the winter tourist season.

The city is very attractive and boasts of many modern improvements. Hotel accommodations are good. Principal industries: Cigar and cigarette making; breweries; textile mills; packing plants and canneries; bottling plants; cement and tile factories; stone works; foundries and machine shops; soap, perfume, and cosmetic factories; pharmaceutical manufacture; confectionery; bakeries; leather and shoes; furniture.

How Reached. See section, "Transportation and Communication."

Taxicabs.-Taxicab fares are regulated according to zones. Minimum fare within zone 1 is 20 cents for one or two persons, and 10 cents for each additional person. Principal business houses and most of the hotels are located in zone 1. Fares from pier to hotel are usually higher, but are subject to prior agreement with taxicab driver. Most of the taxicabs in Habana are small 5-passenger cars. The rates for 7-passenger cars are always a matter of special arrangement, and care should be taken to reach an agreement on fare before taking one of the larger cars.

Hotels.-First-class hotels include the National and the Sevilla-Biltmore. Other hotels are Presidente; Parkview ; Florida; Lincoln; Royal Palm; LaFayette; Ambos Mundos; Plaza. Banks. National City Bank of New York; Chase National Bank; First National Bank of Boston; Royal Bank of Canada; Canadian Bank of Commerce; Bank of Nova Scotia ; N. Gelats y Cia. All are members of the Habana Clearing House.

BAYAMO.-Province of Oriente; population, 75,793; 81 miles from Santiago de Cuba; 25 miles from Manzanillo. Principal products: Cattle, tobacco, swine. Industries: Chiefly agricultural; also tobacco and tile factories, and large condensed-milk, butter, and cheese factories.

How Reached. By railroad or Central Highway.
Banks.-Royal Bank of Canada; Banco Nunez.
Hotels.--Telegrafo; New York.

Note.-Bayamo is located in the largest cattle-raising district of Oriente Province.

CAMAGUEY.-Capital of Province of Camaguey; population, 137,893; located near center of the Province, 355 miles from Habana, 250 miles from Santiago de Cuba, and 45 miles from Nuevitas, its chief port. Principal products: Cattle, sugar, molasses, lumber. Industries: Distilleries; sawmills; furniture, butter, cheese, match, and soap factories; bottling plants.

How Reached. By railroad; by the Central Highway; or by plane.

Hotels.-Camaguey;

Colon; Isla de Cuba.

Plaza; Inglaterra; Habana; Gran;

Banks.-Royal Bank of Canada; National City Bank of New York; Bank of Nova Scotia.

Note.-Camaguey is an important city in the center of a large cattle-raising and agricultural district. Many wholesale firms, particularly in provisions and groceries, are located here and distribute to smaller towns in this and adjoining Provinces. Camaguey is the headquarters and a division point of the Cuba Railroad, and is the junction point for branches to the north coast (Nuevitas) and to Santa Cruz del Sur, center of the mahogany and cedar district on the south coast.

CIEGO DE AVILA.-Province of Camaguey; population, 67,347; 287 miles from Habana; 317 miles from Santiago de Cuba; 17 miles from Jucaro, a port on the southern coast. Principal products Sugar, cattle, and oranges. Industries: Sawmills, brickyards, and bottling works.

How Reached. By railroad or by Central Highway.
Bank.-Royal Bank of Canada.

Hotels. Rueda; Plaza; Sevilla.

Note. Ciego de Avila is a railroad junction in the center of a large sugar-growing district.

CIENFUEGOS.-Province of Santa Clara; population, 92,063; situated on south coast on Bay of Cienfuegos or Jagua, 227 miles from Habana and 41 miles from Santa Clara. Principal products: Sugarcane, coffee, and tobacco. Industries: Sugar mills; soap, candle, tobacco, brick, and tile factories; cabinetmaking; manufacture of luggage and clothing; ice and soft drink factories; and distilleries.

How Reached. By railroad, highway, boat, or plane.

Banks. National City Bank of New York; First National Bank of Boston; Royal Bank of Canada; Bank of Nova Scotia. Hotels.-San Carlos; Union; Suiza; Bristol.

Note. Cienfuegos is one of the most important commercial centers in Cuba, ranking after Habana and Santiago de Cuba and holding seventh place in importance as a port for the export of sugar. There is some direct importation, but most of the imported products consumed here are cleared through Habana. Principal imports are provisions (including rice, flour, beans, chickpeas, oats), wines, liquors, drugs, hardware, petroleum products, coal, and lumber. There are a number of wholesale houses and many retail concerns. American vice consul in residence.

GUANTANAMO.—Province of Oriente; population, 68,311. Port at Caimanera (U. S. Naval Base), Guantanamo Bay, which is 20 miles from Guantanamo by railroad; 40 miles from Santiago de Cuba; 572 miles from Habana. Principal products: Sugar, beeswax, lumber, coffee, and bananas.

How Reached. By railroad or plane from Santiago.
Banks.-Royal Bank of Canada; Banco Nunez.

Hotel. Washington.

HOLGUIN.—Province of Oriente; population, 140,451; 88 miles northwest of Santiago de Cuba. Principal products: Sugar, tobacco, vegetables, cattle, and gold.

How Reached. By railroad or by Central Highway.
Banks.-Royal Bank of Canada; Banco Nunez.

Note.-Holguin, largest municipality in Oriente, does considerable business in coffee, corn, and beans.

ISLE OF PINES.-Province of Habana; population, 10,165; 80 miles from Batabano. Principal products: Grapefruit, oranges, melons, and winter vegetables. Industries: Sawmilling, gold mining, marble quarrying, and sponge fishing.

How Reached.-From Habana by railroad to Batabano, and thence overnight by steamer. (See section on local steamship services under heading "Transportation.")

Hotels. Santa Rita and Santa Barbara Inn, at Santa Fe and Santa Barbara, respectively; Anderson's and San Jose, at Nueva Gerona. Nueva Gerona is the chief business center.

MATANZAS.-Capital of Province of Matanzas; population, 72,481. Port on Matanzas Bay; 63 miles from Habana and 541 miles from Santiago de Cuba. Principal products: Sugar, molasses, honey, beeswax, fruits, sisal and henequen fibers. Industries: Cordage factory; sugar mills; tanneries and shoe factories; foundries; brickyards; soap, match, and confectionery factories; fertilizer plant.

How Reached.-From Habana, by railroad and by Central Highway in about 3 hours.

Banks.-National City Bank of New York; Royal Bank of

Canada.

Hotels.-Louvre; Seville; Paris; Velasco.

Note.-Matanzas is an important industrial city, easily reached from Habana. It ranks fourth in national importance as a port of export. Matanzas is about 30 miles from San Miguel de los Banos, a popular spa. American vice consul in

residence.

PINAR DEL RIO.—Capital of Province of Pinar del Rio; population, 64,470. Located in western end of the island 110 miles from Habana. Principal products: Tobacco, fresh fruits and vegetables, sugar, copper, and manganese.

How Reached. From Habana, by railroad or by the Central Highway in about 4 hours.

Bank.-Royal Bank of Canada.

Hotels. Ricardo; Marina; Globo.

Note.-Pinar del Rio is a city of considerable importance. A large business is done with the surrounding districts. The chief wealth is in tropical agricultural products, especially tobacco, the finest grade being grown in this district (Vuelta Abajo). SANTIAGO DE CUBA.-Capital of Province of Oriente; population, 106,860. On southeast coast, 604 miles from Habana, 40 miles from Guantanamo. Principal products: Sugar, iron ore, manganese, rum, tobacco, lumber, honey, and beeswax, Industries: Breweries and distilleries; mining; agriculture; brickyards; sawmills and lumber yards; manufacture of ice, matches,