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men have visited Havana, among them E. M. Statler, proprietor of the Statler chain 

 of hotels; D. B. IMcLeod, of Buffalo; and John E. ]McBowman. president of the famous 

 Bowman chain of hotels in New York City. 



Fifty Thousand Tourists Visit Cuba: It has been estimated that 35,000 tourists 

 have already visited Cuba during the present season and that 15,000 more at least may 

 be expected before the close of the season. This is an unusually large number and 

 shows that the wonderful winter weather to be found in Cuba is just beginning to be 

 appreciated by winter travelers. It is expected that a steady, though of course smaller, 

 traffic will continue well into the summer months. 



Goods in Cuban Bonded Warehouses 



Reports received from Havana are to the 

 effect that owing to congestion in bonded 

 warehouses in Cuba a decree has been 

 issued by the Cuban Government authoriz- 

 ing the reexportation, free of customs 

 duties, at the request of the consignees of 

 all goods at present stored in such ware- 

 houses. The concession accorded by the 

 decree is to remain in force until April 5th, 

 and the goods must be reexported within 

 thirty days after application has been made. 



According to a further decree, all dam- 

 aged or unclaimed goods accumulated in 

 bonded warehouses are to be sold at auc- 

 tion in order to meet customs duties pay- 

 able thereon, while all other goods will 

 be disposed of in the same way if not 

 reshipped by April 5th. 



Cuban Grapefruit 



The grapefruit industry in Cuba is not 

 in a flourishing condition, according to a 

 report from Chester L. Jones, acting com- 

 mercial attache at Havana. Several com- 

 panies are going out of business, including 

 the Comstock Company at Santiago de 

 Cuba and the Cebalos Grove in Camaguey. 

 The latter is budding its grapefruit trees 

 over to oranges for home consumption. 



The largest producers in Cuba proper are 

 Gray & Company, Santiago de las Vegas, 

 the Buena \'entura and the Pinar del Rio. 

 Other important groves are La Gloria, in 

 Camaguey and the Victoria de las Tunas in 

 Santiago. There are also groves at San 

 Marcos and Herradura, in Pinar del Rio. 

 The principal markets for Cuban grapefruit 

 are Chicago, New York, Buffalo and Cin- 

 cinnati, and its principal competitor is 

 Florida grapefruit. 



Originally the grapefruit industry in Cuba 

 was exclusively in the hands of Americans. 

 About three-fourths of the groves in Cuba 

 proper continue in their hands. There are 

 a few unimportant Scotch and English in- 

 terests and some of the smaller groves have 

 passed into the hands of Spaniards and 

 Cubans. 



Cienfuegos Shipping 



According to a report by Consul Frank 

 Bohr, Cienfuegos, the number and tonnage 

 of ships entering the port of Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba, during 1921 showed a marked de- 

 cline from the two preceding years. Amer- 

 ican shipping, which constituted more than 

 half of the total for both 1920 and 1921, 

 declined 32 per cent, in net tonnage. Brit- 

 ish shipping, second in importance, declined 

 from 184,843 net tons in 1920 to 97,494 

 tons in 1921. 



The following table gives the net ton- 

 nage of the shipping, exclusive of coast- 

 wise, at the port of Cienfuegos during 1920 

 and 1921, according to nationality: 



Nationality 1920 1921 



Net Tons Net Tons 



American 506,435 346,504 



British 184,843 97,494 



Norwegian 31,992 38,808 



Dutch." 12,303 40,588 



Swedish 4,972 17,399 



Japanese 21,947 16,679 



banish 10,093 13,672 



Spanish 15,902 10,638 



Other 3,369 9,696 



Total 791,856 591,478 



It will be observed that Norwegian, Swe- 

 dish, Danish and Dutch shipping increased 

 in 1921. 



