer, loose. 10.50c per lb., or when in sacks lie per lb. 



This decree has no reference to exportation of sugars in accordance with the 

 contract made with the American Government. 



Another decree provides that from date of publication of same, all sugar estates 

 must inform the Department of Agriculture the number of sacks of sugar produced 

 during the crop of 1918-1919, if the estates have finished grinding, or if not. as soon 

 as they do so. Such statements must show the quantity sold for local consumption, 

 with names of buyers, quantities shipped to foreign countries and the amount on 

 band both at the mill or in any warehouse. The Department of Agriculture is 

 authorized to investigate the destination given on sugar sold for local consumption, 

 in order to determine if it exceeds in quantity the allowance under contract made 

 with the United States Sugar Equalization Board; also, in order to be in position to 

 state at any time the amount of stock on hand in warehouses, at the mill or at ship- 

 ping ports. Further, the Department of Agriculture will place this data in the 

 bands of the Cuban Sugar Exporl Committee, who in turn will deliver it to the 

 United States Sugar Equalization Board. 



OFFICIAL NAMES OF HAVANA STREETS: During the past few years the 

 Havana City Council has changed the names of a large number of streets of Havana 

 from their former Spanish names to those of famous Cuban patriots, such as the 

 name of the Prado to Pasco de Marti and Obispo street, the principal shop- 

 ping thoroughfare, to Pi y Margall street. The inhabitants of Havana, however, 

 continue from force of habit to speak of streets by their former well-known names 

 and as a result of this the Mayor of Havana has recently issued a decree in an 

 endeavor to compel everyone to call the st reels by their present official names and 

 not hv the ones by which they were formerly known. 



RCOSEVELT MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN 



The campaign of the Roosevelt Memorial 

 Association to raise $5,000,000 for an ap- 

 propriate monument to the late Theodore 

 Roosevelt has been extended to Cuba. 

 Frank Steinbart, president of the Havana 

 Electric Railway and veteran of the Span- 

 ish-American War, has accepted the cam- 

 paign chairmanship for Cuba. 



There is intense interest in the coming 

 campaign, which starts October 20th and 

 ends on October 27th. 



CUBA-CHINA STEAMER SERVICE 

 A direct steamship line between Cuba 

 and China and indo China is proposed, 

 according to advices received by the Secre- 

 tary of State, from Senor J. A. Rarnet. 

 ( 'uban Minister to China. 



