THE CUBA REVIEW 



FIVE ADMINISTRATIONS COMPARED 



RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF CUBA'S GOVERNMENT SINCE 1899 



Official statements of the various adminis- 

 trations in Cuba beginning with the times of 

 General Leonard G. Wood, showing income 

 and expenditures, have just been issued by 

 the Cuban Treasmy Department, and make 

 interesting reading. 



The statements date from the first Ameri- 

 can intervention in 1899, when General Wood 

 was mihtary Governor and end with March 

 31, 1914, with General Mario G. Menocal as 

 President of the Republic. 



ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL LEONARD 

 G. WOOD 



Income: 



January to June 30, 1S99 $4,995,010 



Fiscal year 1899-1900 18,264,793 



Fiscal year 1900-1901 18,463,941 



July 1, 1901, to May 20, 1902. . 17,071,477 



Total $58,695,223 



Expenditures in this period 58,060,053 



Surplus 



635,170 



ADMINISTRATION OF SR. TOMAS ESTRADA 

 PALMA, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF CUBA 



Income : 



Surplus brought forward $635,170 



May 20, 1902, to June 30, 1902. 1,709,595 



Fiscal year 1902-1903 17,767,046 



Fiscal year 1903-1904 24,343,508 



Fiscal year 1904-1905 *61,751,095 



Fiscal year 1905-1906 36,763,885 



July 1 to Sept. 29, 1906 7,957,390 



Total $151,008,692 



Expenditures : 



May 20 to June 30, 1902 $1,680,394 



Fiscal year 1902-1903 15,339,954 



Fiscal year 1903-1904 20,416.386 



Fiscal year 1904-1905 44,510^373 



Fiscal year 1905-1906 44,152,398 



July 1 to Sept. 29, 1906 12,216,529 



Total $138,346,037 



Surplus $12,692,655 



♦Included in these figures is the loan of -535,000,000. 



The National Department of Sanitation has 

 notified the Archbishop of Santiago that the 

 cemetery at this city, belonging to him, must 

 be either cleaned up or demolished at once. 



A recent decision of the Supreme Court of 

 Cuba is to the effect that there are no grounds 

 for bringing any action against Sr. Domingo 

 Lecuona, ex-governor of the province of 

 Matanzas, who had been charged with misuse 

 of funds. 



ADMINISTRATION OF PROVISIONAL GOVER- 

 NOR CHARLES E. MAGOON 



Incom£ : 



Sm-plus brought forward $12,692,655 



Sept. 20, 1906, to June 30, 1907. 28,693,433 



Fiscal vear 1907-1908 34,020,561 



Julv 1,^ 1908, to Jan. 28, 1909. . . 18,840,292 



Total .$94,246,942 



Expenditures: 



Sept. 29, 1906, to June 30, 1907. $25,322,425 



Fiscal year 1907-1908 44,551,707 



July 1, 1908, to Jan. 28, 1909. . . 22,677,581 



Total $92,561,713 



Sm-plus $1,685,228 



ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL MIGUEL 



GOMEZ, SECOND PRESIDENT OF CUBA 



Income : 



Surplus brought forward $1,685,228 



Jan. 28 to June 30, 1919 14,770,997 



Fiscal year 1909-1910 41,165,078 



Fiscal year 1910-1911 41,627,832 



Fiscal year 1911-1912 46,309,545 



July 1, 1912, to May 20, 1913.. . 49,402,820 



Total t$194,960,502 



Expenditures: 



Jan. 28 to June 30, 1909 



Fiscal year 1909-1910 



Fiscal year 1910-1911 



Fiscal year 1911-1912 



July 1, 1912, to May 20, 1913. 



$15,609,038 

 40,645,863 

 41,483,961 

 46,468,286 

 49,251,389 



Total $193,458,540 



Surplus 1,501,962 



t Included in the income figures is the 816,500,000 

 oaii. 



ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL MARIO G. 

 MENOCAL, THIRD PRESIDENT OF CUBA 



Income : 



Surplus brought forward $1,501,954 



May 20 to June 30, 1913 5,911,259 



July 1, 1913, to Mar. 31, 1914... 37,715,830 



Total |$45,129,052 



Expeiulitures: 



May 20 to June 30, 1913 $5,406,140 



July 1, 1913, to Mar. 31, 1914 . . 36,893,778 



Total $42,299,918 



Surplus $2,829,133 



tin these figures are included §4,000,000 of the 

 SIO.000.000 loan. 



