. The Cuba review and bulletin. uring last year there were exportedfrom Cuba the enormous number of 256,-738,029 Havana cigars. Contrary tothe general idea, however, that Americagets the bulk of this trade, only about30 per cent, came here, the total pur-chases amounting to 79,483,125 cigars,while England took 92,459,687. Germanybuys from twenty-five to thirty million,and France ten to twelve million. Onereason for the larger sales to Englandthan to the United States is the fact that America buys a large amount of leaftobacco, which is worked up here; lastyear twenty-five million pounds wereim
. The Cuba review and bulletin. uring last year there were exportedfrom Cuba the enormous number of 256,-738,029 Havana cigars. Contrary tothe general idea, however, that Americagets the bulk of this trade, only about30 per cent, came here, the total pur-chases amounting to 79,483,125 cigars,while England took 92,459,687. Germanybuys from twenty-five to thirty million,and France ten to twelve million. Onereason for the larger sales to Englandthan to the United States is the fact that America buys a large amount of leaftobacco, which is worked up here; lastyear twenty-five million pounds wereimported, while England took onlytwenty-five thousand pounds. But fewCuban cigarettes come to this country,most of the manufacture going to SouthAmerica. Although two hundred andfifty million cigars—^the number we re-ceived from Cuba—^would appear to be aconsiderable stock, cigar dealers caseswould soon be empty if that were theonly source of supply, as Americasmokes some 8,ooo,ooo,coo cigars annu-ally.—Scientific THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. The collections of the Havana CustomHouse during March, 1907, amounted to$1,828,, a considerable increase ascompared with the figures for March,1906. HIGH PRICE OF RUBBER. While enthusiastic rubber planters aredeveloping production in various partsof the world, some of the more thought-ful experts in that line are looking intothe future and are asking what will bethe position of the article when the yieldof the new plantations comes into themarket? Dr. Willis, in the Tropical Agri-culturist, expresses the opinion that thepresent price of rubber (about $ perpound) is too high to encourage its usefor new purposes. Such a developmentof consumption, he considers, is not tobe looked for until rubber goes back toa normal price of about 70 to 80 centsper poundf. He regards any venturebased on a higher value than 3 shillings{!]2 cents) a pound for rubber as of aspeculative character. REFUND OF DUTIES ON DAMAGED GOODS. The
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