THE 



bUTANlCAL 



CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 192S, by the M union Steamship Line 



OLUME XX 



JUNE, 1922 



Number 7 



Cuban Government Matters 



'oney Coined by the Cuban Government Trade-Marks and Patents 



A law of the Cuban Congress of October Termination of Priority Periods and 



>, 1914, authorized the coining of Cuban Resumption of Regulations 



lid, silver and nickel pieces, as follows: a decree of the Cuban Department of 



old, to any amount; silver, not to exceed Agriculture, Commerce, and Industry of 



1 million dollars; nickel, to be determined December 16, 1921, published in the Gaceta 



r the Executive. Official January 15, 1922, provides as 



In accordance with that law, there have follows: 



;en coined up to the present time (Febru- i t- j ^ • ^ j r^ a 4. i 



u f u • Trade-marks registered after August 1, 



y, 1922), the followmg: 1914^ j^ust bg p^^- i^to use within one year after 



:iold— $20.00 $1,135,000.00 publication of this decree. 



10.00 12,635,000.00 2. Working periods for patents, suspended 



5 • 00 9,140,000. 00 by a decree of April 19, 1919, are resumed and 



4 00 540,000.00 an extension of two years is granted to effect 



2.00 320,000.00 the working. 



1.00 16,750.00 . „ . . , , . J u 



3. Priority periods, determined by the 



Total $23 786 750 00 international conventions are extended to 



' ' June 30, 1922. 



ilver— $1.00 $2,819,000.00 \ ^ ■ u ^ • u- u- u 



40 1344 140.80 ^- One year is allowed within which cora- 



20 ! 3316000 00 phance with the patent and trade-mark regula- 



IQ_[ ] 934000. 00 tions may be accomplished free of penalty. 



Total $8,413,140.80 



ickel— $0.05 $840,450.00 



.02 228,210.00 



• 01 380,900 . 00 Proposed Change in the Cuban Sales Tax 



Total $1,449,560.00 A bill recently introduced in the Cuban 



Legislature and published in the Gaceta 



Total $33,649,450.80 Qficial on March 4, provides that the tax 



The above figures show $8,233 per capita of 4 per cent on business profits, estab- 

 ir gold coins, $2,912 for silver coins, and lished by the law of July 1, 1920, shall be 

 ).501fornickelcoins, and a total of $11,646 abolished and a tax of 1 per cent on the 

 jr inhabitant. gross amount of all sales be collected in- 

 United States currency is legal tender in stead. The tax of 4 per cent will continue 

 uba, and constitutes by far the greater to be collected until the tax of 1 per cent 

 irt of the circulating medium. goes into effect. 



