. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW Government irrigation plans Vast may include the whole is- Irrigation land, and not Pinar del Rio Plans Province alone. It was the unfortunate conditions in this province, due to the damage inflicted by lengthy droughts, which first forced gov- ernment attention to the necessity for ex- tensive irrigation projects, and these, as al- ready stated, may include all other parts of the island. A bill introduced in the senate April 7th involves the expenditure of many millions, obtained through assess- ment of properties. According to article 6 of the bill these as
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW Government irrigation plans Vast may include the whole is- Irrigation land, and not Pinar del Rio Plans Province alone. It was the unfortunate conditions in this province, due to the damage inflicted by lengthy droughts, which first forced gov- ernment attention to the necessity for ex- tensive irrigation projects, and these, as al- ready stated, may include all other parts of the island. A bill introduced in the senate April 7th involves the expenditure of many millions, obtained through assess- ment of properties. According to article 6 of the bill these assessments are to be divided as follows: "The time arriving when the fields can be supplied with water, the company shall im- pose during the years of the concession a fee of seventy-five dollars annually per ca- balleria of land planted in cane, one hun- dred and seventj'-five dollars annually per caballeria of tobacco lands, forty dollars per caballeria of land planted in cacao or cof- fee, fifteen dollars annually per caballeria of land devoted to other crops or pasturage, the companies or individuals colonizing un- cultivated lands, whether public or private, for whatever branch of agriculture having the irrigation free of fee for one year; for two years in the case of introducing a crop new to the country, and for eight years in the case of individuals or companies own- ing barren lands who shall devote them to reforestation with trees useful for building. The national debt, known National as the revolution bonds, is Debt now reduced to $732,000 Reduced from the original amount of $2,196,585, and outstanding ones are to be taken up and settled. The interior debt is being reduced, and the president recommends that congress should allow a larger appropriation than $50,000 yearly towards the payment of the principal. The interest on the $35,000,000 loan is being paid regularly, and already $1,020,000 has been paid on the principal. This makes a total reduction of the na-
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