26 THE CUBA REVIEW 



I'assi'iigiTs arrivitiji ami sailiiiy; tlinnifili the pmt t'nmi July 1. I'.M I. to .luric AO, li)l"): 



Dijfi'rrnci' hel ween 

 \\)\A to l\)\\ l\)H h) I'MTy one year and the 



from from other, respeetii'elij. 



Paxstetigers. M hi/ 20 to June M) ■lull/ 1 lo.Iutn'M) 



Arrived 79,1S4 ;>_M)1)() lli,.VJt 



Sailed 74,349 59,671 14,67^ 



niirenMicc in favor of city 4.SMr) 2,989 



Inspections made of hulls and boilers and receipts for same. 



l^aiil into the treasury of the Custom House, So, '2.31.00, for i)45 insj)ections. 



I'xaminations of pilots and masters: 



Masters of coastwise vessels 19 



Masters of fishing vessels , 7 



Masters of port vessels 



Pilots of port 2 



Total 2S 



The two departments of pilijts of tlie port were covered I)v means of competing examin- 

 ations. 



Fines for infraction of regulations of port and state, compared with i)revious year: 



From 1913 to 1914 $324 



From 1914 to 1915 $463 



Difference $161 



PORT POLICE. 



From 1913 to 1914 1,535 



From 1914 to 1915 1,548 



Difference 13 



The condition of the port is being imjjroved in capacity and beacons; in the first case 

 l)y the eradication of the shoal of Santa Catalina or Regla, over which navigation is possible, 

 in view of the dredging work that has Ijeen done; and in the second case l)y the installation of 

 luminous l)Uoys at the entrance to the channel. 



GAIN IN CUBA'S TRADE WITH U. S. 



The imports from Cuba into the United States for the first ten months of the current fiscal 

 year show an increase of more than 19'^'^ over the corrresi)onfling period of 1914-1915, as noted 

 in the following figures: 



1915 $138,534,461 



1916 $165,121,402 



GAIN IN U. S. TRADE WITH CUBA 



The exports from the United States to Cuba for the first ten months of the current fiscal 

 year show a gain of more than 66% over the corresponding perifxl of 1914-1915, as shown 

 in the following figures: 



1915 $61,480,743 



1916 $102,381,773 



