THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



IMMIGRATION IN 191G 



The Do])artmeiit of Itiiinigratiou has issucxl 

 an interesting l^ooklet of statistics of iinnuKra- 

 tion and passenger service to Cuba during the 

 year 1916. There were a total of 55,121 un- 

 migrants arriving during the year, as com- 

 pared to ;32,795 in the previous year of 1915. 

 During the year also 111,582 passengers came 

 to Cuba tlu'ough the various ports of the island 

 and 71,599 left the island, as compared to 

 79,233 arriving in 1915, and 65,433 leaving. 

 The following table shows the number of 

 immigrants who came to Cuba from the 

 various countrie;?: 



Country. No. of Imnrijrants 



Spain 37,615 



Jamaica 7,133 



Haiti 4,992 



Porto Rico 1,277 



United States 1,209 



Germany 55 



South America 336 



Lesser Antilles (not listed) 27 



Arabia 20 



A astro-Hungary 15 



Belgium 10 



Bulgaria 5 



Canada 19 



Centra America 109 



Korea 7 



China 6 



Demnark 99 



Dominica 129 



Egypt 5 



Scotland 5 



Philippines 3 



Finland... 2 



France 169 



Greece 34 



Holland. 30 



East Indies. 40 



England 326 



Italy 164 



Japan 262 



Mexico 662 



Norway 10 



Poland 1 



Portugal 27 



Roumania 1 



Russia 29 



Serbia 7 



Syria 59 



Sweden 9 



Switzerland 11 



Turkey 68 



(Listed without a country) 2 



Of the entire 55,121 inimigrants arriving, 

 47,354 were men and 7,767 were women, and 

 the entire nunil)er of immigrants brought to 

 Cuba $958,302. The list of occupations of 

 these immigrants is also interesting. The 

 largest number were laborers, totaling 40,769, 

 and the next largest number were merchants, 

 totaling, 2,472. 



In distinction to the immigrants who 

 came to work and remain, for a tune at least, 

 in the country, there were some 32,000 more 

 passengers arriving last year than in the pre- 

 ceding year. Passengers leaving the island 

 during the year numbered 71,599. The largest 

 number left for the United States, 42,278, 

 showing that only 1,653 fewer persons left 

 for the United States than came from it, and 

 the next largest number left for Spain, 20,081, 

 whereas 45,884 came to Cuba from Spain. 

 Of the entire 111,582 passengers coming to 

 Cuba, 90,127 came through the port of 

 Havana . 



MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURE FOR TRADE- 

 MARK REGISTRATION. 



Two decrees of February 14, 1917, and 

 February 28. 1917, respectively, make 

 certain changes in the procedure to be fol- 

 lowed in the registration of trade -marks in 

 Cuba. As provided by these decrees, appli- 

 cations for the registration of trade-marks 

 must first be published in the Gaceta Oficial 

 for three daj s and thereafter a more complete 

 description must be published in the monthly 

 Boletin Oficial of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Commerce and Labor. Opposition 

 to the granting of registration for a mark 

 may now be brought within 60 days after 

 publication in the Boletin Oficial, instead of 

 within 30 days, as was previously the case. 



OIL MACHINERY 



It is proposed to admit all machinery con- 

 nected with the oil drilling business without 

 duty, for the purpose of encouraging the dev^el- 

 opment of the Cuban oil industry, and it is ex- 

 pected that a bill will shortly be introduced 

 in the Cuban Congress putting oil machinery 

 on the free list. 



