THE CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 82-92 Beaver Street, New York 



MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE, Editors and Publishers 



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Vol. XIV DECEMBER. 1915 No. I 



Contents of This Number 



Cover Page — ^Marianao Beach (Courtesy United Railways of Havana) . Page 



Frontispiece — A Silk-Cotton Tree. 



All Around Cuba: 



Holland Tobacco Market 34 



Matanzas 34 



Midvale Steel Co ........ 34 



New Court 34 



Along the Yurmuii River {Illustration) 18 



Automobiles in Cuba 27 



The Ceiba or Silk-Cotton Tree (Illustrated), by Mr. C. H. Pearson 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 



Cuba Changes to a National Money Ig 



Cuban Decree on Contracts 32 



Cuban Exports for October 17 



Cuban Financial Matters: 



Annual Report of the Cuban- American Sugar Co 21, 22, 23, 24 



Financing Cuban Credits .'....'....'......'...'...' 24 



Prevailing Prices for Cuban Securities 21 



Cuban Government Matters: 



Argentine Tobacco Tax ^ 



Cuban Army 8 



Cuban Ijegation ......[................. 9 



Cuban Navy 8 



Cuban Workei s 8 



Extradition Treaty with Mexico 7 



Foreign Money Decree 9 



Government Railway 8 



Havana Custom House \ 9 



Law for Payment of Debts 7 



Metalurgical Department 9 



New State Department Building 8 



Ownership ol Land '. 8 



Seizure of Fishing Boats 7 



Cuban Market for Fancy Biscuit 26 27 



"Maine" Mem^orial Designs 28 



Malecon, Havana, Cuba {Illustration) 3q 



New Regulations Governing Export Procedure Ig I7 



Publications Received gj^ 



Rapid Giowth of Cuban Prosperity 25 



Steam Barge, "Success," {Illustrated) 20 



The Sugar Industry: 



Central "Mercedita" 29 



Estates Gi inding ......'. 29 



Sugar Merger Plan .....'. 29 



The Sugar Review (English) 35 



The Sugar Review (Spanish) 3g 



Traffic Receipts of Cuban Railroads ■ I9 20 



