THE CUBA REVIEW 



23 



Molasses tanks on the wharf at Cardenas, Cuba. 



Revenues of the Cuban Government 



For the four months ended April 30, 1912, revenues of the republic were as follows: 



January February March April 

 Custom house collections, consular fees, 



telegraph and post office receipts, etc $2,715,969 $2,260,865 $2,697,048 $2,544,649 



National loan tax 334,613 298,340 312,579 300,582 



National lottery 444,387 367,111 363,500 350,186 



Total $3,494,969 $2,926,316 $3,373,127 $3,195,417 



Havana's custom house collections for May, 1912, totalled $1,654,466 and compares with 

 $1,641,649 for the same month in 1911. 



The first four months of the year aggregate as follows : 



January February March April May 



$1,747,782 $1,431,729 $1,627,298 $1,572,906 $1,654,466 



WESTERN RAILWAY OF HAVANA. LTD. 



Weekly receipts : 



May 4th £5,355 Increase... i851 



May 11th 5,038 Decrease... 58 



May 18th 5,959 Increase... 768 



May 25th 6,398 Increase... 522 



THE CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAYS. LTD. 



Weekly receipts : 



May 4th £lS,857 Increase.. £9,601 



May 11th 15,680 Increase.. 9,389 



May 18th 14,158 Increase.. 8,347 



May 2oth 10,380 Increase.. 4,455 



A charter was recently granted by the 

 State Department to the Jucaro and Moron 

 Railway Company, of New York, with a 

 capital of $1,000,000. The company will 

 acquire a railway from the Cuban govern- 

 ment in the province of CamagueJ^ The 

 corporators are Frank R. Conklin, Stanley 

 L. Konklin, Cecil A. Clarke, Howard K. 

 W^ood, H. O. Coughlin and Joseph F. 

 Curtin, all of New York. 



GIBARA RAILWAY RECEIPTS 



The receipts of the Gibara Railway, 

 Cuba, in 1911 from freight and passenger 

 traffic were $132,431 and the expenditures 

 $121,913, showing a net gain during the 

 year of $10,517. This railway company 

 was organized in 1883 with a capital stock 

 of $400,000 and its assets now amount to 

 $813,675. 



