THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



by another. Every grower should do his utmost to establish a reputation for the island, 

 and every package of good fruit sent out will help in this necessary w^ork. 



Don't pack and ship uncured fruit. 



Fill the bo.xes full. 



Grade carefully, true to size. 



Ship only the best fruit. 



Fruit with thick, puffy rind should not be shipped. Young trees produce this kind 

 of fruit. When the tree has been in bearing longer and has got down to the- bearing 

 habit, the tree will bear thinner skinned, juicy fruit. 



TOBACCO. 



THE c-L•B.^N TOB.^(.•c() M.AKKET IN 1905 .^^•n 1906. 



From January i to December .^i, igofi. 

 Cuba exported 277.426 bales, and in 190=,, 

 .^17.087 bales, a decrease of 39.66i bale . 



256.738.029 cigars were e.xported in 

 1906 as again.st 227.028.621 in 1905. an 

 increase ni 29.709.508. 



15.643.275 packs of cigarettes were e.x- 

 ported in 1906 and 3,814.199 packs in 

 1905. The increase was general amung 

 the nations. 



The values of these exportations are 

 as follows: 



Leaf tobacco, 227.426 bales. 

 at $70 each $19,419,820.00 



Cigars. 256.738.029. at $65 



per 1,000 16.688.571.88 



Cigarettes. 15.643.27- pack- 

 ages, at $25 per i.ooo.. .. 391.081.87 



Cut tobacco. '69.260 kilo- 

 grams, at $1.20 each 203,112.00 



Total $36,702,585.75 



The value of tlie tobacco exports in 



1905 was $29 115.961. 16. the increase in 



1906 being $7,286.62^.59. 



The home consumption in 1906 

 amounted to $12,334,154.72, increasing the 

 value to $49.036. 740. J 7. an increase over 



1905 of $6,761,627.05. Adding miscel- 

 laneous consumption, the production, in- 

 dustrv and trade of tobacco in Cuba in 



1906 had a total value of over $51,000,000. 

 — Bulletin International Bureau of the 

 .American Republics. 



Dr. Hubert H. S. .^inies, in "A 

 Shu'cry in History of Slavery in Cuba" 

 Cuba a Neiv (Putnams), enters a field with 

 Bonk. which American readers and 



even historical students are 

 strangely unfamiliar. Few writers in Eng- 

 lish have attempted to treat of Cuban his- 

 tory in a scientific manner, and the litera- 

 ture of the subject accessible to American 

 readers is truly meager. Dr. Aimes gives 

 a useful bibliography of the subject and 

 promises a later work dealing with the do- 

 mestic slave regime on the island. The 

 present work, which is an exposition of the 

 Spanish policy governing the slave trade in 

 Cuba, throws much light on the historical 



relations between Spain and her Antillean 

 dependency. 



Grant Duff, the British Min- 

 Cuban ister. will soon make repre- 

 Railroad sentations to Governor Ala- 

 Damage goon in behalf of English 

 Claims. interests in several railways 

 that have claims against the 

 Government for damage to their property 

 during the revolution last fall. The claims 

 amount approximately to $300,000. Under 

 the present programme they cannot be 

 reached for several months. The appoint- 

 ment of special agents to investigate the 

 British interests immediately is suggested. 

 A caljlegram from Governor 

 More Yelloxi' Magoon, September 14, .says 

 Fever. there are four new cases dis- 

 covered at Cienfuegos. All 

 are Spaniards, except one American sol- 

 dier. Private William Foster, of the Fif- 

 teenth Cavalry. Ihis case is believed to- 

 have been contracted in town and does not 

 indicate an infection of the camp. The 

 discovery of these cases is attributed ta 

 the increased efficiency of the medical pa- 

 trol. There is also one new case at 

 .\lacranes and one at Nuevapaz. both 

 Spaniards. 



'i'he schools which have 

 Methodist been established in connec- 

 CJnirch If^'or^ tion with nearly all the 

 in Cuba. missions on the island, par- 

 ticularly Candler College, at 

 Havana, and Eliza Bowman College, at 

 Matanzas. are doing a noble work. Meth- 

 odism in Cuba, as elsewhere the world over, 

 is alert and aggressive. The following sta- 

 tistical report shows this : American mis- 

 sionaries. 12; Cuban probationers for the 

 ministry. 12; churches, 25; organized con- 

 gregations, i2i ; parsonages, 1 1 ; meirbers, 

 •2.365; candidates for membership, 1,447; 

 Sunday schools, 36; Sunday school schol- 

 ars, 1,541; Epworth Leaguers, 705; lady- 

 missionary teachers, 15 ; pupils attending 

 schools and colleges, 564; amount contrib- 

 uted on missiotis towards self-supi^ort. $791 ;: 

 amount raised for improvements and cur- 

 rent expenses, $14,849; receipts for tuition 

 from schools and colleges. $10,137.18; to- 

 tal value of church property. $151,168.18. 

 Cuba affords a magnificent field for mis- 

 sionary enthusiasm and energy. — Rev. A. 

 B. Haines, Bartle, Cuba. 



