THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



TELEGRAPH AND POST OFFICES 

 The following telegraph and posr otfices 

 have recently been established in Cuba : 

 post offices, two in the Province of Santa 

 Clara, one in Pinar del Rio, one in the 

 Province of Oriente and one in the Prov- 

 ince of Havana : telegraph offices, four in 

 the city of Matanzas, which will fil«<^ i*;- 

 sue postal money orders. 



DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY 

 At the instance of the University of 

 Havana, the Department of Public In- 

 struction created the post of technical 

 charge of the Department of Radiology. 

 The Department was given to the uni- 

 versity a short time ago by the Hos- 

 pital Calixto Garcia for the purpose of 

 the study of radiology. 



AUTHORIZATIONS FOR ELECTRIC 

 LIGHT AND POWER PLANTS 



Authorization has been granted to Sr. 

 Jose R. Jordan to install an electric light 

 and power plant at Jaruco. Province of 

 Havana ; to Srs. Clemente Perez & Son 

 to install a plant at Jucaro, Province of 

 Camaguey, and to Sr. Rafael Rey to 

 install electric light and power plants at 

 Caspar and Piedrecitas, Province of 

 Camaguey. 



FIRE COMPANY EQUIPMENT 

 According to a law passed recently, a 

 credit of l."i.OfX) pesos was voted for the 

 purchase of engines and equipment for 

 the tire lonipsiniHs of the municipality of 

 Bayamo, and lO.OOO pesos credit for the 

 purchase of equipment for the fire com- 

 pany of Santa Clara. 



MINEROLOGICAL WORK 

 Seiior Jose Isaac Corral, chief of the 

 Section of Mountains and Mines, has been 

 ayipointed by President Menoral to go to 

 Madrid to assist in the minerolojrical 

 work being done l)y the Ofolojrifal Insti- 

 tute of Spain. 



AMERICAN PASSPORTS 

 Announcement was made by the Amer- 

 ican Legation in Havana on June 7th that 

 ill accordance with new instructions re- 

 ceived from the Department of State, all 

 American citizens in Cuba applying for 

 Departmental passports would be re- 

 quired to pay a fee of .$10 on and after 

 June 19. 



The announcement read further : 

 ■'A ten ($10) dollar fee for emergency 

 pi'ssports will likewise be required on 

 and after July 3, U>20. 



"Commencing July 1, 1920. aliens de- 

 siring their passports visM by the United 

 States officials, will be charged ten ($10) 

 dollars for each vise. The following for- 

 eigners are exempted from this ruling : 

 oliicefs of foreign governments and mem- 

 liers of their innnediate families, or offi- 

 cers of any state, district or municipality 

 thereof, traveling to or through the 

 Inited States, or returning alien soldiers 

 specified in a previous instruction issued 

 by the Department of State at Washing- 

 ton." 



SANITATION 

 Acting upon the proposal of the Secre- 

 tary of Sanitation that a study be made 

 of the methods employed in the United 

 States to check outbreaks of bubonic 

 plague and the system in practise in the 

 United States of disposing of refuse from 

 sugar mills and distilleries. President 

 Menocal has appointed Dr. Fernando Pla- 

 zaola y Cotilla, Chief of the bureau of 

 General Affairs and Quarantine, to gather 

 data in this connection. 



FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

 The Federal Insurance Company has 

 been authorized by the Department of 

 Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor to 

 write workmen's accident policies in the 

 Republic of Cuba, in accordance with the 

 law of June 12, 191C, and the Rules and 

 Regulations of November 12, 1917. 



