The imports into and exports from Cuba from and to various countries were as follows in the last two years: The imports from Cuba into the United Kingdom, according to the Board of Trade Returns, amounted in 1903 to 333,5877. and the exports from the United Kingdom to Cuba to 1,481, 1847. The principal imports from Cuba were sugar, 215,6471.; molasses, 37,0851.; mahogany, 62,3761. The principal British exports to the island were: cottons, 621,4077. ; linens, 223,8107.; woollens, 61,6087. ; ironwork, 162,9617.; machinery, 38, 1807. ; rice (cleaned, &c., in U. K.), 104,0927. The total imports from Cuba into the United States, and the total exports from the United States to Cuba, according to United States statistics for years ending June 30, were: Dollars Imports into U.S. Dollars In 1903 the imports into the United States from Cuba comprised sugar to the value of 42,697,546 dollars; tobacco, 9,967,124 dollars; cigars, &c., 3,175,722 dollars; iron ore, 1,622,004 dollars. The exports to Cuba comprised meat products, 4,486,238 dollars; iron and steel manufactures, 2,461,937 dollars; wheat-flour, 1,941,690 dollars; cattle, 1,168,382 dollars; wood and manufactures, 1,459,987 dollars; coal and coke, 1,126,641 dollars. On imports into Cuba there are heavy protective duties which were increased in February, 1904. The rates are in general stated specifically and are too detailed to be summarised here. On cotton and cotton manufactures they range from 0.096 to 175 dollar per kilogramme. On wool there is an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent.; on woollen manufactures, 46 per cent. on woollen yarn 513 per cent. Articles of nearly every description are taxed, but there is a free list which comprises coal and coke, flax and certain other fibres, natural manures, plants, certain agricultural instruments, and (for certain purposes) horses, cattle, and sheep; also school books and printing paper. Under the Reciprocity Convention of 1903, imports from the United States obtain a rebate ranging from 20 to 40 per cent. There are export duties on tobacco in every form. In 1903, in the foreign trade 4,037 vessels of 5,352,928 tons net entered, and 3,973 of 5,311,556 tons net cleared at the 16 ports of the republic. In Cuba there were in 1903, 1,479 miles of railway. The lines now connect the principal towns and seaports from Pinar del Rio in the west, to Santiago de Cuba in the east. The larger sugar estates have private lines connecting them with the main lines. There are 430 post offices. There are 1,986 miles of government telegraph line and 3, 450 miles of wire, with 153 offices. There is no Cuban currency and no paper money. The Spanish gold dollar is worth 451d.; the silver dollar about 40d., and the American dollar 494d. The principal coins used are the peso, worth 60 cents; the half peso, worth 30 cents; the peseta, worth 12 cents; the real, worth 6 cents; the half real, worth 3 cents. The French "Louis" is worth 3.82 dollars. The metrical system of weights and measures is in use. British Minister Resident-Lionel E. G. Carden, Havana. There is a British Consul at Santiago, and Vice-Consuls at Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Cardenas, and Guantanamo. Books of Reference concerning Cuba. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations on Affairs in Cuba. Senate, No. 885. Fifty-fifth Congress. Washington. United States Consular Reports. Washington. United States Labor Conditions in Cuba. Bulletin of the Department of Labor. No. 41. Washington, 1902. Estadistica General: Comercio Exterior. Poblacion. Monthly and Annual. Havana. Quarterly and Annual.-Movimiento de Informe Bi-Anual Sanitario y Demografico. Havana. Davey (R.), Cuba in War Time. London, 1897.-Cuba Past and Present. London, 1898. 1899. Gallahan (J. M.), Cuba and International Relations. Indian Archipelago. New York, Rowan (A. S.), and Ramsey (M. M.). The Island of Cuba. London, 1898. DENMARK. (KONGERIGET DANMARK.) Christian IX., born April 8, 1818, the fourth son of the late Duke Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and of Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel. Appointed to the succession of the crown of Denmark by the treaty of London of May 8, 1852, and by the Danish law of succession of July 31, 1853. Succeeded to the throne on the death of King Frederik VII., November 15, 1863. Married, May 26, 1842, to Queen Louise, born September 7, 1817, died September 29, 1898, the daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel. Children of the King. I. Prince Frederik, heir apparent, born June 3, 1843; married July 28, 1869, to Princess Lowisa, daughter of King Carl XV, of Sweden and Norway. Offspring of the union are:-1. Prince Christian, born September 26, 1870; married April 26, 1898, to Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg; offspring, Prince Christian Frederik, born March 11, 1899; Prince Knud, born July 27, 1900. 2. Prince Karl, born August 3, 1872; married July 22, 1896, to Princess Maud Alexandra of Great Britain; offspring, Prince Alexander, born July 2, 1903. 3. Princess Louise, born February 17, 1875; married, May 5, 1896, to Prince Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Bruno of Schaumburg-Lippe. 4. Prince Harald, born October 8, 1876. 5. Princess Ingeborg, born August 2, 1878; married August 27, 1897, to Prince Charles of Sweden. 6. Princess Thyra, born March 14, 1880. 7. Prince Gustav, born March 4, 1887. 8. Princess Dagmar, born May 23, 1890. II. Princess Alexandra, born December 1, 1844; married, March 10, 1863, to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, who succeeded to the British Crown as King Edward VII. January 22, 1901. III. Prince Wilhelm, born December 24, 1845; elected King of the Hellenes, under the title of Georgios I., by the Greek National Assembly, March 31, 1863; married, October 27, 1867, to Olga Constantinowna, Grand Duchess of Russia. IV. Princess Marie Dagmar (Empress Maria- Feodorovna), born November 26, 1847; married, November 9, 1866, to Alexander III., Emperor of Russia; widow, November 1, 1894. V. Princess Thyra, born September 29, 1853; married, December 21, 1878, to Prince Ernest August, Duke of Cumberland. VI. Prince Waldemar, born October 27, 1858; married, October 22, 1885, to Princess Marie d'Orléans, eldest daughter of the Duc de Chartres, born January 13, 1865; offspring, Prince Aage, born June 10, 1887; Prince Axel, born August 12, 1888; Prince Erik, born November 8, 1890; Prince Viggo, born December 25, 1893; Princess Margrethe, born September 17, 1895. Brother of the King. Prince Hans, born December 5, 1825; general in the Danish army. The crown of Denmark was elective from the earliest times. In 1448, after the death of the last male scion of the Princely House of Svend Estridsen the Danish Diet elected to the throne Christian I., Count of Oldenburg, in whose family the royal dignity remained for more than four centuries, although the crown was not rendered hereditary by right till the year 1660. The direct male line of the house of Oldenburg became extinct with the sixteenth king, Frederik VII., on November 15, 1863. In view of the death of the king without direct heirs, the Great Powers of Europe, 'taking into consideration that the maintenance of the integrity of the Danish Monarchy, as connected with the general interests of the balance of power in Europe, is of high importance to the preservation of peace,' signed a treaty at London on May 8, 1852, by the terms of which the succession to the crown of Denmark was made over to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and to the direct male descendants of his union with the Princess Louise of Hesse Cassel, niece of King Christian VIII. of Denmark. In accordance with this treaty, a law concerning the succession to the Danish crown was adopted by the Diet, and obtained the royal sanction July 31, 1853. King Christian IX. has a civil list of 1,000,000 kroner settled upon him by vote of the Rigsdag, approved December 17, 1863. The heir apparent of the crown has, in addition, an allowance of 120,000 kroner, settled by law of March 20, 1868. Subjoined is a list of the Kings of Denmark, with the dates of their accession, from the time of election of Christian I. of Oldenburg : House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Christian IX., 1863 Constitution and Government. The present Constitution of Denmark is embodied in the charter of June 5, 1849, which was modified in some important respects in 1855 and 1863, but again restored, with various alterations, by a statute which obtained the royal sanction on July 28, 1866. According to this charter, the executive power is in the king and his responsible ministers, and the right of making and amending laws in the Rigsdag, or Diet, acting in conjunction with the sovereign. The king must be a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is declared to be the religion of the State. The Rigsdag comprises the Landsthing and the Folkething, the former being a Senate or Upper House, and the latter a House of Commons. The Landsthing consists of 66 members. Of these, 12 are nominated for life by the Crown, from among actual or former representatives of the Kingdom, and the rest are elected indirectly by the people for the terms of eight years. The choice of the latter 54 members of the Upper House is given to electoral bodies composed partly of the largest taxpayers in the country districts, partly of deputies of the largest taxpayers in the cities, and partly of deputies from the totality of citizens possessing the franchise. Eligible to the Landsthing is every citizen who has passed his twenty-fifth year and is a resident of the district. The Folkething, or Lower House of Parliament, consists of 114 members, returned in direct election, by universal suffrage, for the term of three years. According to the Constitution there should be one member for every 16,000 inhabitants. The franchise belongs to every male citizen who has reached his thirtieth year, who is not in the actual receipt of public charity, or who, if he has at any former time been in receipt of it, has repaid the sums so received, who is not in private service without having his own household, and who has resided at least one year in the electoral circle on the lists of which his name is inscribed. Eligible for the Folkething are all men of good reputation past the age of twenty-five. Both the members of the Landsthing and of the Folkething receive payment for their services at the rate of 10 kroner (6s. 8d.) per day during the actual session, and are reimbursed for travelling expenses to and from the capital. The Rigsdag must meet every year on the first Monday in October. To the Folkething all money bills must in the first instance be submitted by the Government. The Landsthing, besides its legislative functions, has the duty of appointing from its midst every four years the assistant judges of the Rigsret, who, together with the ordinary members of the Höiesteret, form the highest tribunal of the Kingdom (Rigsret), and can alone try parliamentary impeachments. The ministers have free access to both of the legislative assemblies, but can only vote in that chamber of which they are members. The executive (appointed January 13, 1905), acting under the king as president, and called the State Council-Statsraadet--consists of the following nine departments: 1 and 2. The Presidency of the Council and Ministries of War and Marine.-Jens Christian Christensen. |