THE CUBA REv'IEW And Bulletin. 



DUES NOT SKEK THE NOMINATION. 



S'rs. Alfredo Zayas, Jiiaii Gualberto Go- 

 mez, Felipe Gonzalez Sarrain and Cicn. 

 .Kshert \ve;e K'\>-'i =' bancjiiet in .\iatanzas 

 a few weeks ayo at which Dr. Zayas made 

 the following stalenunt : 



Dr. Zay:is said that he had never attempt- 

 ed to have Inniself nominated a candidate 

 for ihe presidency, antl that if the national 

 convention of tiie party should decide upon 

 Jose Miguel Gnniez as its candidate, he. 

 Zayas. will lie the tirst to accept the nomina- 

 tion of General Jose Miguel and vote tor 

 him on election day, as he had ever hell 

 party discipline a sacred duty. 



He said that he is president of the Liberal 

 party by the will of the majority and he 

 stands ready to obey the will of his party 

 in all thinijs and urged unity and party 

 obedience upon all. 



NEW MOVE OF CUU.VN I-IBER.M-S. 



The Liberals made a proposition to Gov. 

 Magoon on May g that --c remove the Pro- 

 vincial Gtnernors and Councils, replacing 

 them with American Supervisors, who 

 would exercise all the functions <if the 

 deposed of^cials. 



The Liberals say thai the (i^jvernors and 

 Councillors were elected fraiidideiitly. as 

 well as President Pahna and tlu' numbers 

 of Congress in if>05. 



Cull sill' lid it alone? 

 I'lipdc fllii andiir sola? 



ANY TEN-CENT STAMI" A SI'ECIAI, DELIVERY 

 STAMI'. 



Governor Magoon has decreed that all 

 mail matter on which the proper postage 

 has been duly prepaid according to its 

 class, having additional Culian postage 

 stamps to the value of ten cents in official 

 money affixed thereto and the words "Spe- 

 cial Delivery" plainly written thereunder, 

 shall be handled by the post offices and 

 delivered to the addressees in the same 

 manner as if it had the regular special de- 

 liver}^ stamp affixed thereto. 



GOMEZ MAY CHANGE PARTIES. 



Tt is reliably reported that Jose Miguel 

 Gomez will desert the Liberal party and re- 

 turn to the Republican party, of which he 

 was formerly the head. It is also stated 

 that Sei'ior Nunez. Governor of Havana 

 province, and Senator Tamayo will desert 



the Conservatives and join the Republicans. 

 — SiK'cial cable to the N. Y. Sun, May 12. 



FIXES CUBAN CENSUS. 



tiov. Magoon has issued a decree fur the 

 taking of a census of the inhai)itanls of 

 Cuba, which is the first stoj) for the re-es- 

 tablishment of the republic. The census 

 will not co\er economic conditions, but only 

 the population, conjugal conditions, race, 

 nationality, citizenship, occupation, literacy, 

 and the sciiool attendance of children under 

 eighteen years of age. 1 he einimcrators 

 and other employees shall be selected for 

 their fitness only. If an emiiloyee wilfully 

 neglects his work he will be liable to a 

 fine of $100. Making false returns will 

 entail a fine of $2,000. or imprisomnent for 

 two years. 



(iivers of false information may be pun- 

 ished by a maxinunn fine of $3,000, or im- 

 prisonmeiu for a year. Imiiersonation of 

 a census einimerator will render the im- 

 personator liable to a fine of $1,000 or im- 

 |)ris( mneiU for a year. 



.Mr. Olmsteid. tlie director of the census, 

 will receive a salary of $750 monthly. An 

 assistant director, who has not yet been 

 named, will receive $300 monthly. 



DlFFICri.TIES OF THE CENSCS.^'lhe ccu- 

 sus will be taken soon and this will afford 

 einijloyment to many men and women 

 as enunierators. l-'ar from being able to 

 complete the work within six months, it 

 is probable that it will take more time. 

 The difficulties are many and as a rule 

 the niiterate and ignorant inhabitants 

 of the rural districts are averse to the 

 taking of a census, and put obstacles in 

 the way of the enumerators by refusing 

 to give the desired information. 



I'OST OFFICE AT GUAYABAL. 



The director general of communications 

 has authorized the establishment of a post 

 office in Guayabal, Havana Province, and 

 another at La Maria, near Placetas. 



TELEGRAPH IN LA MAYA. 



Provisional (iovernor -nagoon has au- 

 thorized the director general of communica- 

 tions to estfiblish a telegraph station at La 

 Maya, province of Santiago de Cuba. 



THE BUDGET ESTIMATES. 



The estimates for the budget of the en- 

 suing year are given a sum of six millions 

 as comprising the revenues of April, 

 May and June, and there is now in the 

 treasury upwards of eighteen million. 

 The custom receipts for the current fiscal 

 year are given as over $21,000,000. Busi- 

 ness is prosi)erous and new enterprises 

 in embryo — and in spite of the trouble- 

 some times Cuba has experienced, revo- 

 lution, cyclone and drought, her condi- 

 tion is now prosper(jus and money seems 

 plentiful and business good. 



From May i to August 1 the fishery 

 and sale of turtles, tortoires or tortoise- 

 shell turtles is strictly prohibited by order 

 of the Provisional Government in con- 

 formity with the military order of Sep- 

 tember 9, 1900. 



