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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Inundations in Havana. 



The January 12 storm in Havana, which 

 inundated portions of Vedado, one of the 

 beautiful suburbs of Havana, has caused 

 strong petitions to be made to tlie govern- 

 ment for the extension of the seawrall along 

 the gulf front, to the Almendares River. 

 Much damage to property and some lives 

 were lost during the storm, and the sea- 

 wall will prevent a recurrence of disaster. 

 The Cuban House of Representatives had 

 made an appropriation for this important im- 

 provement, but the revolution of 1906 

 stopped further proceedings. 



The Cattle Industry. 



"Cuba," a publication of Camaguey, sug- 

 gests a union of all those engaged in cat- 

 tle raising for the better protection of their 

 interests. It says that the proposition to 

 request the imposition of a higher tariff on 

 imported cattle would not be encouraged by 

 t!he government, for the reason that the 

 authorities would not lightly relinquish the 

 duty of $5 per head which at the present 

 rate of importations means quite an addition 

 to the annual revenue, despite the appeal of 

 a crowded and stagnant home market. It 



suggests also a cattle exchange, and the 

 promulgation of fixed rules for all opera- 

 tions concerning the buying and selling of 

 cattle and the establishment of a cattle- 

 raisers' bank for financial operations. With 

 these plans under way Cuba predicts the 

 strengthening of the cattle industry and a 

 generally profitable betterment. 



A New Hotel Registry. 



The National Department of Sanitation 

 has ordered that daily reports regarding 

 the guests of their establishments be made 

 by all hotel managers. They must supply 

 name, age, nationality, place from whence 

 they have come, time of stay and destina- 

 tion, on blanks furnished for that purpose. 

 Hotel proprietors generally are very much 

 displeased over this order, which they de- 

 clare will be exceedingly troublesome to 

 carry out. 



Work for the Unemployed. 



Gen. Carloz Garcia Velez, general in- 

 spector of prisons in Cuba, is visiting the 

 jails in the various cities of the island and 

 ordering rebuilding and renovation wher- 

 ever necessary. The changes ordered af- 

 ford welcome employment to many . idle 

 workmen. 



Scenes during the Carnival in Havana. This year It begins on February 23 and ends March 31. 

 Elaborate preparations have been made for a sis weeks of gayety. and the merchants, shipping men, 

 railroads and the municipality have contributed a large carnival fund 



