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THE CUBA RE V IE W 



now Americans are helping Cubans to make their island home one of the most glorious 

 countries in the world in point of production and beauty, in opportunity and population. 



The actual work on the new Sevilla-Biltmore started with the breaking of ground on 

 January 20th. The ceremony was attended by a number of distinguished business men 

 of Havana, including Mr. Bowman, Mr. Leonard Schultze, the architect, Mr. Frank 

 Steinhart, Mr. Charles Flynn and Mr. Holland Ball Judkins. 



The new hotel building is being erected facing the Prado, which is the avenue of 

 fashion in Cuba. The Prado was largely remodeled by the Americans, who laid the 

 fine concrete w-alks. The avenue consists of a central double promenade lined with 

 seats, and a driveway on each side, the automobile course being up one side and down 

 the other in a continuous round. This is fashionable Havana's parade ground on Sun- 

 day afternoon; the drive is filled with a concourse of smart autos, the promenades are 

 crowded, and from the windows and balconies of the houses people exchange greetings 

 with their friends in the gay throng. The Prado is a scene of unrestrained gaiety at the 

 time of the Carnival festivities. The walks and the driveways are thronged with maskers 

 and merrymakers, the houses are crowded with spectators, and paper streamers and 

 confetti fill the air. The residences which line the Prado are among the finest houses 

 in Havana. 



U. S. Imports and Exports 



Month of August 

 1922 1921 



Imports from Cuba 831,902,461 816,951,977 



E.xports to Cuba 10,477,375 9,296,107 



MoxTH OF September 

 1922 1921 



Imports from Cuba $14,403,530 89,613.524 



Exports to Cuba 11,187,317 10,214,693 



8 Months Ended August 



1922 1921 



8201,772,622 8187,039,591 

 78,425,694 150,512,669 



9 iloNTHS Ended Septe.\iber 



1922 1921 



8216,176,152 8196,653.115 

 89,611,011 160,727.362 



E.xports to Cuba. 



E.xports to Cuba. 



Month of October 

 1922 1921 



811,859,646 $9,895,343 



Month of November 



1922 1921 



813,141,938 89,036,766 



Ten Months 



Ended October 



1922 1921 



8101,470,657 $170,622,705 



Eleven ]\Ionths 



Ended No\'ember 



1922 1921 



$114,612,595 $179,659,471 



The import valuations given in the statement for October, 1922, include the 

 last nine days of September. The new tariff went into effect on September 21, 1922. 



Imports from Cuba . 



Month of October 

 1921 1922 



$10,218,984 $16,738,235 



Ten Months Ended October 

 1921 1922 



$206,872,099 S232,914„S87 



Imports from Cuba. 



Month of 

 December 

 1921 1922 



810,430,049 $14,027,971 



Twelve ^Months 

 Entjed December 

 1921 1922 



$230,351,908 8267.840,867 



Exports to Cuba, 



;Month of 

 January 

 1922 1923 



88,450,888 $13,054,605 



Seven Months 

 Ended January 

 1922 1923 



$65,166,660 $82,885,068 



