THE CUBA REVIEW 



"The country had suffered long and con- 

 tinuously from political and electoral agi- 

 tation," he said, "and needed a rest — 'the 

 cure of repose.' Furthermore," the Pres- 

 ident added, "it is the privilege solely of 

 the national assembly of the Liberal Party 

 to name a candidate for the presidency, 

 and that candidate should be accepted and 

 loyally defended by all liberals." 



The 

 Cuban 

 Budget 



The estimated revenue for 

 the fiscal year 1911-12 is 

 $34,024,582, based upon the 

 revenue in previous years, 

 after a study of the present 

 situation, especially with regard to the value 

 of sugar, the price of tobacco, the decrease 

 of cattle raising, and the damage caused 

 by cyclones. 



Xo increase is considered in the possible 

 revenue from the lottery, as provision has 

 already been made for the application of 

 any surplus which may arise from that 

 source. Although the revenue from other 

 sources is increasing, it is not considered 

 prudent to increase the estimates of re- 

 ceipts or to raise the taxes. The new bud- 

 get is less by $2,255,098 than the total 

 amount of the appropriations (budget and 

 its amplification as made by the act of 

 July 22, 1910) for the preceding (current) 

 fiscal year. 



The reductions in the budget of the de- 



partment of sanitation are the largest on 

 record, and aggregate $437,000 in the next 

 budget and $187,000 in the one now 

 operative. 



To 



Exterminate 

 Bud-Rot 



On November 29th the 

 house approved the senate 

 bill providing a prize of 

 $30,000 for the discovery of 

 the best way to exterminate 

 the disease called bud-rot, which is spread- 

 ing ruin among the cocoanut plantations in 

 Cuba. 



The disease is very prevalent in Baracoa, 

 where most of Cuba's cocoanuts are grown, 

 but it has been found in groves in Habana, 

 Artemisa, Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Manzani- 

 llo and Banes, and points between Santiago 

 de Cuba and Cabo Cruz. 



A special tax on automatic lighters in 

 Cuba, because they diminish the revenues 

 on matches, was the subject of a presiden- 

 ts message read in the senate. 



The Campania Xacional de Tabaco, of 

 Havana, Cuba, with principal offices in 

 New York City and a capitalization of 

 $15,000,000, has been organized under the 

 laws of South Dakota to foster and de- 

 velop the Havana tobacco industry. 



The tunnels which convey the water from the Vento springs to Havana 



