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THE CUBA REVIEW 



GENERAL NOTES 



HAVANA GOLF TOURNAMENT 



The second annual Havana golf tourna- 

 ment of the Country Club will take place 

 in February, beginning on the 10th and end- 

 ing on the 21st. 



There will be first and second prizes for 

 winners of all events in both weeks. Bogey 

 and medal play also in both weeks for those 

 not in matches. All the events take place 

 in the afternoon unless otherwise arranged. 



The club has a magnificent property 

 within easy distance of Havana. While there 

 are good hotels in the city, rooms at the 

 club are available to guests in order of en- 

 gagement. 



Mr. Otto Schwab, the well known Ger- 

 man merchant and member of the firm of 

 Schwab & Tillman of Havana, died Decem- 



ber 17th at his home in that city. The de- 

 ceased had been for many years a resident 

 of Cuba and had married Miss Consuela 

 Garcia Echarte, a sister of Sub-Secretary 

 Gabriel Garcia Echarte. 



Col. Herbert J. Slocum has been relieved 

 as military attache to the American lega- 

 tion in Havana and is succeeded by Maj. 

 Edmund Wittenmeyer. Col. Slocum goes 

 to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., as commanding 

 officer of the Federal military prison. He 

 assumed his new duties January 10th. 



The Very Rev. Charles Blayney Col- 

 more, former dean of Holy Trinity cathe- 

 dral, Havana, was consecrated on Decem- 

 ber 17th in All Saints' chapel of the Uni- 

 versity of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. 



Cuba's Lumber Imports 



PITCH PINE MARKET CONDITIONS 



The year 1913 has recorded heavier ex- 

 port of lumber to Cuba than any of its 

 predecessors, increase being apparent for 

 most of the twenty or more ports of the 

 island, though a few of them are deficient 

 in comparison with other seasons. Eastern 

 Cuba exhibits larger proportionate gain 

 than other districts, the ports of Baracoa, 

 Gibara, Nuevitas, Puerto Padre and Nipe 

 Bay on the North coast, and Daiquiri, 

 Guantanamo, Manzanillo and Santiago on 

 the South coast reporting significant ad- 

 vances over last year's receipts. Of the 

 ports named, Nipe Bay and Santiago lead 

 in importance, and also in the growth of 

 their lumber imports. 



Cuba has this year accounted for a much 

 larger percentage of West Indian lumber 

 export than in 1912. Something over three 

 million feet of lumber was shipped from 

 Gulf ports to Cuba during the week. — De- 

 cember 20th. 



Cuban shipment of lumber has picked up 

 in some degree of late, and inquiry from 

 the island also shows some accession. Af- 

 ter the unusual activity through the first six 

 months of the current year, there was pro- 

 nounced decline, but renewal of interest 

 now is sufficient to indicate a fairly busy 

 winter. — December 13th. 



Cuba's former records of lumber pur- 

 chases have been eclipsed. It was in the 

 first half of the year that Cuban business 

 was really active, but when buying slack- 

 ened there were many unfilled orders to be 

 cared for, while additional transactions 

 were sufficient to maintain a good move- 



ment through later months. Shipment of 

 the last half year to Cuba has equalled the 

 usual average for that season, usually a 

 dull one in this trade. 



Lower mill values and a lesser freight 

 charge have stimulated business to some 

 extent, and a fair number of contracts are 

 being closed, while inquiry appears from 

 many quarters. — December 27th. 



CUBAN MAHOGANY IN HAVRE 



Sr. Javier P. de Acevedo, Cuban consul 

 at Havre, sent his government very recently 

 a report on the growth of the trade in 

 Cuban mahogany. He says : 



Havre's importations of this precious 

 wood are reported as follows : 



1909 4,085 tons 



1910 4,779 " 



1911 5,775 " 



1912 8,544 " 



The wood came from Santa Cruz del 

 Sur, Tunas de Zaza, Jiicaro, Nuevitas, 

 Manzanillo and Santiago. Ten to fifteen per 

 cent of the mahogany was of 16 inches or 

 more diameter. Seventy to eighty per 

 cent 12 to 13 inches in diameter, and ten to 

 fifteen per cent 11 inches and less. 



The prices secured ranged from 8 to 9.25 

 francs per 50 kilos. 



Dr. Juan T. Roig, chief of the Botanical 

 Department of Cuba's Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, in a recent report con- 

 siders the mahogany from the Isle of 

 Pines as of a very superior quality. 



