. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA REVIEW 11 famous IMalccon drive of I[avana, wliich was stopped tluriiifi; the Cuban revolution last winter, has recently been resumed and it is hoped that it may now be carried through to completion without further interruption. This extension when completed will link up with the new bridge and boulevard from the Almendares Iliver to the bathing beach at Marianao, which is being built by private pirties int-jrL>5tod in djVc'lop:n Mit of that district, and will then make a new direct route to the Playa. The Custom House collections a
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA REVIEW 11 famous IMalccon drive of I[avana, wliich was stopped tluriiifi; the Cuban revolution last winter, has recently been resumed and it is hoped that it may now be carried through to completion without further interruption. This extension when completed will link up with the new bridge and boulevard from the Almendares Iliver to the bathing beach at Marianao, which is being built by private pirties int-jrL>5tod in djVc'lop:n Mit of that district, and will then make a new direct route to the Playa. The Custom House collections at Havana for the month of December, 1917. were §2,624,- as against $3,074,2^ for Novembsr, the decrease being caused by the great decrease in the importation of foodstuffs, for, as already advised, there has been practically no importa- tion of flour, lard and other fats for over a month past. The total receipts at Havana for the year 1917 were §29,194, as against iS2S,322, for 1916. There is very little doing in the Cuban oil industry at present. Some drilling is going on both liy old and new companies, but there are no new developments and as a result public interest in such stocks has greatly decreased, and th(> price of same has reached lower figures than ever before. There have been no recent cargo lots of Pacific Coast products via the Panama Canal. Steamers continue to arrive with direct cargoes of rice, although a British sailing vessel arrived here recently with a cargo of 44,000 sacks rice direct from India, which it is stated is the largest sailing vessel to enter here, being 2,999 tons gross and drawing 25 feet. THE TOWN OF BARACOA AND THE EASTERN PART OF CUBA Bu TheoiJoor de Bonu (Courtesy of "The Bulletin" of the Pan Americin Union) The historic town of Baracoa may be said to be the western outpost of the Maisi district of Cuba. In an extremely isolated position, Baracoa can only be reached from other parts of the Republic by
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