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THE CUBA REVIEW 



New Cuba Railroad Company bridges in Cuba. This one is at Palma Soriano, and spans the 



Cauto River. 



Mining Operations 



In mining operations in Oriente Prov- 

 ince, the Cuba Copper Co. employs 400 

 men ; the Spanish-American Iron Co. em- 

 ploys 1,350 at Daiquiri and 940 at its mines 

 in Mayari ; the Juragua Iron Co. has 900 

 workmen ; the Ponupo Manganese Co. at 

 El Cuero, 224 ; and the gold mines at Hol- 

 guin, 45 ; a total of 3,859 laborers. 



The Mining Company "Constancia" ex- 

 tracted 810 tons of copper during January 

 and February of this year from its mines, 

 which are situated in the municipality of 

 Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province. None 

 was exported. 



During January and February, 1910, the 

 Havana Exploration Company, Limited, ex- 

 ported 2,465 tons of asphalt to the United 

 States. Its mines are in Pinar del Rio 

 Province. 



The Havana custom house collections for 

 December, 1910, amounted to $1,506,085.31; 

 in 1909 the receipts were $1,597,255.82. In 

 November, 1910, the collections were 

 $1,769,859.01. In 1908, $1,409,794.36; in 

 1907, $1,658,207.03. 



R. M. Evans, recently of Chicago, has 

 been appointed Cuban consul in Oklahoma 

 City. The appointment was necessitated by 

 the large quantity of packing-house prod- 

 ucts that is shipped out of Oklahoma City 

 to Cuba. Evans is office manager for the 

 Oklahoma National Stock Yards Company. 



Dividends Declared 



A quarterly dividend of 1% per cent was 

 declared January 12th on the common 

 and on the preferred stock of the Havana 

 Electric Railway Company, payable Feb- 

 ruary 11th. 



The directors of the National Bank of 

 Cuba, at a meeting on December 14th, de- 

 clared a semi-annual dividend of $200,000 

 payable January 2d. This is at the rate of 

 8 per cent per annum. 



Foreign banks are not prohibited by the 

 laws of Cuba and no limitations are placed 

 upon foreign banks doing business in Cuba 

 which do not apply equally to Cuban banks, 

 says United States Minister Jackson. 



The exports of cigars, as per official cus- 

 tom-house returns, from the port of Ha- 

 vana, were as follows : From January 1st 

 to November 15th, 1909, 156,498,263 cigars, 

 and during the same months of 1910, 

 141,186,415 cigars, showing a decrease of 

 15,311,848 cigars. Since the last three years 

 Cuba has been steadily exporting less ci- 

 gars every year. 



The Pinar del Rio storm having dam- 

 aged the charcoal camps on all that part 

 of the coast where this business is carried 

 on, dealers in Havana have been forced to 

 purchase supplies from Mexico. Charcoal 

 pays a duty of $3.57 per 100 kilos. 



