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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



MATANZAS 



The Cuban Ciovorninent has permit tod a 

 Hrin known as the Havana Molasses Company 

 to occupy some 7,000 meters of State hind at 

 San Severino, Matanzas. The Havana Mo- 

 lasses Comjiany is permitteil to install tanks 

 and other constructions necessary for the 

 deposit of cane sugar s>Tup on the strict con- 

 dition that the privilege cannot be transferred 

 to any other jierson or comi)any and that 

 the Havana Molasses Company shall I)e 

 obliged to cease business at any time when so 

 ordered by the Cuban Government and the 

 grounds cleared and reoccupied l)y the (lov- 

 ermnent without any indemnity to the 

 Havana Molasses Company. 



This concession has caused a great deal of 

 discussion, some critics saying that the State 

 lands should not be used for such a purpose. 

 On the other hand, it is achnitted that the 

 new industry will be of great benefit to the 

 City of Matanzas and that it will jn-ovide oin- 

 ])loyment for many ]>ersons. 



A subsequent development of this report 

 is to the effect that thLs concession may be 

 declared void on account of a prior claim of 

 a company who obtained the concession 

 during the Presidency of T. Estrada Palma. 



HOLLAND TOBACCO MARKET 



The strict rules hitherto enforced governing 

 the importation of Cuban tobacco into Hol- 

 land have been greatly modified, and the 

 Cuban tobacco exporters look for a large 

 increase in shipments to Holland. 



Mr. Raul Capablanca, the distinguished 

 Cuban chess player, is endeavoring to ar- 

 range an international chess tom'nament, to 

 be held in Havana some time in February, 

 191(). 



TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN CUBA 



The teachers of English in the public 

 schools of Cuba have united in a protest 

 against the abandoning of the teaching of 

 Engli.sh in the public schools, with the hope 

 that the Cuban authorities will reconsider 

 their decision to give up the teaching of 

 English. 



PROHIBITS CIGARETTE USE 



Colonel Lasa, chief of the fifth district of 

 the army, has ordered the sugar planters and 

 farmers to i)rohibit the use of cigarettes and 

 matches to the sugar laborers while at work, 

 to ))reveiit the numerous jires which have 

 occurred. 



NEW COURT 



It is ]m)posed to estaijlish an additional 

 court which is necessary on account of in- 

 creased legal business. It is planned to call 

 this new court the Court of Civil and Admin- 

 istrative Litigation. 



PORT OF HAVANA 



The statistics from the office of the depart- 

 ment of the port of Havana show that during 

 the past 3'ear 10,061 vessels have entered and 

 sailed, 62,660 passengers have arrived and 

 69,671 have sailed. 



MIDVALE STEEL COMPANY 



According to rumors current in the Wall 

 Street district, this corporation has acquired 

 large ore deposits in Cuba estimated to con- 

 tain 300,000,000 tons. This ore is said to be 

 of high iron content, well adapted to the 

 manufacture of best gi'ade of steel. It is 

 further re{)orted that this company intends 

 to establish a line of steamshii)s to p\y be- 

 tween Cuba and Atlantic ports, in which the 

 chief Atlantic ports will be Philadelphia 

 and points on the Chesapeake Bay. The 

 vessels proposed for this trade are to be of 

 extra strong construction for ore carrying. 



The National Bank of Cuba has applied 

 to the State Banking Department to turn 

 its New York agency into a State bank, 

 under the title of the Bank of Cuba in New 

 York. This stej) is taken in order to handle 

 more advantageously the Cuban trade with 

 this country, which has greatly increased 

 since the war. W. A. Merchant, president 

 of the National Bank of Cuba, will be presi- 

 dent of the new institution, and J. T. Mona- 

 han, now the New York agent, will be vice- 

 president. 



