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THE CUBA REVIEW 13° 
2 A. M., and those who wish to test their skill at roulette will have an opportunity 
which is not afforded anywhere else except in Hurope. 
IMMIGRATION: While we learn from newspapers that immigrants from Europe 
are flocking to the United States in unprecedented numbers, Cuba too has been re- 
ceiving her share of immigrants. Spain is the country from which most of the 
immigrants arrive, although some Portuguese and Frenchmen have arrived also. We 
give below comparative figures for the past eleven years which are significan 
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Year First Siz Months Last Siz Months Total 
1909 31,197 79,861 111,058 
1910 51,437 109,499 160,936 
1911 42,961 96,722 139,685 
1912 62,595 131,848 194,443 
1913 - 55,433 95,567 151,000 
1914 38,123 28,473 66,596 
1915 15,285 30,074 50,359 
1916 22,167 49,080 62,247 
1917 20,394 52,657 42,051 
1918 14,395 5,773 80,168 
1919 18,500 53,220 71,720 
1920 59,593 
Although the figures for the second six months of the year 1920 are not available, 
from all accounts and judging from the appearance of very numerous vessels that 
have arrived from Spain during the period, we are confident that 1921 is going to 
prove a banner year. 
HARBOR NOTES: During the month of December the number of vessels in the 
Bay of Havana either discharging or awaiting discharge averaged 96, which would 
indicate that, although Havana has been heralded around the world as suffering from 
severe congestion, it is still being used as much as ever as a port of call. 
S. S. “POZNAN”: This vessel, operated by the Polish-American Line, sailed dur- 
ing the month for New York, whence it had sailed some three months previous, This 
vessel, carrying some 7,000 tons of freight for Cuba, was unable to. obtain a berth to 
effect her discharge and, after a wait of' many days, returned to New York with her 
full cargo. 
S. S. “SAN PABLO’: The United Fruit Steamer “San Pablo” went ashore just 
at the head of the Prado on December 14th and to date the efforts of the Merritt- 
Chapman Wrecking and Dredging Company have not been successful in getting her 
off. We understand that the captain of the “San Pablo” endeavored to enter the Port 
of Havana without the assistance of a pilot and, as it was just about dusk, he mistook 
the buoys in making his course and found himself high and dry on the coral rocks 
just to the west of the entrance to the harbor. It was feared for a time that, should 
the San Pablo sink, she would block the harbor, but it now develops ihat she has not 
taken much water and the efficient efforts of the Merritt-Chapman wrecking crew 
will doubtless soon rescue the vessel. It is not considered that the vessel has been 
very seriously damaged. 
NEW CAPTAIN OF THE PORT APPOINTED: On December ist Col. Armando 
Andre was appointed Captain of the Port of Havana. Colonel Andre has many friends 
among the shipping interests of the Port of Havana and all expressed much gratifi- 
cation at the appointment of this capable official. One of the first acts of the new 
Captain of the Port was to require that a fully manned sea-going tug be placed at the 
wharf in front of the Captain of the Port’s office every Saturday afternoon and until 
Monday morning, to be used in emergency. This measure has caused a feeling of 
security among the shipping interests as formerly, since the boatmen of the Bay of 
