. The Cuba review. 14 THE CUBA REVIEW. COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Cuban Customs Collections —1906, 1907 and 1908 Compared. 1906 1907 1908 January ..$1,592, $1,614, $1,595, B^ebruai-y . 1,600,704,09 1,379, 1,272, March 1,686, 1,748, 1,445, The collections for the first three months of IQOS show a marked decrease as compared with both 1907 and 1906, with the exception of January, 1906, al- though the 1907 total collections showed an increase of more than $1,500,000' over those of 1906. The falling ofif began with January of this year and continuing in Feb
. The Cuba review. 14 THE CUBA REVIEW. COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Cuban Customs Collections —1906, 1907 and 1908 Compared. 1906 1907 1908 January ..$1,592, $1,614, $1,595, B^ebruai-y . 1,600,704,09 1,379, 1,272, March 1,686, 1,748, 1,445, The collections for the first three months of IQOS show a marked decrease as compared with both 1907 and 1906, with the exception of January, 1906, al- though the 1907 total collections showed an increase of more than $1,500,000' over those of 1906. The falling ofif began with January of this year and continuing in February and March indicate the effects of the business depression in the United States. Cuban Cedar and Mahogany—Market at New York. Mahogany: At the present time there is quite a full and complete assortment of this grade of wood on hand, so that we do not feel warranted in recommend- ing shipments. The receipts for March were less than those of the preceding month, but notwithstanding this fact stock in first hands has been increased. Cedar: The receipts, although greater than for the preceding month, were not large, and part of them have passed into second hands. There is but little change in the' stock in first hands, and shipments cannot be recommended. George F. Herriman. April I, 1908. Cedro or Spanish Cedar. (Cedrella odorata.) Among the many valuable cabinet woods which are found in Cuba and which are rapidly being exhausted by short-sighted exploitation of the forests, no wood is more indispensable than the cedro or Spanish cedar, best known, perhaps, as the wood from which the cigar boxes are made. For commercial foresting it is the most promising of all Cuban trees. It is hardy, quick-growing, easily propagated, and will succeed in many places not eas- ily tilled. It forms a good straight trunk, even when growing in the open (as seen in the accompanying photo- graph of a tree found growing in a stone fence at the edge of stony pasture ground). It is one of the lar
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