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 BOTANICAL 



QARDEN. 



Vol. IX 



APRIL, 1911 



No. 5 



Contents of This Number 



The cover page shows a beautiful scene on Matanzas Harbor. 



Cuban government matters are on pages 7, 8, 9 and 10. Political parties are becoming 

 active, and new candidates are looming up. The government has vast irrigation 

 plans which will benefit the entire country. Eleven modern prisons will be built, and 

 there is an important decision of the Supreme Court concerning the alcohol tax. 



A fu-I].age illustration of one of Havana's churches is on page 11. 



Manv interesting brief newsy items concerning the entire island will be found on pages 

 12 and 13. 



General notes which comprise larger items of information regarding the country's activi- 

 ties will be found on pages 14, 15, 16 and 17. There is an item regarding oil dis- 

 coveries at Cardenas, and a talk by Professor Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institute 

 on prehistoric remains on the Isle of Pines. Then there is the last word on the 

 raising of the "Maine," and on page 17 are some interesting statistics on coifee 

 plantations in Oriente Province. 



New publications received are recorded on page 18. 



Some news notes from the Isle of Pines and a characteristic illustration are on page 19. 



Traffic receipts of Cuban railroads with prices at New York of Cuban securities on page 20. 



The Loudon Times analyzes the traffic returns of the Cuban Railroads on page 21. 



Some more commercial and financial items on pages 22 and 23. The new electric plant 

 at Caibarien is described and illustrated on page 23. 



The work of building the piers under the Scovel concession and the company which is 

 behind the enterprise, together with a map showing the location of the new piers in 

 Havana is on pages 24 and 25. 



Cuba's commerce in 1910 and the island's trade in cotton goods is on page 26. 



Many valuable agricultural notes are on pages 27 and 28. 



A practical cane harvester tried out on the fields of the Central "Nueva Luisa" is de- 

 scribed on page 29. 



Willett and Gray's sugar review, giving very interesting statistics and printed in Spanish 

 and in English, will be found on pages 30, 31, 32 and 34. 



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