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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Co-Operacion, Camagiiey, Cuba. 



Rerisld Dental, Havana, Cuba, 



Redeucion, Havana, Cuba, organsoficial 

 del Gru])o Espirita "Juan." 



Boletin Oficial de la Camara de Comercio, 

 Industria y Navigacion dc la isla de Cuba, 

 Havana. 



Monlldy BuUetin of Agricidtured Intelligence 

 and Plant Diseases, Rome, Italy. 



The International Sugar Journal, London, 

 Eng. 



Revista Biniestre Cubana, Havana 



Boletin del Archivo Nacional, Havana. 



Boletrin de Agricultura Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Anales de la Academiade Cienias, Medicos 

 Fisicas y Naturales, Havana. 



Boletin, Estacion Experimental Agrinomica, 

 Sanitago de Las Vegas, Cuba. 



Report, 1914, Hawaii Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Bulletin, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 University of Illinois, Urbana, lU. 



The Trade Index, New Orleans, La. 



El Hacendado Mexicano, Mexico City, 



Rerista Municipal y de Interesses Econo- 

 micas, Havana. 



La Politica Comica, Havana. 



Farm Loans and City Bonds, Chicago. 



The South American, New York. 



Bohemia, Illustrated Weekly, Havana. 



THE SPANISH DEPENDENCIES IN 

 SOUTH AMERICA 



This important work — very timely now 

 that we are seeking to approach more intelli- 

 gently our southern neighbors — deals -^-ith the 

 period between 1550 and 1730, and treats of 

 the beginnings of European civilization in 

 widely separated regions of South America. 

 The events chronicled which represent the 

 origins and early institutions of a new society 

 are exceedingly valuable to all who would 

 understand the present economic and social 

 conditions which have developed from them in 

 the South American repubhcs. 



First are the colorful accounts of early 

 settlements on the Caribbean coasts directed 

 from Santo Domingo — the founding of Pan- 

 ama, Balboa's discoveries, the settlement of 

 New Andalucia, the founding of Cartagena. 

 There is the account of the ht tie-known settle- 

 ment of Germans in Venezuela and its govern- 

 ing by the rich Welser Company, creditors of 

 Charles V. The ever-absorbing actual con- 

 quest of Peru is passed over cjuickly, the 

 author devoting his attention to the settling 

 of that country- subsec}uent to the contest and 

 the rivalry' between the Pizarros and other 

 Spanish leaders. The tableland of Bogota 

 and the concjuest of the ChiVjchas by Quesada 

 comes next, the conquest of Chile by Valdivia 

 and Aguirre, and the settlements along the 

 Rio de la Plata, and the founding of the cities 

 of Buenos Aires and Asimcion. 



From the first, shows the author, there was 

 a strife between two factions — ^that moved by 

 ecclesiastical fanaticism, and that which was 

 agitated by avarice. Between the two the 

 Indians had little to choose, though men like 

 Las Casas, "Protector of the Indians,'' and 



the enforcement, after much opposition, of 

 laws made in Spain, Ijrought about finally a 

 more humane treatment of them. The clis- 

 covery of gold, its miiung, the i)earl fisheries, 

 and the agriculture of the new ]jrovinces, all 

 required native labor, and in spite of the intro- 

 duction of negro slaves the Indians bore its 

 heavy burden. Several chapters are devoted 

 to the introduction and practice of the Inquisi- 

 tion in the different coimtries. The negro 

 slave trade, piracy, the beginnings of social 

 life, the sytem of encomiendas, the ordinances 

 in regard to trade, the Jesuit missions, the 

 relation of the clerg\' to the civil government, 

 travel and transportation, are some of the sub- 

 jects which are interspersed among the records 

 of the various viceroys, revolts, and reasser- 

 tions of the Crown authority. 



This book was written by Prof. Bernard 

 Moses who has held the chairs of history and 

 political science at the L*niversity of Califor- 

 nia since 1876. He is a member of the Ameri- 

 can Historical Association, and was a delegate 

 to the Pan-American Scientific Congress at 

 Santiago de Chile and to the International 

 Conference of American States at Buenos 

 Aires. He is the author of a number of his- 

 torical works, several dealing with Latin 

 America. 



The work is published by Harper & Bros., 

 New York. 



EXPORT TRADE 



In seeking export trade the merchants and 

 manufacturers would do well to bear in mind 

 the following points when writing to American 

 Consular offices: 



1. If similar goods are sold, what are the 

 prices quoted? 



2. W''hat is the import tariff? 



3. In what manner should merchandise be 

 packed? (This should be asked, for in many 

 countries goods are transported to interior 

 places on muleback). 



4. Give rates and dicounts of other compe- 

 ting countries. 



5. Best way of transportation, with freight 

 rates. 



6. Are consular invoices needed? How 

 should they be made out? 



7. What ai'e the fees charged by customs 

 brokers for making entries? 



8. Are there any octroi charges? 



9. In what language should correspondence 

 be conducted? 



10. Is there a duty on catalogues? 



11. What course of action do you recom- 

 mend for the introduction of merchandise? 



By giving the Consular offices this informa- 

 tion, it will greath^ assist the consul in pre- 

 paring his report on the conditions of any par- 

 ticular market, and thus enable the American 

 manufacturer to study more carefully the re- 

 quirements of the foreign buyer. 



GALVESTON IMPORTS 



During the year 1914, the imports from 

 Cuba, via the port of Galveston, Tex., 

 amounted to .SI, 550,460. 



