THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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GENERAL NOTES. 



Water tank along the line of the Cuba Railroad. 



Civil Service in Cuba. — Civil Service is 

 to be put in force in Cuba before the 

 government is turned over to the Cu- 

 bans. The law is to be framedl by the 

 Law Advisory Commission. 



La Lucha says: "We believe that this 

 law ought to be framed within the short- 

 est time possible, so that if in opera- 

 tion when the municipal elections take 

 place the employees of the government 

 can exercise their franchise free from 

 coercion." 



Custom House Collections. April. 



1906 $1,379,718.61 



1907 1,762,963.46 



1908 1,420,777.11 



Mahogany and Cedar Report. 



Mahogany. — Stock in lirst hands has 

 been considerably increased by the April 

 arrivals, there having been practically 

 no movement in this grade, and in conse- 

 quence we would advise shippers to await 

 an improvement in the market before 

 sending any more logs forward. 



Cedar. — The receipts of this grade were 

 larger during April than they have been 

 for several months past, and consequent- 

 ly stock in first hands has been increased. 

 The market still continues very quiet, 

 and but few sales have been made 

 throughout the month. — George F. Her- 

 riman, New York, May 1, 1908. 



An efifort is being made to collect a 

 fund for the use of the hurricane warn- 

 ing service of Belen Observatory, which 

 has been in existence for the past 30 

 years. There has been no public sup- 

 port of the work up to the present time, 

 it has maintained a valuable service over 

 all the West Indies and the Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, and has communicated its warnings 

 to the principal ports of that region and 

 to the United States. The Chamber of 

 Commerce, Industry and Navigation is 

 supporting the movement. 



The initiatory steps have been taken 

 for the erection of a statue in honor of 

 Cervantes in Havana. The fountain in 

 the center of San Juan de dies park has 

 been removed and the statue will be 

 erected on its site. 



Mrs. Steinhart, mother of ex-Consul 

 General Steinhart, died in Havana, April 

 30. The remains were taken to New 

 York for interment in Greenwood Cem- 

 etery. 



CHURCHES OF CUliA. 



This building at Santiago de las Vegas is over 100 years old. The open square in which the 

 church stands has never been improved, but is now being transformed into a park. 



