THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEW ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES 



RECENT CENSUS FIGURES 



In the towns of Santa Clara Province a 

 recent census gives the population as fol- 

 lows : 



Abreus 6,024 



Cruces 11,503 



Calabazar 14,650 



Caibarien 12,235 



Camajuani 15,471 



Cienfuegos *81,462 



Cifuentes 6,003 



Corralillo 8,528 



Encrucijada 9,389 



Esperanza 21,958 



Palmira 10,009 



Placetas 20,043 



Quemado de Guines 13,005 



Rancho Veloz 9,025 



Ranchuelo 6,162 



Rodas 21,093 



Sagua la Grande 26,329 



Vueltas 18,854 



Sancti Spiritus 53,846 



Camarones 8,436 



Remedios 20,716 



San Juan de los Yeros 10,113 



Santa Clara *52,843 



Lajas 12,764 



Santo Domingo 23,371 



Trinidad 32,790 



Yaguajay 18,428 



Zulueta 7,238 



Total in the province 549,874 



More than one-fourth of the total popu- 

 lation of the six provinces is found in this 

 province. 



The last official census was made in 1907 

 during the .\merican intervention. The 

 population of Santa Clara was then 457,431. 

 In five years accordinly there has been an 

 increase of 92,743 inhaljitants. 



* Figures of 1012. 



SANTIAGO SWATERSUPPLYINADEQUATE 



Santiago de Cuba has been quite un- 

 lucky as to her water supply for years. 

 Three different aqueducts have been built 

 by the .-\mcrican and Cuban governments, 

 but none have been adequate and Santiago 

 de Cuba every once in a while suffers from 

 a water famine which moves the govern- 

 ment to take some action. 



Engineers from the Public Works De- 

 partment have been ordered to go to San- 

 tiago to thoroughly study the difficulties 

 and to devise a system which will supfjly 

 the city's needs. 



CUBAN ENGINEERING CO. CONTRACT 



Reports that the contract with the Cuban 

 Engineering Company would be annulled 

 because of the company's plain failure to 

 carry out the terms of the contract, have 

 been denied by Secretarv of Public Works 

 Villalon. 



KHAKI SUITS BARRED 



Country people have been recently im- 

 posed upon many times by men who have 

 gone to remote farms, dressed in khaki, and 

 stated they were members of the rural 

 guard, and secured accommodations. Then 

 at an opportune time they would rob the 

 place and disappear. 



To prevent this the government has for- 

 bidden all those engaged in outdoor work, 

 especially engineers and surveyors, to wear 

 suits made of this material. The latter 

 are objecting vigorously, claiming that their 

 work requires clothing that will stand wear 

 and tear and that khaki or corduroy is the 

 only kind that gets these results. 



NEW $15,000,000 LOAN 



The Cuban government will float a loan 

 of about $15,000,000 within the next few 

 months. Preliminary authorization has 

 been given by President Wilson and Mr. 

 Bryan, the Secretary of State, says a Nczu 

 York Herald Washington despatch of 

 September lltli. 



Under the Piatt amendment the United 

 States has general supervisory power over 

 Cuban finances. 



The Cuban government, through Dr. 

 Pablo Desvernine, its Minister here, sev- 

 eral weeks ago made formal request for 

 tlie authority of the United States to float 

 a loan. When the Menocal administration 

 was inaugurated it was confronted with a 

 deficit. Although no puljlic statement has 

 ever been issued, the deficit has been esti- 

 mated at from $5,000,000 to $12,000,000. 



President Menocal directed the ' Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury to prepare a state- 

 ment showing the actual financial condition' 

 of the government. This was laid before 

 the State Department. Mr. Bryan decided 

 that the loan was necessary and was within 

 the ability of the Cuban government to. 

 repay. The terms of the loan are now 

 being drawn up ly the Cuban government 



The agricultural school of Havana may 

 be shortly transferred to the experiment 

 station at Santiago de las Vegas. 



