exports | 2,092,960.13 | 153,326.30 | 2,620,645.13 +---------------+---------------+--------------- Grand | | | total |$22,566,671.07 |$15,822,359.62 |$113,121,512.53 ------------+---------------+---------------+--------------- The grand total of the trade of the Cuban ports for the last normal year was nearly $175,000,000. Perhaps with allowance for smuggling and undervaluations, this total may have reached $200,000,000; possibly it may have exceeded those figures. However this may be, Cuba, under a satisfactory government and normal conditions, may be easily said to represent from $200,000,000 to $250,000,000 in the world's commerce. This fact gives some idea of the vast trade possibilities of Cuba after a complete rehabilitation and industrial reconstruction of the Island. In the following table the author has carefully compiled from the several available sources of information the average receipts from 1886 to 1897, inclusive, of the several custom-houses of Cuba: TOTAL CUSTOM-HOUSE RECEIPTS IN ISLAND OF CUBA FROM 1886 TO 1897, INCLUSIVE ------------------------+-----------------+----------------+--------- | Total for | Average per | Ratio of Custom-Houses. | Twelve Years. | Year. | Total. ------------------------+-----------------+----------------+--------- Havana | $106,132,753.38 | $ 8,844,396.11 | 69.9 Cienfuegos | 13,691,144.65 | 1,140,928.72 | 9.0 Matanzas | 9,381,754.10 | 781,812.84 | 6.2 Santiago de Cuba | 7,668,501.66 | 639,041.81 | 5.1 Cardenas | 4,363,935.76 | 363,661.32 | 2.9 Sagua la Grande | 2,994,082.56 | 249,506.88 | 2.0 Caibarien | 1,705,523.71 | 142,126.97 | 1.1 Nuevitas | 1,564,595.30 | 130,382.94 | 1.0 Guantanamo | 1,380,693.44 | 115,057.79 | 0.9 Gibara | 1,186,480.34 | 98,873.37 | 0.8 Manzanillo | 913,896.91 | 76,158.07 | 0.6 Baracoa | 373,498.11 | 31,124.85 | 0.2 Trinidad | 194,656.85 | 16,221.40 | 0.1 Santa Cruz | 107,935.59 | 8,994.63 | 0.1 Zaza | 91,276.51 | 7,606.38 | 0.1 ------------------------+-----------------+----------------+--------- Total | $151,750,728.87 | $12,645,894.08 | 100.00 ------------------------+-----------------+----------------+---------