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teenth century (1804), Santiago de Cuba was made an 

 archbishopric. The ecclesiastical limit between the diocese 

 of the Havannah and Cuba passes in the meridian of Cayo 

 Eomano, nearly in the 80f of longitude west of Paris, 

 between the Villa de Santo Espiritu and the city of Puerto 

 Principe. The island, with relation to its political and mili- 

 tary government, is divided into two goviernos, depending on 

 the same capitan-general. The govierno of the Havannah 

 comprehends, besides the capital, the district of the Quatro 

 Villas (Trinidad, Santo Espiritu, Villa Clara, and San Juan 

 de los Remedies), and the district of Puerto Principe. The 

 Capitan-general y Gobernador of the Havannah has the 

 privilege of appointing a lieutenant in Puerto Principe 

 (Teniente Gobernador}, as also at Trinidad and Nueva Fili- 

 pina. The territorial jurisdiction of the capitan-general 

 extends, as the jurisdiction of a corregidor, to eight pueblos 

 de Ayuntamiento (the ciudades of Matanzas, Jaruco, San 

 Felipe y Santiago, Santa Maria del Kosario ; the villas of 

 Guanabacoa, Santiago de las Vegas, Guines, and San Antonio 

 de los Banos). The govierno of Cuba comprehends Santi- 

 ago de Cuba, Baracoa, Holguin, and Bayamo. The present 

 limits of the goviernos are not the same as those of the 

 bishoprics. The district of Puerto Principe, with its seven 

 parishes, for instance, belonged till 1814, to the govierno ot 

 the Havannah and the archbishopric of Cuba. In the 

 enumerations of 1817 and 1820, we find Puerto Principe 

 joined with Baracoa and Bayamo, in the jurisdiction of 

 Cuba. It remains for me to speak of a third division alto- 

 gether financial. By the cedula of the 23rd March, 1812, 

 the island was divided into three Intendencias or Provincias ; 

 those of the Havanuah, Puerto Principe, and Santiago de 

 Cuba, of which the respective length from east to west id 

 about ninety, seventy, and sixty-five sea-leagues. Tlic 

 intendant of the Havannah retains the prerogatives ot 

 Superintendent* general subdelegado de Heal Hacienda de la 

 lala dc Cuba. According to this division, the Provincia de 

 Cuba comprehends Santiago de Cuba, Baracoa, Holguin, 

 Bayamo, Gibara, Manzanillo, Jiguani, Cobre, and Tiguaros; 

 tlu- Provimia de Puerto Principe, the town of that name, 

 Niu-vitas, Jagua, Santo Espiritu, San Juan de los Remedies, 

 Villa de Santa Clara, and Trinidad. The most westerly 



