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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBA S EXPORTS AND IMPORTS 



Cuba's exports to the United States dur- 

 ing the calendar year 1910 aggregated 

 $129,755,058, divided as follows : 



Sugar $102,445,805 



Leaf tobacco 12,785,047 



Manufactured tobacco 4,213,857 



Minerals 4,350,376 



Fruits 2,350,376 



Imports from the United States during 

 the same period totalled $54,597,043. 



Cuba's imports of boots and shoes from 

 the United States during the calendar 

 j^ears 1910 and 1909 compare as follows : 

 Dozen Pairs Value 



1910 214,910 $2,958,103 



1909 183,761 2,529,615 



Manuel Fernandez Nodarse commences 

 June 9th to serve out the sentence of four- 

 teen years, eight months and one day im- 

 posed by the audiencia, which decreed him 

 guilty of the attempt to assassinate Gen- 

 eral Pino Guerra, formerly commander of 

 the Cuban army, on October 22d last. 



A fine of 2,500 pesetas was also imposed 

 by the tribunal by way of damages. 



A bill now before the House of Repre- 

 sentatives aims to exclude women clerks 

 from positions on the state, provincial and 

 municipal governments. 



No attempt is made in the bill to legis- 

 late out of office the women clerks now on 

 the payrolls, but it aims that all future 

 vacancies shall be filled by male clerks. 



The English colony in Havana has un- 

 dertaken a celebration of the crowning of 

 King George V under the auspices of the 

 British minister in Havana. President 

 Gomez has been invited to attend the serv- 

 ices at Trinity Cathedral. 



The expenses including the salary of the 

 presidential office during the Palma ad- 

 ministration were $66,770, says La Lucha. 

 Now, including the secret expenses, they 

 amount to $148,320. The minority wanted 

 them reduced to the former amount, but 

 they failed in this. 



A bill authorizing a subsidy for the con- 

 struction of a railroad line from Cardenas 

 to Punta Gorda, passing through Varadero 

 in Matanzas Province, came before the 

 House on June 12th. It was referred. 



A park for Havana children is provided 

 for in a recent bill. Under its terms the 

 state is to obtain for use that block which 

 was occupied by the old walls, and this is 

 to be prepared in a convenient manner for 

 their use. An appropriation of $9,000 is 

 asked for this improvement. 



Charles R. Davis, a real estate dealer 

 in Milwaukee, Wis., visited most of the 

 colonies in Cuba and the Isle of Pines and 

 found several things to criticize. 



They lack, he thinks, local organizations 

 for the proper handling of their fruit. In 

 some cases they have not secured titles to 

 their property. 



They have often attempted to cultivate 

 too much and have neglected quick yearly 

 crops, thus exhausting their capital, he 

 says. 



Joseph E. Barlow of Swampscott, Mass., 

 has brought suit in the superior court 

 against J. A. Mackay & Co., New York 

 brokers, for $100,000 for alleged breach of 

 contract to sell bonds, the proceeds of 

 which were to be used to obtain a grant 

 from Cuba for the promotion in Havana 

 of Jai lai, the national indoor game. 



Barlow claims that they agreed to dis- 

 pose of $100,000 worth of bonds of the 

 Companie de Formenta de Buena Vista, 

 netting him $90,000, if he gave them $190,- 

 000 worth of bonds and $300,000 worth of 

 stock. 



Their failure to perform the contract, 

 he says, lost him the concession. 



Next season the Cuban Baseball League 

 will be reorganized along lines similar to 

 those that exist in the United States, with 

 the players under salary and with ironclad 

 contracts. Heretofore the men have 

 worked on the percentage plan, with settle- 

 ment after each game. 



The Cuba Central Railway has placed a 

 contract for 8,000 tons of 60-pound rails 

 with the United States Steel Products Co. 



On July 1st, the municipality of Havana 

 will call for redemption certain of the de- 

 bentures comprised in the loan of the mu- 

 nicipality for $3,000,000, selected at draw- 

 ing No. 88, held on June 1, 1911. 



July 1st is the date now fixed for the ad- 

 journment of the house of representatives. 



The motion to close the sessions on June 

 20th was called up for a second reading 

 and was amended as above and passed 

 when put to a vote. 



The audiencia of Santa Clara has ren- 

 dered a decision that mayors of towns can- 

 not be removed from office by the fiscal, 

 the court of instruction or the audiencia. 



CUBA RAILROAD DIVIDEND INCREASED 



The Cuba Railroad has declared a semi- 

 annual dividend of 2^2 per cent on the pre- 

 ferred stock, payable August 1 to stock of 

 record June 30. Dividends of 2 per cent 

 semi-annually were declared previously. 



