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in Cuba yields an income naturally variable. It 

 arises principally from the following sources : 



Church Property. — The administration of the ex- 

 propriated church property, and occasional partial 

 sales, produces a regular income. In 1850, it 

 amounted to about $200,000. 



Rentals. — Rents of State lands and property 

 yields from $40,000 to $50,000 annually. 



Land Sales. — -The sales of public lands in 1850, 

 produced $37,000. 



Church Revenues , expropriated by the State, yield 

 in the same year $87,000. 



There are some minor branches of income which 

 brings up the annual yield of this class to about 

 $400,000. 



The declared revenue of the Spanish government 

 in Cuba, in 1852, the latest of which we have been 

 able to obtain complete returns, was as follows : 



I. Maritime revenue, $8,870,000 



II. Internal taxes, 2,750,000 



III. Direct revenue, 980,000 



IV. State property, . 400,000 



$13,000,000 



But in order to arrive at a knowledge of the 

 approximate amount of government exactions in 



