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$150,000 for tlie eomiilctiou of tho road in proirri'ss of construction from Guira de 

 Macuriges to San Mi;.nn'l, which will connect with tho road which runs from Coliseo to 

 San Miguel. Alsit .<2r(,0lX> for the termination of the road leading fi'om Bolondron to 

 Guirn de Macuriges. 



A cretlit of ?r>rK\000, which is in addition to the $171,000 authorized by law of 

 Jime 5th, IDIG, to be used in the continuation and termination of the paving and drain- 

 age work which is being carried on in the city of Manzanillo, Oriente Province. 



$97,300 for the building of a road between San Luis and Guacamaya. 



$30,000 for the construction of a road from the town of Ovas, in Finer del Rio 

 Province, to Guane, work on which is to connnence before conclusion of the present 

 fiscal year. 



$300,(K»0 for the building of a road which will start out from the road now leading 

 from Cienfuegos to Cumanayagua, at a point located bet\^•een the latter town and that 

 of Guaos, this road to end at a town called Buenos Aires. 



A credit of $90,000 monthly, to extend over a period of two years, to be used for 

 the continuation and termination of the work of draining and paving the streets of 

 the cities of Matanzas and Cardenas, $40,000 a month for Cardenas and $50,000 

 monthly for Matanzas. 



TREMENDOUS SALES OF CHOCOLATES AND BISCUITS BY NATIONAL MANUFAC- 

 TURING COMPANY: Tho National Manufacturing Company (Cia. :Manufacturera 

 Nacional), which has four establishments in Havana, and manufactures all kinds of 

 chocolate candies and sweet cakes and crackers, has, as will be seen by the compara- 

 tive figures given below, increased its production to very large propoi-tions during the 

 past six months. It was only a short time ago tliat nearly all sweets consumed in 

 Cuba were imported. Importations are still large, but today this industry is an im- 

 portant one in Cuba. 



TOTAL VALUE OF THE SALES MADE BY THE FOITR PLANTS OF THE 

 COMPANIA MANUFACTURERA NACIONAL 



1010 1920 



Jamiary $519,418.04: $400,756.58 



Feliruary 522,,5S0.90 467.534.61 



March 393,054.71 700,081.81 



April 405,461.82 698.073.09 



May 441,.377.93 76.8,339.89 



June 450,772.24 .566,971.94 



Total $2,793.20)5.64 $3,607,757.92 



VALUE OF SALES ^lADE DURING THE SA:*IE MONTHS BY THE NEWLY- 

 ACQUIRED PLANTS OF THE COMPANY 



1920 



January -Ilalianera Industrial" .$81,593.26 



February " - 93,726.51 



March " '• 161,276.50 



April " " 1.39,494.69 



May " " 156,428.77 



J"n«^ " " 12.5,417.36 



April "Bagner" ,53,253.48 



May " 103,128.75 



J""«? " 107,464.04 



Total $1,021,773.36 



Increase in sales made by the four plants of the company in favor of the 



first six months of 1920 " .«; 814,492.80 



Sales made by the newly-acquired plants of the company, as above 1,021,773.36 



Total increase in sales during the first six months of 1920 $1,836,266.16 



The total combined sales of the company for the first six months of 1920 



^^■ere $4,029,531.28 



