THE CUBA REVIEW 



13 



LAUNCHING OF S.S "MUNAMAR" 



On Sept. 7, at 3 p. m. the S.S. Munamar was 

 successfully launched at Sparrows Point, 

 Maryland. The sponsor on this interesting; 

 occasion was Mrs. Frank C. Munson. The 

 full page illustration was taken just as the 

 big steel hull started to move down the waj^s. 

 The S.S. Munamar is a steel passenger and 

 cargo steamer with a displacement of 7,500 

 tons. The vessel is 367 ft. 9 in. long, with 

 molded beam of 47 ft. 3 in. She has a double 

 bottom, is divided into six water-tight com- 

 partments, and is fitted with Inlge keels. 

 The steamer is built to the highest class 

 British Lloyds, 100 Al. She will have pas- 

 senger accommodations for 50 fii-st-class and 

 30 second-class, and when she goes into com- 

 mission, which will lorobaly be December next, 

 she will be placefl in the service Ijetween New 

 York anil Eastern Cuban ports. 



LOUIS V. PLACE 



The great niunber of friends of Louis V. 

 Place, of Havana, will regret to learn that for 

 some months past Mr. Plac^e has not been in 

 his usual good health, and we are sure that 

 all the friends of Mr. Place will wish for his 

 speedy recovery. 



Mr. Place has been for many years General 

 Agent in Cuba of the New York and Cuba 

 Mail Steamship Compay, the Earn Line and 

 the Munson Steamship Line, and is a promi- 

 nent and powerful influence in Cuban finan- 

 cial and commercial circles. 



UNITED STATES MINISTER TO CUBA 



Mr. \^'illiam E. Gonzales, United States 

 Minister to Cuba, has arrived in the United 

 States and will remain until November 5th. 

 Mr. Gonzales is quoted as stating that the 

 financial conditions in Cuba were better than 

 they had ever been before. The sugar crop 

 yielded .$65,000,000 mere than it did in 1914, 

 and if the war in Em-ojie continues the value 

 of the 1916 crop will l)e $80,000,000 above 

 normal. The L'nited States is sharing in 

 Cuba's prosperity for fifteen sugar mills have 

 been contracted for in this country at a cost 

 of $500,000 each. 



ISLE OF PINES CITRUS CROP 



It has been estimated tliat the recent 

 cyclone damaged the crops in the Isle of 

 Pines to the amoimt of $500,000. 



IMMIGRATION IN CUBA 



Cuba's population of 2,383,000 was in- 

 creased by immigration one and seven-tenth 

 per cent, in the year ending June 30, accord- 

 ing to statistics just made public by the 

 Island Government. This is nearly double 

 the proportion of immigration to population 

 in the United States. The number of immi- 

 grants entering the rej^ublic during the year 

 was 40,.530, of whom 32,576 were males and 

 7,954 females. 



The majoirty of these were Spaniards, the 

 the total of that nationality numbering 31,821 . 

 During the period referred to 2, 515 Jamaicans 

 and 1,152 North American immigrants en- 

 tered the country. Of the total mentioned 

 29,245 were single and 11,285 married, and 

 30,536 could read and write. 



The cash brought into the country by these 

 immigrants amounted to $1,073,070. Of the 

 total numl)er 7,985 had previously been in 

 the country. 



In 1913, the immigrants landing in Cuba 

 numbered 58,036, or 17,508 more than in 

 1914. The number of passengers or travelers 

 arriving in Cuba in 1914, not including per- 

 sons classed as immigraiiiS was 85,414, and 

 the number leaving Cuba during the same 

 year was 71,008. The majority ofthe.se pas- 

 sengers were Spaniards, who entered the 

 country to the number of 35,585. The num- 

 ber arriving from the Ignited States was 

 44,264. 



During 1914 the number of Spanish pas- 

 sengers who left the island was 23,732, and 

 the nmnber of Americans 36,958. 



As one method of encouraging immigration 

 the government has established three agri- 

 cultural experiment schools in the province of 

 Pinar del Rio and Habana. In this connec- 

 tion the governor of the province of Santa 

 Clara has reported to the department of agri- 

 culture that a crop of five hundred pounds of 

 potatoes was harvested from 327 square 

 yards of ground at the Vegas Nuevas planta- 

 tion; and that a number of farmers in that 

 vicinity have felt encouraged to undertake 

 potato growing on a large scale. — The South 

 Amei'ican. 



BAHAMAS. B. W. I., IMPORTS FROM CUBA 



I'^iscal years ended March 31: 



1913-U 19U-15 



Plants, bulbs, roots and seeds S4,521 $5,904 



Tropical fruit, fresh 8-077 2,000 



Cotton, linen and woolen goods 1,297 200 



