. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 12 THE CUBA REVIEW GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, NEW LAWS, CONSULATES, TAXES, ETC. Water meters are to be Water placed at all the factories Meters and farms within the city for of Havana, according to a Havana. decree of Nov. 23 by Gov- ernor Magoon. As the old law read, only stores were obliged to pay for the water. Under the new law water used by factories will be charged for at the rate of four cents per cubic meter, and at places where the water is drawn by pumps at five cents per cubic meter. The city engineer will decide where meters are to be placed, the
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 12 THE CUBA REVIEW GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, NEW LAWS, CONSULATES, TAXES, ETC. Water meters are to be Water placed at all the factories Meters and farms within the city for of Havana, according to a Havana. decree of Nov. 23 by Gov- ernor Magoon. As the old law read, only stores were obliged to pay for the water. Under the new law water used by factories will be charged for at the rate of four cents per cubic meter, and at places where the water is drawn by pumps at five cents per cubic meter. The city engineer will decide where meters are to be placed, the property owners paying the cost of installation. and permit the old apportionment to remain. The provincial councils of The Cuba are finding themselves Provincial in serious financial difficul- Coimcils ties on account of the re- Income. duction ia- revenues made by the new provincial law. Under an older law their revenue equalled about 30 per cent, of the taxes collected by all the municipalities, and of this amount 35 per cent, was allowed them for salaries, the balance for public works. Under the new law their rev- enue is only equal to 10 per cent, of the municipal tax, while they are still ex- pected to pay salaries and defray the expense of public works. Pinar del Rio and Camaguey Provinces found even the 30 per cent, apportion- ment inadequate for their needs and were compelled to frequently ask for aid from the central government. Budgets will have to be cut down in all provinces, which will mean reductions in salaries and curtailment in public work. Meet- ings by delegates from the provincial council have been held and the govern- ment has been asked to annul the law. Gov. Magoon, while in The Washington Dec. 5, said Island that the Cubans would take Without charge of the island with- Debt. out debt other than that from incompleted public work in course of construction. Every obligation will be met up to the time of the American withdrawal. Not only has all debt been
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