THE 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANWAt, 



CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright 1923, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XXI 



June, 1923 



Number 7 



Cuban Government Matters 



Cuba's Present Economic Status 



"Cuba has come back, and is now finan- 

 cially sound, following the panics and de- 

 pression of 1920 and 1921." 



This statement of Cuba's present con- 

 dition was made by Sr. Jose Ramon Villa- 

 Ion, a member of the Cuban Senate and 

 former Secretary of Public Works of the 

 RepubHc. Sefior Villalon returned to the 

 United States to receive the degree of 

 Doctor of Laws from Lehigh University, 

 where he was graduated in 1890. 



"We have effected economies in ad- 

 ministration and we have now $26,000,000 

 in the national treasury," Seiior Villalon 

 said. "Soon we shall have all our debts 

 paid. The planters, upon whom so much 

 depends, are in excellent condition. All 

 the old plantations are working full time, 

 and there is every reason to suppose that 

 next year will be a velvet year for the 

 planters. 



"The loan of $50,000,000 that Cuba 

 secured from New York bankers has been 

 a great help in the rehabilitation of the 

 country. At the present rate of progress, 

 Cuba will be very prosperous again in a 

 short time." 



First National Women's Congress 



> The First National Women's Congress, 

 ) organized by the Federacion Nacional y 



Asociacion Femenina, of Cuba, was opened 

 in Havana on April 1, and held its closing 

 session on the seventh. Its purpose was 

 to unite Cuban women in work for the 

 welfare of the nation, home, and family, 

 all being considered eligible as members 

 of the Congress. 



Cuban Embassy 



The United States Senate has approved a 

 law raising the Cuban Legation in Wash- 

 ington to the status of an embassy. The 

 personnel of the new embassy has not been 

 determined. 



National Revenue 



Cuba's national revenue for July, Au- 

 gust, and September, 1922, the first three 

 months of the fiscal year 1922-23, 

 amounted to $13,887,687.65, distributed 

 as follows: 



Custom-house duties $7,464,323.26 



Port improvement fees 339,332.37 



Consular fees 237,237.73 



Communications 453,201.25 



Real estate taxes 2,617,844.15 



Government property and fees 00,902 . 1 5 



Miscellaneous revenue 380,398.55 



Loan tax 1,042,612.52 



National lottery 1,261,835.67 



