Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
COMMERCE. OF HAVANA.
Customs Receipts for May Exceeded
Those of Any Previous Month.

The War Department has prepared from
official sources an interesting and impor-
tant statement relative to the customs
transactions a Havana for the month of
May. The report shows that the receipts
for that month exceed those of any previous
month. they being 1927, 223 06.
The sugar crop. which had earlier been
estimated roughly at 10000 tons for the
month, has exceeded those figures, being
45,700 tons. The amount estimated for June
was 10000 tons. 1t is thought If the crop
reaches the amount estimated for June, the
total crop to July l will be ,I03 tors. 1t
was expected, however, at the time the re-
port was written that the total crop would
exceed this amount. 1t should be remem-
bered in this connection that the figures
for June have not been received at the War
Department, although they are now daily
expected
May 1855 vessels of all kinds, of a total
gross tonnage OF PISSED tons, entered the
port of Havana from ports outside of Cuba,
and 132 vessels, of total gross tonnage of
26S504 tons, cleared from Havana for for
eign ports.
OF those entering Havana, 132 We're steam
vessels with gross tonnage of 2jS, :,62 tons
and thirty-four sailing vessels with d gross
tonnage of 1880 tons. OF those cleared
1875 were steam vessels with a gross ton
mage of 260,l64 tons and twenty-siN We're
sailing vessels with gross tonnage of
$40 tons. OF the steamers entered fifty
six were American, with gross tonnage Of
1O3S61 tons. while seventy-six were from
other countries, with a gross tonnage of
164, 4a5 tons. OF the sailing We sells twenty
eight were American, with a gross tonnage
of Q, $50 tons, and six We're from other coun-
tries, with gross tonnage of i861 tons.
Of the steamers cleared fifty-two were
American, with a gross tonnage of ID0. IA
tons, and seyenty-four were from other
countries, with a gross tonnage of 1J9, APO
tons.
OF the sailing vessels cleared nineteen
were American, with gross tonnage of
6 3S9 tons, and seven were from other coun-
tries. with a gross tonnage of 1,951 tons
Entered From Cuban Ports.
During the month of May 1S5 vessels.
with a gross tonnage of 26,9s tons, en-
tered Havana from ports in the Island of
Cuba. or these twenty-four We're steam
vessels, with a gross tonnage of 1855
tens, and f61 were sailing vessels with a
gross tonnage of 10. 102 tons. There cleared
from Havana for the month 15s vessels for
ports in Cuba, with a gross tonnage of
3O,234 Tons. OF this number eighteen were
steamers, with a gross tonnage of 1l.65S
tons, and 40 were sailing vessels with
gross tonnage Of S,516 tons.
To recapituiate, there entered Havana
during the month of May 351 vessels, with
a gross tonnage of 800. $50 tons, and there
cleared from that port during the month
$40 vessels, with a gross tonnage of 2sS TsS
TONS
AS compared with the month of April it
may be stated that 351 vessels entered the
port of Havana in the month of May as
against 30S in April. while 80 cleared in
May against 324 in April
During May there landed at Havana from
ports outside the island 2, 100 passengers
Of this number 1929 were from the United
States, Ti5 were from Spain and 176 from
other countries.
During the same month 4451 passengers
left Havana for ports outside the island
2,124 were listed for the United States
2,0Sf for Spain and 243 for other countries
During the month of May there were
liquidated 6.059 entries, of which twenty
were free. The total amount of customs
duties liquidated amounted to S9iS ass. 40.
During the month there were 397 immedi-
ate consumptive entries at Havana and Ill
manfests.
Also during the month there were i'm
ported into>Havana two bulls, 433 cows, 271
calves, p 1874 steers, 1865 pigs, 5TS sheep.
112 horses, 3S4 mules. % donkeys and IA
other animals, making total of 25,677.
OF these there came from the United
States two bulls, 339 cows, 104 calves 6.9T4
steers, 1880 pigs. 57s sheep, I5 horses, 21S
mules and IA other animals
During the month the duties collected on
post office dacara tiOns amounted to SlG1 %.
During the twenty-six working days of
May the import duties were $3.50, 0S5. IS;
export duties, $47, SIS. SO: special harbor i'm
provement tax, S14 1S5. %; cattle inspection
S1I54.S4; overtime work of custom house
employees, $1,000. and equalization tax of
81 9S3 and tonnage dues of S26, 1853.
The sum of S126 1853 was expended for
sanitation purposes during May, S665272 20
for charities and hospitals, Si43I6.32 for
public works, such as ports and harbors,
and S31, IA for aid TO the destitute.