. The Cuba review. 42 THE CUBA REVIEW Dr. Carlos de la Torre, a well-known naturalist, found some valuable fossils re- cently while on a scientific excursion up to the Jatibonica Sierras. The specimens be- long" to the Myomorphus Cubenses, which are exact duplicates of fossils found in the Andes, supporting the probability of the theory that the island of Cuba formed in the past ages a part of the American con- tinent. Bottled at the Brewery. For Sale at all Dealers and on the Munson Line Sobrinos De Bea & Co. BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Importacion directa de todas los centres m
. The Cuba review. 42 THE CUBA REVIEW Dr. Carlos de la Torre, a well-known naturalist, found some valuable fossils re- cently while on a scientific excursion up to the Jatibonica Sierras. The specimens be- long" to the Myomorphus Cubenses, which are exact duplicates of fossils found in the Andes, supporting the probability of the theory that the island of Cuba formed in the past ages a part of the American con- tinent. Bottled at the Brewery. For Sale at all Dealers and on the Munson Line Sobrinos De Bea & Co. BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Importacion directa de todas los centres manufactureros del mundo Agents for the Munson Steamship Line, New York and Mobile; James E. Ward & Co., New York; Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool; Vapores Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co. de Barcelona, Espana Indepen- -' - dencia Street 17/21. MATANZAS, CUBA JOHN w. McDonald COAL, WOOD. LUMBER AND TIMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 112 Wall Street, New York Near South Street Yard; 56-58 Beard Street, Eric Basin Telephones: Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hamilton PURDY & HENDERSON INC. Engineers and Contractors New York Chicago Boston CUBA OFFICE, EMPEDRADO 32, HAVANA COCOANUT TREE YIELDS From 48 to 50 trees, planted 30 by 30, are calculated to the acre, says Tropical Life of London, and no well-planted estate for good reasons will plant them closer. The basis for the value of an estate planted to cocoanuts is made on an annual average yield of 50 nuts per tree of nine years' age and 40 nuts for palms eight years old. This, whilst a fair return, is the fuH average allowance, although, of course, many trees do exceed this number. Returns of 200 to 400 nuts per tree in a year are rare. Experiments in the Philippines have proved that cocoanuts will grow away from the sea, in suitable (i. e., loose, light) soil, provided there is ample water in the sub- soil, placed there either by natural or arti- ficial means, and that this water is in no wise stagnant, but has the same, or
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