THE CUBA REVIEW 



25 



A Ten- Year Survey of Cuban Economic 



Progress 



(Reprinted from The Economic Bulletin of Cuba) 



The statistical data which follow show clearly the great wealth of Cuba, which 

 has increased steadily in the last decade. The crisis which began in the second half 

 of 1920 affected the entire economic life of Cuba very severely, but the island is 

 recovering from the blow and is in favorable condition to continue its prosperous 

 development. 



1. Foreign Commerce 



*" September, 1914, to Sept., 1922, assuming an increase of 70,000 inhabitants per year. 



* Census of 1919. 



t Adverse trade balance. 



X Estimated. 



2. Government Revenues 



^Official figures of the Treasury Department. 



-Includes the ordinary and extraordinary budgets. The figures are taken from the Annual 

 Report ("Memoria Anual") of the President of the Republic. 



Tncluding port dues ("'Derechos y mejoras de puertos.") 



"Approximate. 



*Revenue estimated in the Budget Law for 1922-23. 



^Approximate. Estimated from data furnished by the Department of the Interior (Gober- 

 nacion). 



