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Vol. IX MAY, 1911 No. 6 



Contents of This Number 



Ci'.ban government matters on pages 7. 8, 9 and 10. The division of Oriente Province 

 is proposed; irrigation machinery, imported, will receive temporarily preferred treat- 

 ment until the duty is abolished by congress; Speaker Ferrara has introduced a 

 bill to abolish the lottery, except the Christmas drawing; another bill makes impor- 

 tant amendments to the mining laws, etc., etc. 



Short, pithy news notes of happenings all around Cuba will be found on pages 11 and 12. 



(ieneral notes, concerning of larger items on interesting matters will be found on pages 

 13 to 17, inclusive. There is complaint in Bahia Honda from Americans because 

 of bad roads; $269,000 will be spent in public works in Oriente; the work on the 

 "Maine" is progressing; telephone extension in the island is described; Sydney 

 Brooks advises a tax on land for the construction of highwaj's; Senora de Rivero 

 speaks interestingly regarding the advancement of her sex in the republic, and there 

 are many other very readable paragraphs. 



Traffic receipts of Cuban railroads and April quotations for Cuban securities are on 

 page 20. 



Further financial and railroad items on page 21. 



Sponge fishing in Cuba is described and illustrated on pages 22 and 23. 



Isle of Pines notes are on page 25. 



Agricultural notes are on pages 27 and 28. 



Further information regarding the cane harvester is supplied by Mr. F. S. Earle, on 

 page 29. 



An article on "Sugar from Shredded Cane"' is on pages 30 and 31, with some new illus- 

 tration of the plant at Preston, Nipe Bay, and of the fibre and pith after treatment. 



Willett and Gray's authoritative review of the sugar market is on page 32. 



A Spanish translation of the same article is on page 34. 



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