THE CUBA R E \' I E W 



FINANCIAL AND, COMMERCIAL 



MANGANESE IMPORTS 



United States imports of manganese 

 from Cuba for 1909 and 1910 were as fol- 

 lows : 



Tons 



1909 

 1910 



3,019 



\'alue 



$12,689 



There were no importations in 1911. 

 The manganese deposits in Cnba which are 

 of importance are in the province of 

 Oriente, where the ore is chietly pyrolusite, 

 but other oxides of manganese occur. — 

 United States. 



Sir W'ilHam Van Home, when inter- 

 viewed by representatives of the Havana 

 Liiclni recently, had the following state- 

 ment to make regarding the proposed 

 railway between Caibarien and Xuevitas : 



"I know nothing about the plans of any- 

 one for the building of a railroad in the 

 district east of Caibarien, and it will make 

 no difference at all to the Cuba Railroad 

 whether such a railroad goes north or 

 south of the Bamburanao Hills. The 

 statement so frequently made that the 

 Cuba Railroad has objected to the route, 

 one way or the other, is unwarranted." 



The United Kingdom's importations of 

 unrefined sugar from Cuba for 1910 and 

 1911, according to the International Sugar 

 Journal, were as follows: 



1911 3,859 tons 



1910 96,336 " 



HAVANA S CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS 



The collections of the Havana custom 

 house for the month of April, 1912, were 

 $1,696,91S.1<.). 



A telegraph office has been established 

 at Antilla, Oriente Province. 



General Alanager Frank Steinhart of the 

 Havana Electric Railway Co. made formal 

 application for a permit to begin the con- 

 struction of two new important electric 

 lines within the city. 



THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF HAVANA, 



LIMITED 



April Gth i.'),035 Increase. i518 



April i:!th 5,418 Increase. 1,121 



April 20th 5,259 Increase. 1,123 



April 2Tth 5,266 Increase. 1,118 



THE CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAYS, LTD. 



April fith il3,476 Decrease. i2,525 



April 13th 15,726 Increase. _ 3,472 



April 20th 18,223 Increase. 4,948 



April 27th 18,714 Increase. 6,732 



A treaty of friendship, commerce and 

 navigation between Peru and Cuba was 

 signed April 27th by the Peruvian foreign 

 minister and the Cuban minister to Peru. 



Industries of Cib.a.— Electrical Plant of Santa Clara. 



