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THE CUBA REV1F:W 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



PREVAILING PRICES FOR CUBAN SECURITIES 



Quoted by Lawrence Turnure & Co., New York 



Bid Asked 



Republic of Cuba Interior Loan 5% Bonds 89 91 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1944 97 97 H 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1949 903^ 94 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 4:}^% Bonds of 1949 SS^/i 93 



Havana City First Mortgage 6% Bonds 102 107 



Havana City Second Mortgage 6% Bonds 102 105 



Cuba Railroad Preferred Stock 93 97 



Cuba Railroad 1st Mortgage 5% Bonds of 1952 973^ 100 



Cuba Company 6% Debenture Bonds 93 98 



Cuba Company 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock 100 105 



Havana Electric Railway Consolidated Mortgage 5% Bonds of 1952 89 89^^ 



Havana Electric Railway Light & Power Co. Preferred Stock 97 98 



Havana Electric Railway Light & Power Co. Common Stock 81 85 



Matanzas Market Place 8% Bonds Participation Certificates 100 104 



Cuban-American Sugar Co. Collateral Trust 6% Bonds of 1918 98 99 



Cuban American Sugar Co., Preferred Stock 96 99 



Cuban American Sugar Co., Common Stock 58 60 



Santiago Electric Light & Traction Co., 1st Mortgage 6% Bonds 93 96 



All prices of bonds quoted on an "and interest basis." 



CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAYS 



The directors of the Cuban Central Rail- 

 ways, Ltd., announce an interim dividend of 

 5s 6d per share (234 per cent.), less income- 

 tax, on the Cumulative Five and a Half per 

 bent Preference shares in respect of the year 

 ending June 30th. 



CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS 



The custom house returns at Santiago for 

 the jaast month were $4,623 more than they 

 were in April of 1914. This result is thought 

 to be very remarkable considering the fact of 

 the European war. 



TREASURY BONDS ISSUED 



The Secretary of the Treasury has signed the 

 receipt of Series B and C of the bonds emitted 

 by the national treasury in accordance mth 

 the law for economic defense. The first of 

 these series is of bonds of $5,000 each, to the 

 total value of $250,000, and the other for 

 ■bonds of $1,000 for the same total. 



CENTRO GALLEGO GETS LOAN 



The Banco Espaiiol has agreed to make a 

 loan of $1,000,075 to the Centro Gallego 

 Society at a rate of 7 per cent per annum, the 

 principal bemg secured by the assets of this 

 great association, valued at two and a half 

 million dollars. 



The bonds will be issued in various denomi- 

 nations from $10 to $500. 



PROMISE LOWER FREIGHT RATES 



The managers of the different railway com- 

 panies of Cuba are holding meetings at Hay- 

 ana to discuss the proposed reduction in tariff 

 for vegetables and garden truck. It was an- 

 nounced that the matter had been arranged 

 in conformity wdth the views of the Govern- 

 ment. 



CUBAN TONNAGE PORT OF TAMPICO. 

 MEXICO 



Cuban vessels entered, year 1914, 15; ton- 

 nage, 30,869. Cuban vessels cleared, year 

 1914, 13; net tonnage, 28,115. 



The Havana Auto Cab Company has been 

 incorporated under the laws of Delaware. 

 Capital, $1,000,000. 



CUBA SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH 



The directors of the Cuba Submarine Tele- 

 graph Company, Ltd., recommend a final 

 dividend in respect of the year to 31st Decem- 

 ber last of 5s per share, free of tax, on the 

 ordinary shares, making, w^ith the interim 

 dividend, 5 per cent., free of tax. 



The report of the Company for 1914 states 

 that the total receipts were £38,244, while the 

 exi^enses amounted to £16,702, leaving a bal- 

 ance of £21,542, to which has to be added 

 £7,848 brought forward, giving a total of 

 £29,391. The sum of £3,000 has been placed 

 to the reserve against loss on investments, 

 £2,500 to the pension fund and £2,000 added 

 to the general reserve fund, which now stands 

 at £100,000. 



