THE CUBA U K V 1 E W 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



MR. FELIPE TABOADA 



NEW CONSUL GENERAL AT NEW YORK 

 Mr. Felipe Taboada, uewly appointed 

 Consul General of Cuba at New York, was 

 bom at Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, in 1877. Mr. 

 Taboada started life as a newspaper man 

 and became one of the best known in Ha- 

 vana. He entered the Cuban Government 

 Consular Service at the New York office in 

 1919 as Chancellor of the Consulate. He 

 was promoted to the rank of Consul and 

 sent to represent his Government in this 

 (•a)ia<it.v at Sfintander, Spain, in 1910, 

 where he remained for seven months. Re- 

 turning to Havana, he was made Consul 

 to serve at the port of Galveston, Texas. 

 From here he was again promoted to New 

 York as Vice Consul and has served liere 

 contiiniall.v since 1911 as Assistant Consul 

 and Consul. He was a|ip<tinled Consul 

 General, effective Februar.v 1st, 1920, suc- 

 ceeding Leopoldo Dolz, who was trans- 

 ferred by the Cuban Government to serve 

 as Minister to Santo Domingo. 



Mr. Taboada deserves the popularity 

 which he en.ioys and after serving his 

 Government loyally for many years has 

 received the recognition due him. It is 

 said of him that he labored early and 

 late, not allowing a thing to be neglected 

 nor letting any duty go unperformed. 



His diligence and zeal, his tact and af- 

 fability, his determination to have every- 

 thing right and up-to-date, have caused 

 many favorable comments to be made, 

 not only concerning the hard-working 

 Consul, but also concerning the im- 

 portance of <"ubii in the Connnercial 

 World. 



CONSULAR SCHOOL 

 Tlu' lUilletin of the Pan American 

 Union lor March states that about the 

 middle of January a consular school was 

 opened in the National University, Ha- 

 vana, where those who desire to enter 

 the consular service may learn all the 

 necessary subjects, such as commerce, 

 Cuban laws, economics, etc. All consuls 

 will be obliged to take this course. 



HAVANA CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS 

 Collections at the Havana customs 

 house during the month of February 

 totaled .$2,218,218.91. 



BOND ISSUE 

 In a meeting held on January 12th by 

 the governing board of the Havana 

 Bourse, it was decided to issue bonds to 

 the amount of $.51,000. The bonds will 

 bear 6 per cent, interest and the issue 

 will be subscribed by the members of the 

 bourse. 



NEW MUNICIPAL LIBRARY 

 The new municipal public library at 

 Neptuno 22.5, Havana, was opened to the 

 public on February 24th. 



Though not of large pi-etentions, the 

 new library is well appointed. The read- 

 ing rooms are supplied with magazines, 

 trade joiu-nals, etc., and the study rooms 

 witli works of reference. 



TRE'XSURY DEPARTMENT 

 In December, 1919, a statement was 

 submitted to the Department of Hacienda, 

 showing the amount in the treasury on 

 that date to be .$12,208,736. 



