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THE CUBA REVIEW 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



NEW CENTRALS 



The following new Centrals Factories 

 expect to prind in the coming crop: The 

 Punta Alegre Sugnr Co. in the Caibarien 

 district of Santa Clara Province, the mill 

 will have a capacity of 300,000 Inigs, but 

 will probably only make 70,000 to 75,000 

 bags the first crop. There are 2,000 men I't 

 work on the place now. Mr. E. F. Atkins 

 of Boston, well known in sugar circles, is 

 the president of the company. Central 

 .\delaida is being erected in Camaguey Prov- 

 ince by Mr. Laureano Falla Gutierrez, 

 the well known planter, owner of Centrals 

 "Andreita," "Manuelita" and "Cieneguita" of 

 Cienfuegos. "Adelaida" will have a capacity 

 of 200,000 to 250,000 bags, but is not ex- 

 pected to make over 50,000 to 60,000 bags 

 in the coming crop. Alto Cedro Sugar Co. — 

 This mill is being erected b> the West India 

 Financial Corporation at Marcan^, Province 

 of Camaguey, and will have a capacity of 

 180,000 to 200,000 bags. The Tacajo 

 Sugar Corporation is putting up a mill in 

 Oriente with a capacity of 170,000 to 200,000 

 bags. Central Oriente, near Palma Soriano, 

 Oriente, with a capacity of 100,000 to 120,000 

 bags, expects to commence grinding in the 

 coming crop. 



The Algodones Sugar Co. is setting up 

 a Central factory with a capacity of about 

 100,000 bags southwest of Ciego de Avila, 

 in Camaguej' Province. 



The Miranda Sugar Co., organized by 

 the Warner Sugar Refining Co. of Xew 

 York, has taken over all the assets of Pal- 

 marito estate and will construct a new mill 

 of 150,000 bags capacity- near Baj'ate, Oriente. 

 The next crop will commence to be taken 



otT at Palinarito ami will i)e cuiitinued at 

 Miranda as soon as the house is ready for 

 work. 



Central Paragud in Camaguey is being 

 constructed by Messrs. Jules Godchaux & 

 Co., of Xew Orleans, with a capacity of 

 100,000 to 150,000 bags, and will i)robably 

 make 60,000 to 70,000 bags in the coming 

 crop. 



Central Santo Tomtis near Moron, Santa 

 Clara, will have a cajiacity of about 50,000 

 bags. Central Redenci6n is an old sugar 

 estate which has not ground since many 

 years and which is being reconstructed, its 

 capacity will be about 50,000 bags. Two 

 other places. Central Occidente near Quivican, 

 Havana Province, and Central Nombre de 

 Dios, near Guines, in the same province, 

 are old factories which are being reconstructed 

 and hope to make .30,000 to 40,000 bags 

 each in the next crop. — H. A. Himely's 

 Weekly Reineir. 



CENTRAL CHAPARRA 



Central "Chaparra" of the Cuban- Ameri- 

 can Sugar Company closed down for the 

 season, having made 613,454 bags of sugar, 

 the largest crop ever produced by any Central 

 factory in Culja, or probably in any other 

 country— a crop worth 810,000,000. 



FOREIGN SUGAR SHIPMENTS 



The Havana daily. La Discusion, reports 

 that data taken from an official source shows 

 during the first six months of the present year 

 105 steamers sailed from Cuban ports for 

 England and France, with a total of 2,625,000 

 sacks of sugar, and that all arrived safely at 

 destination. 



REPORT OF THE GUANTANAMO SUGAR COMPANY 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL RERORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30. 1916 



To the Stockholders of the Guanlanamo Sugar Company: 



The directors beg to submit the accounts of jour Company for the year ending June 30, 

 1916, and a copy of the balance sheet together with the report of the General manager on the 

 operations of the Company. The accounts have as usual been audited by Messrs. Price, 

 Waterhouse & Company, and a copy of their certificate is appended. 



Decreased cane production, due to severe drought during the growing sea.son, has been 

 ff set by approximately 10 per cent, increase in yield of sugar per ton of cane, and by the re- 

 munerative prices realized for the crop. 



