THE CUBA REVIEW 19 
Sponges, tortoise shell, etc. ............ cee eee es 211,000 264,000 
IMTS CEUTA COTS iets: canes a cRessaseeieiel tue Sereda Goals A-cuerdie Siva c eeeeeke 447,000 492, 
II TAVERN «oe Bre ace ee etcce ser eys cute note atta ngs Co ea eR ene ae PL na eae 2,904,000 6,963,000 
Total $379,784,000 7 
The total imports during 1918-19 show an increase of 4.1 per cent. over those of 
the previous year, and the total exports an increase of 20.4 per cent. 
The United States stands first among the countries of origin of imports, the 
total value, including money, having amounted to $235,727,000 in 1918-19, compared 
with $228,102,000 in 1917-18, an increase of $7,625,000. Imports from Great Britain in 
1918-19 amounted to $9,349,000, a decrease in value of $3,159,000 compared with the 
previous fiscal year; imports from Spain amounted to $13,332,000 in value, against 
$11,695,000 the previous year; and imports from France $8,265,000 against $6,875,000. 
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Classification of the destination of exports by countries shows that the United 
States leads as a market for Cuban products, with shipments amounting in value 
to $350,316,000 in 1918-19, compared with $278,704,000 in 1917-18, an increase of 
$71,612,000. Cuban exports to Great Britain in 1918-19 amounted in value to $96,- 
814,000, an increase of $20,092,000 over the previous fiscal year; exports to Spain 
amounted to $6,057,000 in value, against $4,199,000 the previous year; and exports to 
France $11,324,000, against $8,965,000 during the preceding twelve months.—Consul 
General Carlton Bailey Hurst, Havana. 
POSTAL SITUATION IN HAVANA 
The Director of Communications in 
Havana, Cuba, reports that of the piles 
of mail sacks which have been congest- 
ing the post office in that city all have 
now been opened, and between 85,000 and 
90,000 packages have been delivered. This 
improvement in the postal situation is 
due partly to the overtime work of the 
employees and partly to the authorization 
of the delivery of partial shipments. 
PERSONNEL OF PAN-AMERICAN  FI- 
NANCE GROUP 
United States Secretary of the Treas 
ury Houston has announced the person- 
nel of the twenty permanent American 
group committees, appointed on recom- 
mendation of the first and second Pan- 
American financial conferences to study 
financial and economic problems in con- 
nection with the Southern countries, to 
which they are assigned. 
Each committee consists of twelve mem- 
bers, and will work in co-operation with 
the Secretary of Commerce and the Pan- 
American Union, and collaborate with the 
Inter-American High Commission and the 
permanent committee on communication. 
Mr. Franklin O. Brown of New York 
heads the Cuban committee, 
NEW TELEPHONES FOR CUBA 
Cuba has ordered 8,000 new telephones 
for installation in 1921, as against 5,000 
in 1920 and 4,500 in 1919, according to an 
announcement by the International Tele- 
phone and Telegraph Company. 
It is estimated that the end of next 
year will find 40,000 telephones in opera- 
tion in the Island. 
IMMIGRATION THROUGH SANTIAGO 
DE CUBA 
During the month of April the follow- 
ing agricultural immigrants entered the 
Republic of Cuba through Santiago de 
Cuba: Spaniards, 952; Jamaicans, 2,663 ; 
Porto Ricans, 107: Dominicans, 26; 
Haitians, 1,394; and from Curacao, 112. 
CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS 
During the month of May the Havana 
Custom House collected $4,277,530; the 
Santiago Custom House, $50,590; the 
Sagua la Grande Custom House, $110,120; 
and the Matanzas Custom House, $168,355. 
MARIANAO 
The municipal budget of Marianao for 
the fiscal year 1920-21 gives the estimated 
receipts as $204,231 and the estimated 
expenditures as $203,619. 
