The international geography . ng material islimestone and lime products, such as plaster and cement. Communications.—The larger part of the thousand miles of publicrailways is comprised in the United System of Havana, which extends westand east from Havanathrough the tobacco andsugar districts of theVuelta Arriba and VueltaAbajo and, within a daysjourney, reaches the prin-cipal cities west of Cien-fuegos and Sagua laGrande. The western terminus is Pinar del Rio, ^ , , ., - „ Fig. S7(y-—The Rathaays of Cuba. 106 miles from Havana ; the eastern terminus is Villa Clara, 150 miles distant. One lin
The international geography . ng material islimestone and lime products, such as plaster and cement. Communications.—The larger part of the thousand miles of publicrailways is comprised in the United System of Havana, which extends westand east from Havanathrough the tobacco andsugar districts of theVuelta Arriba and VueltaAbajo and, within a daysjourney, reaches the prin-cipal cities west of Cien-fuegos and Sagua laGrande. The western terminus is Pinar del Rio, ^ , , ., - „ Fig. S7(y-—The Rathaays of Cuba. 106 miles from Havana ; the eastern terminus is Villa Clara, 150 miles distant. One line runs southfrom Havana to Batabano and meets the south-coast steamers. On sugar-estates narrow-gauge railways are freely used in handling cane ; theycommunicate with the interior, in connection with coasting steamers andbroad-gauge lines. Good highways are short and few ; and even commonroads for wheeled vehicles hardly exist, except near larger towns. Trade.—Most of Cuba is accessible to maritime transportation. The. ^^r^^^ 798 The International Geography chief harbours on the north coast are Bahia Honda, Cabanas, Havana,Matanzas, Sagua, Nuevitas, Gibara, Nipe, and Baracoa ; and on the south,Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo, Trinidad and Cienfuegos. Theshipping trade, both foreign and coastal, is extensive ; steamers coast theisland, the north coast being served from Havana and the south fromBatabano, the southern out-port of Havana. Although Cuba naturallycommands the commerce of the American Mediterranean, trade andcommunication with the adjacent regions, other than Mexico, have nothiiherto been encouraged. The essentials of Cuban commerce are : (i) alarge balance of trade in favour of the island ; (2) preponderating con-sumption of the exports by the United States ; (3) the division of theimports between other countries; and (4) the absence of trade with theneighbouring regions—except the United States—of which the island isthe natural commercial centre
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