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THE CUBA REVIEW 



EARNINGS OF THE CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAYS 



Week:y receipts: 1916-1917 1916 1915 1914 



Week ending Dec. SOth £10,858 £13,290 £6,211 £9,029 



Week ending Jan. 6th 16,106 15,896 9,438 12,291 



Week ending Jan. 13th 19,802 21,373 13,570 14,190 



Week ending Jan. 20th 2.5,,521 23,562 17,5.53 16,804 



Week ending Jan. 27th 2.5,975 26,1.34 18,.510 17,703 



Week ending Feb. 3d 26,108 25,712 17,892 14,167 



CUBAN FINANCIAL MATTERS 



PREVAILING PRICES FOR CUBAN SECURITIES 



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



Bid. Asked. 



Republic of Cuba Interior Loan 5% Bonds 933 2 94H 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 43^% Bonds of 1949 86 87 



RepubUc of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1949 96}^ 96J4 



RepubUc of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1944 983^ 100 



Havana City First Mortgage 6% Bonds 103 105 



Havana City Second Mortgage 6% Bonds 101 103 



Cuba Railroad Co. Preferred Stock 92 95 



Cuba Raih-oad Co. First Mortgage 5% Bonds of 1952 93 3^ 95 



Cuba Co. 6% Debenture Bonds 993^ lOOJ^ 



Cuba Co. 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock 97 100 



Havana Electric Railway Co. Consolidated Mortgage 5% Bonds 93 95 



Havana Electric Railway, Light and Power Co. Preferred Stock 1053^ 107 



Havana Electric Railway, Light and Power Co. Common Stock 99 101 



Matanzas Market Place 8% Bond Participation Certificates 100 none 



Cuban-American Sugar Co. Preferred Stock 102 109 



Cuban-American Sugar Co. Common Stock / 160 175 



Cuban-American Sugar Co. CoUateral Trust 6% Bonds 101 3^2 101 M 



Guantanamo Sugar Company Stock 58 63 



Santiago Electric Light and Traction Co. 1st Mtge. Bonds 92 95 



All prices of bonds quoted on an and interest basis. 



OIL TRUST 



The Oil Trust, Limited, was registered in 

 March, 1910. In addition to its interest in 

 oil properties in \arious parts of the world, it 

 also has a holding in the Cuban Asphalt Com- 

 pany. Up to the present it has not been plain 

 sailing by any means; and although the report 

 for the year to September 30, last, discloses a 

 better financial position, the credit balance of 

 £7,097 cannot be treated as a profit, and 

 shareholders cannot look for any dividend un- 

 til the company has recovered from the re- 

 sults of unsatisfactory investments made at 

 the outset of the Trust's career. During the 



year the holding in the Cuban Asphalt Com- 

 pany has been increased by supplying further 

 working capital to operate the properties, and 

 from all accounts the money has been well 

 spent. The railway connecting the property 

 with the port of shipment has been put in 

 running repair, and an output of asphalt is 

 now being secured.— /^ro//i Westminster Gaz- 

 ette, London. 



CUBA CANE SUGAR CORP. 



It is rumored inHavana that the Cuba Cane 

 Co. will shortly add the sugar mill at Manati 

 to its already enormous holdings in Cuba. 



