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THE CUBA REVIEW 



financial return for the sale of these catches 

 has been well worth the time spent in 

 southern waters where they do not have 

 the disagreeable weather that they would 

 have had had they remained in the frozen 

 north. 



From the report of the collector of cus- 

 toms at Key West it is seen that for the 

 first half of 1922 no less than 1,098.199 

 pounds of fish have been shipped from 

 Florida ports to Cuba. All these shipments 

 did not originate in Florida, for there were 

 327,814 pounds of dried cod, and 14,757 

 pounds of dried herring. In all the amount 

 of fish both in fresh and dried state netted 

 the fishermen who shipped to Cuba the sum 

 of $170,752 for the winter and spring 

 catches. 



Besides the cod and herring sent to 

 Cuban markets there were shipments of 

 fresh salmon, huge quantities of sardines 

 both fresh and canned, and barrels of 

 shrimp and crawfish ferried across from 

 Key West to the island republic. With the 

 rigors of the northern winter in view it is 

 suggested it would be well for the fisher- 

 men to turn their attention to the markets 

 of Cuba as a special source of revenue 

 during the winter months. 



Mail Shipments to Cuba 



Local factories and business houses that 

 are now making shipments by mail to Cuba 

 are being informed by local postal authori- 

 ties that changes have been made in the 

 method of sending these packages, and 

 each package of a shipment for Cuba which 

 is not accompanied by a consular invoice 

 must have customs declaration attached. 

 This information has been received by the 

 local post office from the second assistant 

 postmaster general at Washington. The 

 notice of the changes reads as follows: 



"Senders of packages for Cuba mailed at 

 localities where Cuban consular represen- 

 tatives are located should be informed that 

 the Cuban consular regulations require for 

 shipments of whatever value the presenta- 

 tion to such Cuban consular representa- 

 tives, for consular certification, one 

 original invoice and four copies when 

 shipments are addressed for delivery at 

 Havana, or one original invoice and three 

 copies when shipments are addressed for 



delivery in other parts of the island, only 

 one set (four or five copies, as the case 

 may be) of invoices being necessary for 

 one shipment sent at one time to one ad- 

 dressee, no matter of how many packages 

 the shipment consists. 



"The wrappers of packages for which 

 consular invoices have been secured should 

 be marked with the series letter and num- 

 ber of such consular invoice; for example, 

 'Consular invoice B, 1020.' 



"The consulate office retains all copies 

 of the invoice except the original, which, 

 after being viseed, is returned to the 

 sender, who should either inclose such 

 original invoice in the package or send the 

 same under separate cover to the addressee. 

 When the consular invoice is inclosed in 

 the package, the wrapper should be so in- 

 dorsed, in which case no customs declara- 

 tion is necessary. When the shipment con- 

 sists of more than one package and the 

 consular invoice accompanies same, no 

 customs declaration is necessary on any 

 of the packages, but each package should 

 be numbered consecutively and indorsed 

 as to the particular package containing the 

 consular invoice. 



"The shipper need pay for certification 

 of only the original copy of the invoices, 

 as follows: 



"Invoices for less than $5 cost 10 cents. 



"Invoices from $5 to $49.99 cost 50 

 cents. Invoices from $50 to $200 cost $2. 



"For every additional $100 or fraction, 

 25 cents. 



"No consular invoices are required for 

 shipments from localities without Cuban 

 consular representation, but commercial 

 invoices (single copy only) covering such 

 shipments are necessary, which commercial 

 invoices should be sent to the addressees 

 and must contain a statement sworn to by 

 the sender before a notary public, declar- 

 ing the merchandise is of American manu- 

 facture. 



"Each package of shipment for Cuba 

 which is not accompanied with a consular 

 invoice must have a customs declaration 

 attached." 



The notice is signed by Paul Henderson, 

 second assistant postmaster general, and 

 states that the previous notices regarding 

 Cuban shipments sent out Sept. 6 and Sept. 

 18 are now annulled. 



