or, on an average of 50 kilos per bale (110 pounds), 28,000,000 kilos, or 62,173,800 pounds.
“Note.—In Vuelta Abajo there is a good deal of uncultivated land, and with permanent peace and a stable government, that could insure protection to capitalists, this production could easily be increased in Vuelta Abajo alone to 500,000 bales. The provinces of Havana, Las Villas, and the Eastern Provinces would increase in the same proportion.
“In the manufacture of cigars, cigarettes, and packages of smoking tobacco for home consumption, the following number of bales of tobacco are used:
| Vuelta Abajo | 140,000 | bales. |
| Partido | 10,000 | “ |
| Sta. Clara | 30,000 | “ |
| Gibara | 40,000 | “ |
| Total | 220,000 | “ |
and for export as follows:
| Vuelta Abajo | 120,000 | bales. |
| Partido | 60,000 | “ |
| Sta. Clara | 100,000 | “ |
| Gibara | 60,000 | “ |
| Total | 340,000 | “ |
at 50 kilos per bale, 17,000,000 kilos or 36,956,000 pounds.
“The United States has bought and imported from the Island of Cuba as follows:
| In the year 1893 | 21,694,881 | pounds | $8,940,058 | |
| In the year 1894 | 14,578,248 | “ | 5,828,954 | |
| In the year 1895 | 20,175,620 | “ | 7,271,794 | |
| In the year 1896 | 26,771,317 | “ | 10,613,468 | |
| In the year 1897 | 4,410,073 | “ | (6 mos.) | 2,306,067 |
| A total value of leaf exported is estimated per annum at | $12,000,000 | |||
| and the 220,000 bales for home consumption are valued at | 10,000,000 | |||
| Total | $22,000,000 | |||