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THE CUBA REX'lEW And Bulletin. 



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taken out i>f the ct>nciition of "pesos de posesion," and are now represented by cabal- 

 lerias of land and recorded in the Registry of Property. From all this it will be 

 seen that it is entirely possible to aci|uiie land with a "pesos de posesion" title which 

 will secure to the buyer a definite number of caballerias of land with absolutely 

 undisputed title. 



Confidence on the part of buyers of land in Cuba that they will be secure in 

 the possession of their property is further strengthened by the political outlook. 

 Everything indicates that the task assumed by the United States government in re- 

 establishing in Cuba a government ior the island such as was realized for it during 

 the period of intervention. 1898-1902. and was left unselfishly, and as a sacred trust, 

 to the Cubans, is a matter requiring more than a few months for its accomplishment. 

 Should the government of the United States speedily withdraw from the task of 

 remedying shameful abuses and restoring honorable standards of public conduct 

 in administrative affairs, that great world-power will have shirked the plain duty 

 which devolved upon it with the destruction of the .Maine, and it will have made a 

 grave mistake a second time. By the plain but thougiitful Cubnn farmer as well as 

 by tiie intelligent man of affairs it is said that the government of the United States 

 should have retained control of the administration of Cuba's affairs for six years 

 instead of three. The feeling is general that the great responsibility devolving upon 

 the United States will be faithfully executed, though years instead of months may be 

 required for the task, that tl e gentle but strong hand that has been laid on the 

 island will not be released to the detriment of its political and business interests, but 

 that the effects of its corrective pre.>sure will be lasting, stimulating foreign capital, 

 the circulatory system of the body industrial, to further investments, not only in the 

 already improved western • ortion. but also in the east, in Santiago de Cuba, in the 

 great agricultural, manufacturing and mining enterprises of this, the richest of the 

 provinces in natural resources. 



CLUSTKi; 01 \i.\i;.\rM hom-.m ()1{.vn(;i:s. 



(See article ■■Varieties of Oriiiiges'' on pages 7. S ami l>.i 



Un raciiuo de niaraiijas. clasp Ma.iiiiiiui Bciiimi. rorteneceii al frruiio de las uaraiijas espanoles. 

 Crecen fuertemente y generaliiieiite sdu uiuy espinosos. Es priiic'palineiite ihh- esta clase que se ha 

 establectdo la fania de las naranjas de Florida. 



QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES. 



Supplied 1..V L.\WlJi;Nri: TtUMKK & fO.. New Yorii lit.v. 



Kepul.lio of Cuba G per cent. Ijonds 98 



Kepublle of Cuba 5 per cent. Inuids . . . . 102 



Itepublic of Cul)a 5 per cent, internal Ixjnds .. . SfJ 



Havana City first mortgage 6 per cent. lH)nds 104 



Havana City sicond mortgage 6 per cent, b nds Hi.3 



Culia It. R. first mortgage 5 per cent, txuids . 9t) 



Ciil>a K. R. preferred stwk 40 



Cul)a Company 6 per cent, debentures ....[. ...... ...\..[ 60 



Havana Electric consolidated mortgage 5 per cent lH)nds ' 78 



Havana Electric preferred stock 71) 



Havana Electric common stock 30 



United Railways of Havana new 4 per cent, debentures not vet fiuoted. issue not having been 

 by the shareholders. 



Asked. 

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32 

 ratified 



