It will be seen from the following exhibit that Schedule 12, "Alimentary Substances," covering all food products, is the most important of all the schedules, representing more than half the total imports into Cuba during 1895, and aggregating over $31,000,000. Next in importance to this is Schedule 4, "Cotton and Manufactures thereof," aggregating nearly $6,000,000, or ten per cent. of the total imports; Schedule 1, "Ores, etc.," aggregating in the neighbourhood of $4,750,000, ranking third, and so on through the list. TABLE SHOWING VALUE OF IMPORTS INTO CUBA BY TARIFF CLASSES FOR THE LAST NORMAL YEAR, 1895-96 ----------+---------------------------------------------+--------------- Number of | | Value Imports, Schedule. | Commodity. | 1895-96. ----------+---------------------------------------------+--------------- Class I. | Stones, earths, ores, etc. | $ 4,733,358.12 " II. | Metals, and manufactures of | 2,063,281.95 " III. | Pharmacy and chemicals | 2,166,414.92 " IV. | Cotton, and manufactures of | 5,908,202.23 " V. | Hemp, flax, jute, and other vegetable | | fibres and manufactures of | 3,587,713.23 " VI. | Wool, bristles, etc., and manufactures of | 1,060,192.13 " VII. | Silk, and manufactures of | 315,010.00 " VIII. | Paper and its applications | 1,257,132.94 " IX. | Wood, etc., and manufactures of | 2,054,057.57 " X. | Animals and animal wastes | 3,880,209.64 " XI. | Instruments, machinery, etc. | 2,123,315.43 " XII. | Alimentary substances | 31,179,289.98 " XIII. | Miscellaneous | 1,115,156.51 | +--------------- | | $61,443,334.65 ----------+---------------------------------------------+--------------- In conjunction with the above table, the following recapitulation of values of exports and reshipments into Cuba during 1895-96 is given: RECAPITULATION OF VALUES OF EXPORTS AND RESHIPMENTS IN CUBA DURING 1895-96