Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907 |
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... proportion to the number of inhabitants that the problem of a permanent market and the difficulty of securing it are ... shows data concerning the number of cattle and the number killed in the slaughterhouses since the Independence ...
... proportion to the number of inhabitants that the problem of a permanent market and the difficulty of securing it are ... shows data concerning the number of cattle and the number killed in the slaughterhouses since the Independence ...
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... shows the proportion of the annual rainfall for each month : January ... February . March .. April . May . June . MONTH . Per Cent . 39 July .... 2 August 5 6 September . October .. 11 November . 19 December MONTH . Per Cent . 10 11 12 ...
... shows the proportion of the annual rainfall for each month : January ... February . March .. April . May . June . MONTH . Per Cent . 39 July .... 2 August 5 6 September . October .. 11 November . 19 December MONTH . Per Cent . 10 11 12 ...
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... proportion to the development of business . This service is in operation in all of the post offices of the island . The following table shows the gradual increase of the Registry Service from 1902 to September 30 , 1907 : On January 1 ...
... proportion to the development of business . This service is in operation in all of the post offices of the island . The following table shows the gradual increase of the Registry Service from 1902 to September 30 , 1907 : On January 1 ...
Page 75
... proportion to the mail , which shows the efficiency in the delivery service . During the one year of the present provisional government's administration , the proportion of dead letters has been 6.4 per thousand in the domestic service ...
... proportion to the mail , which shows the efficiency in the delivery service . During the one year of the present provisional government's administration , the proportion of dead letters has been 6.4 per thousand in the domestic service ...
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... proportion to its population and , since the first American intervention , it has increased greatly , especially in ... shows the values in American dollars of the imports and exports of Cuba for each of the years from 1899 to 1907 ...
... proportion to its population and , since the first American intervention , it has increased greatly , especially in ... shows the values in American dollars of the imports and exports of Cuba for each of the years from 1899 to 1907 ...
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age group Aguacate American average Baracoa barrios Batabanó Caibarién Camajuaní Cape Maisi Cárdenas census CENT OF TOTAL Cienfuegos Cifuentes citizenship City of Habana coffee colored Colored.1 consensually married Cuban citizens cultivation districts ending June 30 exports females fiscal following table gives following table shows foreign born foreign whites gallons Gibara greater Gross Guanabacoa Guanajay Guantánamo Guayabal Güines Habana city harbor important Includes black increase industry inhabitants Island of Cuba Isle of Pines lands males manufacturing Manzanillo Marianao Matanzas miles Morón municipalities native whites Nipe Nueva Gerona Nuevitas number of births number of deaths occupations Pinar del Río Porto Rico ports President PROVINCE OR CITY Puerto Padre Republic Sagua Sagua la Grande Sancti-Spiritus Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba south coast Spain Spanish stations sugar cane temperatures tobacco tonnage total number total population trade Trinidad Unión de Reyes United Vuelta Abajo wage-earners widowed Yaguajay yellow
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Page 74 - Mexico, at the rate of 5 cents for the first ounce, and 3 cents for each additional ounce or fraction thereof.
Page 110 - ... by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. SEC.
Page 67 - Santiago is the capital of the province and oriental region. There are a number of tobacco factories, but the chief business is the exportation of raw materials and the importation of manufactured goods and provisions. Sugar, iron ore, manganese, mahogany, hides, wax, cedar, and tobacco are exported to the United States.
Page 42 - States, based upon just and substantial grounds, for the preservation of Cuban independence, and the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 41 - To the People of Cuba: Coming among you as the representative of the President, in furtherance and in continuation of the humane purpose with which my countiy interfered to put an end to the distressing condition in this island, I deem it proper to say that the object of the present government is to give protection to the people, security to person and property, to restore confidence, to encourage the people to resume the pursuits of peace, to build up waste plantations, to resume commercial traffic,...
Page 44 - In so far as is consistent with the nature of a provisional government established under authority of the United States, this will be a Cuban government conforming, as far as may be, to the constitution of Cuba.
Page 35 - all the powers of governors of cities in a state of siege * * * with full and unlimited authority to detach from the island and to send to the Peninsula all officials and persons employed in whatsoever capacity, and of whatsoever rank, class, or condition, whose presence may appear prejudicial, or whose public or private conduct may inspire you with suspicion * * * and further to suspend the execution of any order or general regulations issued in whatever branch of the administration and to whatever...
Page 12 - ... culminates in Pico Turquino, which is reputed to have an altitude of 8,320 feet. From Santiago it extends to the east end of the island, but is much more broken and has more of a plateau-like form, with a great diminution in altitude. This portion of the range takes on a different name, being known as the Cobre Range. It contains numerous flat summits, approximating 3,000 feet in altitude, one of which, known as La Gran Piedra, is said to have an altitude of 3,300 feet.
Page 12 - The dominating orographic feature of the province, indeed of the whole island, is the Sierra Maestra, which, commencing at Cape Cruz, south of Manzanillo, extends eastward, closely paralleling the coast, from which it rises abruptly, as far east as the neighborhood of Santiago. In this part it contains many points exceeding 5,000 feet in altitude and culminates in Pico Turquino, which is reputed to have an altitude of 8,320 feet. From Santiago it extends to the east end of the island, but is much...
Page 44 - To the people of Cuba: The failure of Congress to act on the irrevocable resignation of the President of the Republic of Cuba, or to elect a successor, leaves this country without a government at a time when great disorder prevails, and requires that pursuant to a request of President Palma, the necessary steps be taken in the name and by the authority of the President of the United States, to restore order, protect life and property in the Island of Cuba and islands and keys adjacent thereto and...