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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Telephone lines: 



Length " 293,362 294,952 157,502 



Wire " 293,362 311,693 175,093 



Cost of road equipment and permanent imp. construction . . $1,499,098 $7,232,572 $1,635,413 



Maintenance of way and structures 2,258,075 2,142,131 2,004,676 



Earnings: 



Gross 16,918,646 20,354,171 21,122,828 



Net 4,844,589 5,851,577 6,095,444 



214,392 



226,983 



$1,137,340 



2,364,152 



21,824,208 

 6,766,064 



Table C. — Value of Iron and Steel and Their Manufactures Imported Into Cuba. 



Imported from: 1912 1913 1914 1915 



United States $5,012,297 $6,089,116 $4,697,142 $5,451,884. 



Other countries in America 1,278 4,772 688 9 501 



Germany 383,566 391,490 181,929 53,872 



Spain 47,107 57,553 35,683 32,970 



France 168,448 171,352 78,727 60.229 



England 741,061 1,041,608 575,972 353,408 



Other countries in Europe 208,742 397,985 163,932 119,293 



All other countries 1,901 27 144 163 



Total ^ $6,564,400 $8,153,903 $5,734,217 $6,081,320- 



Table D. — Value of Certain Imports of Iron and Steel Products. 



Note. — This table includes imports of barbed wire, bars and beams, bars and rods, sheets and plates, wire and 

 cables, iron and steel in pieces, tin plate in sheets, metal cloth, pipe and fittings, and nails. 



Countries: 



Germany 



Belgium 



Spain 



France 



England 



Canada 



Norway 



Netherlands.. . . 



Austria 



Italy 



Canary Islands. 



Mexico 



Nicaragua 



Sweden 



Total. 



5,555.68 $3,810,958 118,535.87 $5,074,525 91,263.18 $3,714,953 91,146.88 $3,868,353^ 



Table E.- — Imports of Portland Cement Into Cuba. 



Note. — The barrels given in this table weigh 180 kilos, or 400 pounds gross. 



1912 1913 1914 



Imported from.: Barrels. Value. Barrels. Value. Barrels. Value. 



United States 595,530 $1,030,802 794,419 $1,275,090 676,188 $1,205,564 



Germany 360 450 1,900 3,760 50 98 



Austria 450 1,005 



Belgium 13,650 17,496 12,583 16,198 4,931 8,196 



Spain 12 24 21 164 



France 26,343 59,395 27,155 69,391 24,190 67,190 



Italy 103 230 10 6 15 75 



England 3,260 5,687 987 2,323 



Canary Islands 11 15 



Total 635,998 $1,108,397 839,348 $1,370,296 706,822 $1,284,466 



1915 

 Barrels. Value. 

 561,640 $1,004,963; 



660 

 9,790 



1,606 

 29,537 



572,090 «1,036,10& 



Table F. — Imports of Rough Lumber Into Cuba. 



Imported from.: 

 United States. . . . 

 English Antilles. . 



Canada 



Mexico 



Germany 



France 



England 



Norway 



British India 



Canary Islands. . . 

 Sweden 



Total. 



128,037 $2,209,802 166,672 $2,992,123 113,177 $1,922,397 130,654 $2,028,696 



