| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
|---|
| Banco Espanol de la Isla de Cuba=> Banco Español de la Isla de Cuba {pg 22} |
| deadly miasms=> deadly miasmas {pg 121} |
| neither chiselled, carved, inalid=> neither chiselled, carved, inlaid {pg 239} |
| better know abroad=> better known abroad {pg 339} |
| for fancy varietes=> for fancy varieties {pg 339} |
| Wisconsin or Pennyslvania=> Wisconsin or Pennsylvania {pg 343} |
| Compania Transatlantica Español=> Companía Transatlántica Español {pg 369} |
| (f) The tonnage tax on entries=> (e) The tonnage tax on entries {pg 373} |
| Yumuri River, 125; canon of, 126=> Yumuri River, 125; cañon of, 126 {index} |
| Yzquierdo, Jose M., on street-sweeping contracts, 112=> Yzquierdo, José M., on street-sweeping contracts, 112 {index} |
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The following shows the precise value of both the Spanish Alfonsino and the French Napoleon, with the inflated value. It also shows the cost of Spanish silver in Havana in September, 1898. These facts are necessary to a complete view of the subject of Cuban currency:
| STATEMENT SHOWING VALUE OF UNITED STATES GOLD IN COMPARISON WITH SPANISH%AND FRENCH GOLD AT ACTUAL LEGAL-TENDER VALUE | |||
| Spanish Alfonsino | $5.30 | ||
| French Napoleon | 4.24 | ||
| Spanish Alfonsino, value in Havana | $5.30 | ||
| Value in United States mint ($4.80 less shipping expenses) | 4.776 | ||
| $0.524 | |||
| Exchange 10-31/32% | |||
| French Napoleon, value in Havana | $4.24 | ||
| Value in United States mint ($3.84 less shipping expenses) | 3.8208 | ||
| $0.4192 | |||
| Exchange 10-31/32% | |||
| Value of $5, less ½% shipping expenses $4.975. | At 10-31/32% | .....$5.53 | |
[2] Taking into account the weight of gold contained in the United States gold ten-dollar piece and in the Spanish Alfonsino or centen (5.30 Cuban dollars), the value of the American eagle is exactly 10.9875 Cuban dollars, or practically 11 Cuban dollars. There is a shade of difference, namely, $5.53, which would equal $11.06, for the American eagle in the estimate given in the former footnote, but the exchange is included in the calculation. As the matter now stands in Cuba, a ten-dollar American gold piece is worth 11 Spanish dollars in gold.
[3] In this year there was no expenditure for this purpose.
[4] Includes Market Dues and Pounds.
[5] In this year there was no expenditure for these purposes.
[6] Half-year.
[7] A cable despatch to the New York Sun, dated Santiago, December 19th, a week after the author left Santiago, contains the information that General Wood has now completed his scheme of local taxation, and that the local machinery will soon be in running order. The despatch says: