THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



COMMERCIAL MUSEUM 



The Department of State of Cuba has issued a cLrcular letter which contains further in 

 formation in regard to the Commercial Museum to be opened shortly at Havana, Cuba. The 

 communication is as follows: 



Certain doubts having arisen among producers, manufacturers and business men in some 

 countries concerning the in^'itation extended in behalf of this Department through our diplo- 

 matic and consular representatives, encouraging them to send theu- products and manufac- 

 tured articles to our Museimi, the Department of State is pleased to give the following ex- 

 planations: 



Products and articles of the soil and industry of Cuba and products and articles of the soil 

 and industr}' of all foreign countries, EXCEPTING provisions, clothes, carriages, wagons, 

 and other similar bulky articles requiring much space, will be exhibited in the IMuseum. 



Each product and each article should be accompanied bj^ the following information: 

 Catalogs. 



Name of producer, manufacturer or iDUsiness concern. 

 Name of Commissioner or Commercial Agent, if any. 

 Post Office and Cable address of producer, manufacturer or business concern. 

 Address of the Commissioner or Commercial Agent. 



Amount of freights. 



Amount of Insurance. 



Current sale prices with and without packing. 



Price f. o. b. and f . o. b. s. b. 



Different forms of payment. 



Discount and bonus, as the case may be. 



Kind of ciu'rency in wliich merchandise should be paid. 



Weight units. 



Measures used. 

 nud anj- further data information and details that may be added to complete a minute and 

 perfect information concerning each sample of product or manufactured article. 



As the Museum \n\\ be visited daily and at hours to be determined by the business men 

 and producers of this country', no doubt can exist that, in making then* comparative studies 

 at and receiving their impressions from such ample and complete source of information, im- 

 porters will be afforded the means of strengthening their business relations, and thereby ex- 

 tendmg the scope of then- business. 



Cuban diplomatic and consular officers have been charged with sending to the Commercial 

 Museum: Directories of the principal Business Centres; Lists of Trade Mai-k and Patent 

 Agents; lists of the steamship lines in each consular district; monthly quotations of prices of 

 products and manufactured articles exported to Cuba; port and warehouse duties; statistics 

 of monthly consumption and importation in each consular district; alterations in customs 

 duties; and bocks and pamphlets on commercial and industrial matters, as well as any details 

 related to importation and exportation of the Republic of Cuba. 



Each nation shall be granted a separate section in the Museum, and a division by states 

 or province shall be made in such section, devoting to each nation the necessary space, bearing 

 in mind the amount of products sent to be exhibited in the Commercial Museum. 



We would recommend that products and manufactured articles of any kind be sent, con- 

 veniently packed, direct to the Department of State of the Republic of Cuba. 



The Department of State desires to express its thanks to all persons or firms that may send 

 commercial products or manufactured articles. 



