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CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



CUBA'S 1 9! 3 IMPORTS 



Cuba's imports of coal and general merchandise, through tlie ports of the repubUc, are 

 official!}' given in the following table: 



Merchandise. 



Other Coal. 



United States. Countries. United States. Total. 



Custom Houses. Kilos. Kilos. Kilos. Kilos. 



Banes 5,550,238 751,082 7,961,173 14,262.493 



Baracoa 564,698 157,256 721,954 



Batabano 59,924 11,735 71,659 



Caibarien 42,771,553 19,512,691 9,708,559 71,992,803 



Cardenas 39,675,476 18,391,502 20,820,785 78,887,763 



Cienfuegos 76,221,487 41,673,009 169,153,066 287,047,562 



Gibara 7,611,605 2,097,279 4,211,594 13,920,478 



Guantanamo 16,298,311 5,979,053 20,459,937 42.737,301 



Habana 641,039,629 389,407,526 787,280,129 1,817,727,284 



Jucaro 597,463 1,717,008 2,314,471 



Los Indios 1,116,300 3,637 1,119,937 



Manzanillo 35,559,128 14,141,530 22,392,194 72,092,852 



Matanzas 57,674,682 32,372,585 1,221,842 91,269,109 



Nipe 46,164,281 12,641,065 245,000,134 303,805,480 



Xueva Gerona 1,402,261 1,402,261 



Nuevitas 10,034,378 3,707,647 10,538 13,761,563 



Puerto Padre 24,589,702 3,763,105 24,015,192 52,367,999 



Sagua la Grande 55,231,165 17,351,077 34,477,903 107,060,145 



Sta. Cruz del Sur 1,855,179 244,125 1,827,784 3,927,088 



Stgo. de Cuba 65,250,056 37,458,933 68,236,494 170,945,483 



Trinidad 25,717 1,053 26,770 



Tunas de Zara 786,805 786,805 



Totals 1,130,089,038 599,662,253 1,418,497,969 3,148,249,260 



CUBAN POST OFFICE STATEMENT 

 For the fiscal year of 1913-14 the report of the Post Office Department is as follows: 



Dr. Cr. 



Balance, Julv 1, 1913 $8,197.65 Remittance to Interior $753,378.00 



Money orders 451,987.31 Deposited in treasury 638,026.40 



Fees 2,422.34 Money orders paid and reim- 



Remittances received 2,308,707.50 bursed 1,377,341.46 



Received from other sources 24,212.73 | Balance, June 30, 1914 26,781.67 



Total $2,795,527.53 | Total .$2,795,527.53 



LUMBER EXPORTS TO CUBA CITRUS FRUITS FROM CUBA 



July shipments of pitch pine from the The value of the imports of the United 



Gulf ports to Cuba were less than half of States of grapefruit and oranges from Cuba 



those of July, 1913, and business was dis- is officially stated to be as follows: 



appointinglv' quiet. Improvement is not Grapefruit. Oranges. Lemons, 



expected before October. 1904 $79 $673 6 . 00 



For the week ending August 1st, shipments 1905 172 3,602 71 .00 



to Cuba totalled two and a half million feet. 1906 5,984 10,161 26.80 



For the previous week, that of July 25th, 1907 10,963 8,001 1,236.00 



shipments were confined to one schooner 1908 30,668 4,711 393.00 



load 1909 32,009 2,292 227.00 



The exports for the first six months of 1910 48,681 1,787 429.00 



1914 compare as foUows: 1911 50,199 1,774 335.00 



1914 1913 1912 1912 119,888 1,285 348.00 



Superficial 1913 106,205 718 1,478. Oq 



feet 44,405,673 78,475,357 54,354,079 —Report of the U. S. Depl.of Com. and Labor. 



