THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin 



Thp fhureh t<{ Our Linlv of Charity of Cobre. in tlie cojipor uiiuiiii; SLUlemiiit u£ that name. The 

 fir<t edifice was built in ld;il. but the present more pretentious structure soon to<jk its place. It is now 

 almost In ruins owing to the collapse of the walls from the mining operations constantly going on. It 

 Is intended to soon Iniild another church in the valley. 



Appointed by Governor 

 Want a Magoon to make a study of 

 Children's criminology iti this country, 

 Court General Carlos Garcia Velez, 

 in Cuba. chief commissioner of the 

 Cuban prison system, and 

 Senor Solito Diaz Aluz, judge of the First 

 District Court of Havana, visited the New 

 York City courts. They also visited the 

 Children's Court and said they would ad- 

 vocate the establishment of such a branch 

 of justice in Cuba. 



Under new regulations issued by the pro- 

 visional governor of Cuba, all female sheep 

 and cattle under six years of age belonging 

 to the Shorthorn, Hereford, Aberdeen-An- 

 gus, Red-Poll, Galloway, Devon, Jersey, 

 Guernsey, Ayrshire, Zebu, Mysore or Brah- 

 min breeds, imported for breeding pur- 

 poses, and all cattle under six years old, 

 imported from Porto Rico or the Argen- 

 tine Republic for this purpose, shall be 

 admitted into the island duty free. 



SR. LUIS SIMON, a- wealthy citizen 

 and owner of large industries of the 

 city of Guantanamo, has offered the 

 building occupied by the city of Guanta- 

 namo for its City Hall for sale to the cor- 

 poration. His public spirit and wishes of 

 prosperity for his own city have been in- 

 fUiential in having him ask a low price for 

 the building. 



Senor Yero has been reinstated as cap- 

 tain of the port of Havana from which he 



was suspended eight months ago on charges 

 made by Customs Collector Lastra. The 

 latter's resignation is now expected. 



Mr. Dadj', contractor, is 



I )iiprovements dredging for the government 



at at Lienfuegos, making a 



Cienfuegos. channel and removing the 



bank outside of the wharves 



so that all ships can manoeuvre with 



safety. It is possible that the mercahnts, 



owning the wharves will later consider the 



dredging of their private property. The 



government work promises to be finished 



by ^larch of April, 1908. 



Governor Magoon has appropriated $80,- 

 000 for improvements on the wharves at 

 Cienfuegos. Work will begin in the near 

 future. 



A public park has at last been decided 

 upon and the site is bounded by Trocadero, 

 Colon, Morro and Zulueta streets. Plans 

 will soon be drawn. 



The Department of Pviblic Works sent 

 a dredge to the Isle of Pines a few weeks 

 ago and work was begun on the dredging 

 of the harbors of that island. 



The engineers' work at surveying the 

 road from Nueva Gerona to ^IcKinley, Isle 

 of Pines, has been completed and given to 

 the government. 



Contracts for five superstructures for 

 bridges in various parts of Oriente prov- 

 ince were awarded Oct. 23. 



