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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Goods for U. S. Army. 



Merchandise consigned to the U. S. 

 Army of Pacification in Cuba does not 

 require a Consular invoice, but if the 

 goods shipped are consigned to officers 

 of the army for their private use an 

 invoice is then necessary (certified). 

 Household Goods. 



Household goods, if shipped to Cuba 

 as freight, must be accompanied by a 

 certified invoice. If the effects are 



shipped as personal baggage no invoice 

 is required, but a declaration must be 

 made either before the custom author- 

 ities in Cuba or before the Cuban Con- 

 sul, to the effect that the household 

 goods are for personal use of John Doe 

 or Harry Smith. Used furniture of per- 

 sons coming to settle in the Island does 

 not pay duty, provided the same has 

 been in use for one year. A declaration 

 before a Cuba Consul in the United 

 States costs $5, but if made to the Cus- 

 tom House authorities in Cuba it coses 

 nothing. The shipper must swear the 



goods have been in use over one year 

 and are for his personal use, otherwise 

 he is in danger of having his goods con- 

 fiscated. 



No 



O. A. ZAYAS, Consul General de la Re- 

 publica de Cuba en New York. 



Certifico: que la presente factura, com 



puesta de hojas selladas con ci 



de este Consulado, me ha sido exhibida 

 por el firmante de la declaracion qui 

 antecede quien me ha hecho entrega 

 de un duplicado de la misma, que queda 

 archivado en esta Oficina. 



Lo que firmo y sello con -tel de este 

 Consulado General New York, a 1 de 

 Jun de 1908. 



Derechos 



Art. 24 del Arancel. 



(Copy of stamp placed on the Original 



[Seal] Copy.) 



CONSULADO GENERAL DE CUBA, 



[Seal] June 1, 1908. 



Certificado el Original. 



(Copy of Stamp on Second Copy.) 



CUBAN NEWSPAPER COMMENT. 



The Treasury and the Highways. 



Replying to those who it finds are in- 

 terested in trying to demonstrate that 

 the Cuban Treasury has been ruined be- 

 cause of the public works accomplished 

 by the Provisional Government, La 

 Lucha says, May 27: 



"They state that the treasury, as the 

 Palma Government left it, was much 

 fuller than now, and that there were in 

 the vaults nearly $20,000,000; but it is 

 forgotten that when the American inter- 

 vention took place that sum was already 

 compromised. 



"In order to oppose the revolution of 

 August, Mr. Estrada Palma's Govern- 

 ment appropriated $8,000,000, as much 

 more to pay for the damages of the 

 war, to settle pending accounts, etc., and 

 finally, the liquidation of the church 

 properties, already contracted in the time 

 of Palma, demanded nearly $3,000,000 

 more, so that the $20,000,000 which the 

 Government of the Republic appeared to 

 have had in the Treasury had all its de- 

 termined employment. That this is the 

 truth is proved by official documents. 



"The Provisional Government has de- 

 voted large sums of money to the con- 

 struction of highways, but it has done 

 so with funds collected by its own ef- 

 forts. And in spite of having devoted 

 many millions to public works of indis- 

 pensable necessity for the development 

 of the country, there are in the vaults 

 of the Treasury at the present time more 

 than $5,000,000 available, a reserve fund 

 sufficient to counteract any possible de- 



crease in the revenues for some time. 



We do not know whet'ier these expla- 

 nations will be sufficient for those mak- 

 ing comparison. But we think it oppor- 

 tune to give them to the public. The 

 situation of the Treasury to-day is firm- 

 er and easier than when the revolution 

 of August ended, and in spite of the con- 

 struction of the highways, the Cuban 

 State has to-day more money than then, 

 because what it had then it owed, and 

 what it has now it does not owe to any- 

 body. 



Commenting on the matter 



Cuban oif irrigation, "La Discusion" 

 Opinion of of Havana says: "Constant 

 Irrigation, drouths, the lack of water at 

 the time most needed are 

 great obstacles to the agriculturist. To 

 establish irrigation in Cuba is to remove 

 that obstacle, and open wide the doors 

 to the richness of the soil. Cu'ba with 

 an irrigation system would! certainly be 

 a prodigious country." The Diario says 

 further: 'The, sub-soil of this .Ssiland 

 guards a very rich treasure of water; 

 and when for meteorological or cosmic 

 causes, it does not fall from the skies, 

 we still have the choice of making it 

 rise from the ground. Fruit and vege- 

 table growers in general can build wells 

 easily and equip irrigating wheels, wind- 

 mills, pumps and other processes for 

 drawing water. 



The island has an infinite number of 

 springs that are real artesian wells 

 opened by nature, that can be utilized 

 for irrigation. 



