THE CUBA REVIEW ; 25 
Western Hastern © Total 
Bags Tons Bags Tons Bags Tons 
TOTESIG SS erence Sipe ree 2,616,301 or 372,589 557,867 or 79,446 3,174,168 or 452,085 
TUS Cel (a ede eee ee 2,383,866 “ 345,373 877,755 “ 127,169 3,261,621 “* 472,542 
IG ALTCI SS ees Sees ace icemien 2,437,926 “ 351,742 1,175,399 “* 169,586 3,613,325 “ 521,328 
GSO) ie gera Geese scp 2,653,620 “ 382,783 1,665,569 “ 241,318 4,319,189 “ 624,101 
EDO aire Wetiaie ata eisceue, Sie 2,130,519 “ 308,570 1,633,396 “ 236,584 3,763,915 “ 545,154 
PRODUCTION OF THE EASTERN MILLS IN DETAIL 
The following table shows the production of each of the Eastern mills during the 
last five crops: 
1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 
IMOKOM ib <tc seee 170,263 181,045 315,489 524,940 611,031 
SIDEMAN ELE Ino) b eine eine le coe emniO ore 378,097 416,560 506,494 445,784 
TaASuUeyalges: ooees 233,545 251,018 326,200 353,168 371,609 
IUWENRET® sssocccocce 154,059 67,600 117,200 280,967 204,972 
557,867 877,755 1,175,399 1,665,569 1,633,396 
Lugareno suffered greatly from the effects of the severe drought, which caused 
a decrease in production of nearly 76,000 bags of sugar under last year. Its plantings 
have been increased so that, with propitious weather, it should be able to work to its 
full capacity in 1922-28. 
PROPERTIHS ACQUIRED 
During this year your Corporation purchased, at the price of $3,500,000, the entire 
stock, free of all encumbrances, of the Violet Sugar Company, a Cuban corporation 
owning the sugar estate Violeta of 494 caballerias (16,467 acres) in the Hastern section 
of the Island adjacent to Moron, located on the line of the Cuban Northern Railroad, 
with a capacity of 200,000 bags (last year’s production being 180,000 bags). Your 
management has made plans to increase the capacity of Violeta to 500,000 bags for 
the crop of 1921-22. When this has been done, the mill capacity of the Eastern 
plantations will have reached about 2,500,000 bags. 
In addition to Violeta, your Corporation has exercised, in the interest of the 
Hastern Cuba Sugar Corporation—a Cuban corporation, all the stock of -which is 
owned by your Corporation—options to acquire the properties known as Redencion 
and Rio Maximo, consisting of 1,436 caballerias (47,867 acres), and also a lease of 
the lands of the Alegrias Land Company, comprising 864 caballerias (28,800: acres), 
with option to purchase, and further, a long-time lease on 1,634 caballerias (54,467 
acres), comprising the property called Velasco. The average prices paid for the 
above Jands, including the option price on the Las Alegrias property, are very 
reasonable, not exceeding $1,200 per cab ($37 per acre). 
The above purchases and leases comprise 4,428 caballerias (147,600 acres), situated 
on the Cuban Northern Railroad east of Moron, between that estate and Lugarefio 
a very strategic position for their future development. With the acquisition of these 
lands the production in the Wastern mills can be increased to 3,000,000 bags, which 
would be a great achievement as against the 557.867 bags made in that district 
during the first year of your Corporation. 
The small Estate San Ignacio in the West, making only 79,000 bags and with a high 
cost of cane, has been sold. 
; LANDS 
Your Corporation now owns in fee 11,110 caballerias (370,333 acres) of land and 
holds under lease, many of these being for long periods, 6,896 caballerias (229,867 
acres) of land. The total lands owned and leased therefore are 18,006 caballerias 
(600,200 acres). 
