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BANKERS 

 NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA: 

 Loans and discounts: 



In i9L5 : .- $22,724,47L53 



In 1912 17,379,360.00 Increase 



Deposits : 



In 1915 $36,145,406.57 



In 1912 .' 26,746,550.00 Increase 



TRUST COMPANY OF CUBA: 



Loans and discounts: 



In 1915 $1,865,594.00 



In 1912 1,685,194.00 



Deposits : 



In 1915 $2,025,841.54 



In 1912 3,638,536.00 



HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY. 

 Light and Power Division. 



No. Consumers, 1915 26,846 



Gross Income in 1915 $2,368,887.50 



HAVANA UNITED RAILWAYS AND HAVANA CENTRAL. 



Number of Passenger carried: 



U. Rys. of Havana, 1915 6,727,030 



Havana CentralRys, 1915 4,912,192 



United Rys. of Havana, 1912 4,799,550 



Havana Central Rys., 1912 1,044,274 



Tons of Merchandise Transported: 



U. Rys. of Havana, 1915 7,376,577 



Havana Central Rys., 1915 733,025 



U. Rys. of Havana, 1912 3,038,117 



Havana Central Rys 1912 320,239 



CUBAN TELEPHONE COMPANY 



Number of apparatuses in operation: 



During 1915 20,948 



During 1912 - 13,000 



Total Income: 



1915 $1,375,902 



1912 730,572 



Extent of cables laid out in Havana: 



1915 1912 



Transmission cables 125,313 metres 80,448 metres 



Underground cables 125,313 " 80,448 " 



Overhead cables 191,412 " 89,197 " 



Metal Circuits 87,619,840 " 23,941,438 " 



The extension of long distance lines today comprises the six Provinces of Cuba with 2,558 

 kilometers of posts and affords communication between 220 cities and towns. The posts m use 

 amount to 93,715, and almost all of them are of hard wood raised in the coimtry. 



The progress of a coimtry can be well appreciated by the state of development of its tele- 

 phone communications, by the general use of the telephone, and by the kind of equipment 

 utilized in the service. It is but six years since the telephone was used to any extent in Cuba, 

 and in proportion to its area and population, Cuba equals the most progressive coimtry in that 



