Identifier: cubarevie13muns (find matches)
Title: The Cuba review
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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$277,455,950 CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE CITY OF HAVANA Authorized licenses from January, 1909, to April 29, 1913 6,030 Constructions without licenses carried out during the same period, calculated about 6% of the total 362 TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTIONS CARRIED OUT 6,392 Supposing that 5% of that number had been constructions worth $30,000 on an average $9,570,000 Supposing that 30% (1,918) had been to the value of $15,000 28,770,000 Supposing that 65% (4,155) had been to the value of $5,000 20,775,000 TOTAL VALUE OF THE CONSTRUCTIONS FROM JANUARY 1909 to APRIL 20, 1913 $59,115,000 26 T FT )) CUBA REVIEW CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIANAO Number of construction licenses issued from 1909 to 1913 1,505 Value of same: 20 at the rate of 11,()()() pesos $220,000 485 at the rate of 3,200 pesos 1,552,000 1000 at the rate of 650,000 TOTAL $2,422,000 INVESTED IN HAVANA $59,115,000 INVESTED IN MARIANAO 2,422,000 GENERAL TOTAL $61,537,000 INVESTED INCREASE IN WEALTH $397,282,819 $226,430,123
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BOY SCOUTS IN CUBA The Exploradores de Cuba, as the Boy Scouts are dubbed, comprise an organizationof about 110 children. The movement was initiated in Matanzas, with a membership of 50on their national holiday, the Tenth of October, 1914. On that day the boys assembled beforethe Statue of Marti, the Apostle of Freedom, and marched to the barracks, where theywere entertained by the officers. , Every Sunday the little chaps are taken to the country and trained in campaign life,riding, and even taught cooking around a camp fire, and other requirements for campaign. On the 20th of May, this j^ear, the Boy Scouts made a good showing on bicycles. Theywere entertained by the Cuban Veterans and Mayor Freyre Andrade on that day. They nownumber one hundred and ten strong, and are like a crack regiment; though somewhat lilipu-tian in size, they feel as strong as David before Goliah and comprise the patriots of the future. The President of the Boy Scouts in Matanzas is Ramon Pages. The Secretary

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