T IT E C U P. A R E \' I E W 



Cuba's commerce in 1910 



Cuba's trade for the calendar years I'JOO 

 and l!)in compares as follows, according to 

 the official tigures : 



Merchandise Imports 



Countries 1909 1910 



United States $46,r!r!9a9S $:)4..5.54,7()T 



Other American 



Countries 7,127,028 8,:J19,929 



Germany 6,.")S7.5SS 6,.")39.560 



Spain 8,019,893 8,680,058 



France 5,303,618 5,514.939 



England 12.260,414 12,292,219 



Other European 



Countries 3.S92.S75 5.532,357 



All other Countries 1.917,016 2,223,728 



Total $91,447,581 $103,657,497 



Merchandise Exports 



Countries 1909 1910 



United States $109,407,613 $129,328,507 



Other American 



Countries 2,660.971 3,391.216 



Germany 4,053.960 3,646,398 



Spain 865,510 727,297 



France 1,216.275 1,549,080 



England 5,013,676 10,696,289 



Other European 



Countries 1,091.241 915,175 



All other Countries 411,814 569,945 



Total $124,711,069 $150,823,907 



CUBA S PROSPERITY SHOWN 



The report of the National Bank of Cuba 

 testities to the great progress made by the 

 republic during the last few years and justi- 

 fies the most pronounced optimism for the 

 island's future prospects. The country, 

 says 'Sir. Edmund G. Vaughan, the presi- 

 dent, has progressed in spite of all kinds 

 of alarming predictions. After two years 

 of self-goyernment he finds that the polit- 

 ical situation is firmer and the financial 

 situation most encouraging, with new en- 

 terprises and industries constantly being 

 developed. 



The head office has greath^ increased its 

 banking space by constructing an annex to 

 its main building. 



TRADE IN COTTON GOODS 



In exports of cotton goods to Cuba dur- 

 ing 1910, Great Britain is very much in the 

 lead of the United States, despite the treatj- 

 advantages of the latter countrj^ The of- 

 ficial figures are : 



Great Britain $2,746,000 



United States 879,000 



]\Iarch (1911) collections of the Havana 

 custom house were $1,705,843, as against 

 $1,824,114 in 1910 and $1,693,239 in 1909. 



Official figures of immigration to Cuba 

 compare as follows : 



1909 1910 



31,826 37,764 



During the year 1910 the exports of ci- 

 garettes from Havana to England were five 

 thousand pounds, which was just double 

 the shipment for the year 1909. 



Old style of native curing sheu, built almost entirely of palm leaves. A frame work of poles is 



first constructed, to which the long leaves of the royal palm are lashed and interwoven, making 



a watertight roof which, aside from loss by fire, will last for twenty or thirty years. 



Tiiiglado para curar tabaco del estilo viejo 6 del pais, hecho casi enteramente dc hojas de 



palmera. Se hace primero mi armazon d&'palos, al ciial se atan las hojas largas del coroco y 



se las entretejen para forinar iin techado impermeable, que, a menos que se destniya por inccu- 



dio, diirard iiiios veinte 6 treinta anos. 



