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Value of the 509 kilometres of high roads, including; the cost of 31 excellent 



bridges $6,527,620.90 



Cost of repairs and maintenance of the national system of high roads 2,028,146.26 



TOTAL EXPENDED DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN CON- 

 STRl^CTION, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HIGH 

 ROADS IN CUBA $8,555,757 . 16 



Cost of water, sewers, municipal engineering in several towns in the interior, 



drainage works, aqueducts, dikes, di-aiaage ditches from 1909 to date. . . .$13,451,382.11 



Invested by the municipality of the city of Havana in repairing parks and 

 di'ives, improvements in the aqueduct and cleaning of same, etc., from 

 1909 to date $7,592,420.22 



Cost of the buildings erected by the Department of Public Works $1,188,513.36 



HARBOR WORKS 



V'alue of the improvements attained in this respect $1,664,111 .82 



Total invested by the Havana Dock Company in the construction of docks. . $5,087,926.00 

 Walue of the Paula breakwater works constructed for the State by the Havana 



United Railways $1,497,116 . 61 



Value of the 517 kilometres of railroad tracks built tlu'oughout Culja from 1909 



to date $5,000,000 . 00 



Total invested in the construction of six Agricultural Provincial Schools $382,000.00 



REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE 



By the law enacted on July 2, 1900, the Revenue Cutter service was incorporated into 

 the National Marine. Before the aforesaid date this service comprised a total of ten ships, 

 with 1,822 tonnage, and a personnel of 265 men. At present the Cuban National Marine 

 contains 21 ships, with a total tonnage of 6,234 tons, and a personnel of 796 men. Comparing 

 the latter figures with the former figures, it shows an increase equivalent to 110% in regard 

 to the number of ships, and 242% in tonnage, and in regard to efficiency in the service, this 

 has improved in a proportion equivalent to 1000%. 



TOTAL INVESTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SHIPS FOR 

 T HE NATIONAL MARINE OF CUBA 



Lighthouses have been installed in the Cayos del Gran Caiman, Santa Maria, 

 and Guano del Este. 



A ppraisemetds. Metres. 

 Vedado : 



Infanta to G 744,000 



G to Paseo 872,000 



Paseo to 12 740,000 



12 to River 4.50,000 



EXTENSION 2,801,000 



Loma del Maze 140,000 



Acosta ■ 160,000 



Rivero 250,000 



Vivanco 360,000 



Ojeda 125,000 



Bella Vista 184,000 



Value 

 in 1909 



$4.56 

 4.56 

 3.70 

 3.00 



Value 

 in 1913. 



$7.83 

 8.66 

 8.00 

 5.50 



Increase. 



$3.27 

 4.10 

 4.30 

 2.50 



INCREASE IN VEDADO 



$1,042,648.00 



Total 

 Increase. 



$2,423,880 

 3,575,200 

 3,182,000 

 1,125,000 



$10,315,080 



$840,000 

 800,000 

 750,000 

 1,620,000 

 312,500 

 460,000 



