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VoL VIIL APRIL, J9J0 No. 5 



Contents of This Number 



The cover page illustrates a beautiful road outside of Havana. This is the main highway 

 eading down into the western provinces. The very interesting map on page 14 shows 

 how this road is continued for many hundred miles. 



Cuban political affairs begin to attract attention, and there seems to be a desire indicated 

 lor other presidential candidates of the Liberal party than Dr. Zayas. The convenin<T 

 ot Congress, a sketch of Cuba's new Minister to the L'nited States, some important 

 "a « "s'T n ^"'ted States Minister to Cuba, and other important matters on 



-V further list of the telephone lines in Cuba, this time showing a portion of those in 

 Matanzas Province, is published on pages 12 and 13. This is a very important table, 

 as It Shows all sugar plantations which are connected by telephone with adjacent towns 

 and railroad stations. . 



Isle of Pines notes will be found on page IS. 



Various interesting items of what is going on in Cuba will be found on pages 16 and 17. 



Cuban tobacco statistics of production, exportation and consumption for the last six years 

 will be found on page 18. ' 



Financial matters are treated on pages 19 and 20. There are the annual statement of the 



Aational Jaank ot Cuba and extracts from the annual report, showing what has been 



done during the year. There are also reports and earnings of five of the principal 

 railroads. _ f i 



Pages 21 to 24 are devoted to a four page half-tone showing the mining activities in the 

 iJaiquiri mines of Onente Province. This is an extraordinary photograph and a revela- 

 tion of what is going on in this section of the island. 



Cuba's commerce and various commercial items are on pages 25 and 26. 



Some interesting half-tones of the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo are on page 27. 



On pages 28 and 29 is an interesting letter from the Agricultural Experiment Station in 

 Cuba regarding the Bloom Blight of the Mango and giving a remedy. 



Oranges and strawberries in Cuba are discussed on page 30. It shows that with a proper 

 distribution the home consumption of oranges in Cuba would be very largely increased. 



The review of the sugar market in New York by Willet & Gray is on page 31, and the same 

 article in Spanish on page 32. 



A very interesting review of the receipts and prices received at New York of Cuban vege- 

 tables and fruit, written especially for the Review by the Urner-Barry Company of New 

 1 ork, will be found on pages 34 and 35. 



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