THE CUBA REVIEW. 



IS 



re-exported within three months after 

 the date of importation, and if upon pres- 

 entation at the custom house for re- 

 exportation said samples are positively 

 recognized and identified as being those 

 upon which duty has been paid, and 

 provided further that the appraised 

 value of said samples shall not exceed 

 $500. 



NOTE: — The following are admitted free of 

 duty : Samples of felt, wall-paper, and tissues, 

 when they do not exceed 40 centimeters in 

 length ; also samples of trimmings in small pieces 

 of no commercial value or possible application. 

 Standard text-books for the use of schools, etc. 

 Salesmen taking lithographs, posters, manu- 

 facturers' catalogues, calenders and folders, for 

 advertising purposes onlv, having no com- 

 mercial value, and designed for free distribution, 

 are informed that these samples are also ad- 

 mitted free of duty. 



Free List Additions to the Cuban Tariff. 



(Gaceta Oficial, September, 1908.) 

 Moving Pictures. 



Moving picture machines, and all 

 their accessories, imported into Cuba, 

 by individuals for the sole purpose of 

 giving public exhibitions, are admitted 

 free of duty, as are also trained animals, 

 portable theaters, panoramas, wax fig- 

 ures and other similar objects for pub- 

 lic entertainment, and which are im- 

 ported temporarily for not longer than 

 three months, unless extension be 

 granted by the collector of customs, pro- 

 vided bond be given. 



NOTE: — There is to-day in Cuba, a good 

 field for the enterprising "Yankee" in which to 

 give public moving-picture exhibitions. There are at 

 present manv .\mericans toviring the Island giv- 

 ing such exhibitions. 



Tobacco Imported to the U. S. and Re- 

 turned. 



All tobacco imported into the United 

 States from Cuba, and which for any 

 reason is returned, in order to avoid the 

 paying of duty in Cuba on its arrival, 

 it is necessary to accompany, together 

 with a Consular invoice certified to by 

 the Cuban Consul, the landing certif- 

 icate signed by a deputy collector of 

 customs of the United States, duly leg- 

 alized by the Cuban Consul — in what- 

 ever port the shipment is made. 



Simple Instructions for the Establishing 

 of a Company in Cuba. 



Foreign associations which desire to 

 establish themselves or create branches 

 in Cuba, shall present and have re- 

 corded in the Registro Civil de la Ha- 

 bana (Civil Register of Havana), be- 

 sides their statutes and the documents 

 prescribed for by the Cuban authorities, 

 the certificate issued by the Cuban Con- 

 sul in whatever country the corporation 

 is organized — stating that said com- 

 panies have been incorporated and au- 

 thorized according to the laws of the 



respective countries. A copy of the cer- 

 tificate of incorporation and also that 

 of the by-laws of the company, are re- 

 quired to be legalized by the Cuban 

 Consul in whatever country the corpo.rar 

 tion is organized, before it can be valid 

 in Cuba. The fee for registering in Ha- 

 vana is $10 U. S. gold. 



For Registering of a Trademark in' 

 Cuba. 



Persons or corporations desiring to 

 register a foreign trademark in Cuba— 

 in order to insure its protection — must 

 make written application to the Hon. 

 Secretario de Agricultura, Industria.y 

 Comercio, Havana, Cuba, accompanying 

 a certified copy of the foreign registra-. 

 tion duly legalized by a Cuban Consul 

 in whatever country the certificate of 

 trademark is issued. The registration 

 fee is $12.50 U. S. gold. 



For the Protection of a Patent in Cuba; 



Persons or corporations desiring to 

 register a foreign patent in Cuba^n 

 order to insure its protection — must 

 make written application to the Hon. 

 Secretario de Agricultura, Industria y 

 Comercio, Havana, Cuba, accompanying 

 a certified copy of the foreign registra- 

 tion duly legalized by a Cuban Consiil 

 in whatever country the certificate of 

 patent is issued. The registration fee 

 is $35 U. S. gold. 



Free List of Beekeepers' Supplies. 



The following list is given of bee- 

 hives and beekeepers' supplies which 

 enter free of duty in Cuba: ■"■ 



Wooden beehives with grooves in the 

 corners; squared honey-comb boxes; 

 small wheels for cutting honey-comb; 

 tin honey extractors; ■ extractor frames; 

 honey knives, straight and triangular; 

 "Navajon;" apparatus for extracting 

 new honey and making syrup for the 

 bees; Swiss wax extractor (Root); 

 Swiss wax extractor in the sun (Doo- 

 little): Swiss wax extractor in the sUh; 

 (Boardman), perforated zinc for sep- 

 arating beehives (Tinker and Root) de- 

 partment for queen bee and drone; 

 honey-comb frames: hot smoking ap- 

 paratus (Cornell), hot smoking appa- 

 ratus (Crane), cold smoking appa- 

 ratus (Clark), cold smoking apparatus' 

 (Bingham); brushes for cleaning bfee- 

 hives; net for closing bees; swarm 

 catchers; veil wax protectors: gloTje- 

 wax protectors; boxes for shipping bee- 

 hives with apartments; wire apparatus 

 for taking out beehives; pasteboard 

 boxes for honey-combs; tanks to kee'p 

 syrup for bee nourishment; apparatus 

 apparatus for catching queen bees arid 

 for protecting queen bee's cell (West): 

 apparatus for catching que^n bees atid 

 transferring them to their cells (^fuller). 



