THE CUBA REVIEW 



FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL 



HA\ANA QUOTATIONS OF CUBAN SECURITIES TOBACCO EXPORTA- 

 TIONS FOR APRIL CUSTOM-HOUSE COLLECTIONS MARCH AND APRIL, 



lixiit AND li'K' 



Havana Stock and Bond Quotations for April, 1910 



riiriiislicd by M. ilc t'ardtiias & to., Cuba No. 74 



Opening. Highest Lowest Closing 



Bonds Bid. Ask. P.id. .\sk. Bid. .\sk. Bid. Ask. 



5'% Bonos Cuba Spcver 114 115 115 iKi ll;}':^ 114% 115 llti 



iV,(y, Bonos Cuba Spever.. 108 109 109 110 108 109 109 110 



5 'i Bonos Cuba Unidos.... Ill V^ 112 V, 111% li2 % 111% 112% 112 113 



G'2 la Bonos Ayuntamiento. 119% 120% 120 121 119 120 120 121 



^^% 2a. Bonos Avuntamicnto. 116 117 117 ll8 115 117 117 118 



b 4 Bonos de Gas 120 121 120 122 120 121 120 122 



64 Obligaciones Gas 104 105 104 105 93 96 93 96 



54 Bonos Hav. Elec 104 107 106 107 104 107 105 107 



5% Deuda Interior 108% 109 109% lln Kisi, 109 l09 110 



Shares 



Banco Espanol 90% 91 91% 92 80% 81 84% 85% 



F C Unidos 04% 94% 95 95^4 88% 88% 88% 88% 



Compania de Gas 101 Vt 102 103 l04 91% 92 V4 92 95 



Havana Electric Preferred... 103 103% 105 106 101 103 101 103 



Havana Electric Common... 103 1031/4 105% 106 lOOVi 100% 100% 100% 

 AH quotations are in Spanish gold 



6% la. Bonos Ayuntamiento E.x-Div. 1%% April 1. 

 6% 2a. Bonos Ayuntamiento Ex-Div. 1%% April 1. 

 6% Obligaciones de Gas Ex-Div. 39^^ April 1. 

 6% Havana Electric Prcferidas Ex-Div. 1%% April 23. 

 6% Havana Electric Comunes Ex-Div. 1%% April 23. 



The markets were very weak during April due to the absence of buyers. Gas 

 was especially weak on account of a new gas copany applying for a concession. 



Cuban Tobacco April Exportations improved. This time of the year in the 



cigar business is the dullest period. 

 Shipments of leaf tobacco during the During the month of April 14,479,866 ci- 

 month of April amounted to 18,883 bales, g^rs were exported, the six largiest con- 

 as follows: sumers being the following: 



Bales Cigars 



United States 16,643 England 5,325,110 



Argentine Republic 607 United States 4,319,151 



France 513 France 914,300 



Canada 485 Canada 811,950 



Germany 223 Germany 639,460 



French Africa 125 .Argentine Republic 584,781 



Gibraltar 100 There were 38,819,353 previously report- 

 Holland 68 ed, making a total of 53,299,219 cigars ex- 

 Uruguay 56 ported since the first of the year. — The 



Belgium 50 Tobacco Leaf, New York. 



Panama 13 , 



Total 18.8P3 The Havana custom house collections ag- 



„.,,.,,,. 00 ,-1 gregated for April, 1910, $1,494,657 as com- 



Prev.ously shipped this year • 82,4ol ^^^^^ ^.^^ $1,420,777 for the same month 



of 1909 

 Total up to May 1st.... 101,334 ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ collections were 1,662,238 as 



In the cigar factories business has not against 1,516,940 for the previous year. 



