. The Cuba review and bulletin. eceived: The long awaited highwiays are coming,for the government is diligently building the road to Port Viaro, and others, open-ipg up the interior, which will placeLa Gloria in communication with other citiesand towns, will follow. The water way toNuevitas and northbound steamers has like-Wise improved, and the sailboat of formerdays has given place to a trim little steam-er for at least a part of the way, and whenthe Zanja is deepened, a public improve-ment many times promised by the govern-ment, and now near realization, there will);e speedy communication b
. The Cuba review and bulletin. eceived: The long awaited highwiays are coming,for the government is diligently building the road to Port Viaro, and others, open-ipg up the interior, which will placeLa Gloria in communication with other citiesand towns, will follow. The water way toNuevitas and northbound steamers has like-Wise improved, and the sailboat of formerdays has given place to a trim little steam-er for at least a part of the way, and whenthe Zanja is deepened, a public improve-ment many times promised by the govern-ment, and now near realization, there will);e speedy communication between La Gloriaand Nuevitas and the markets of theUnited States. There are now probably 2,000 non-residentLa Gloria land owners, said Mr. Wilson,and their lands are being cared for by theresidents, who manv of them earn muchmoney each year in such services. Someof the finest plantations in La Gloria areowned by non-residents. The plantation ofthe Rev. I\Ir. Stuart, of London, Ont., isone of these and will yield this year about. A garJtii in La Gloria 3,ooo or 4000 boxes of oranges and otherfruit. His output represents about one-third of the entire output of the colony,which Mr. Wilson estimated would reachabout 15,000 boxes of fruit, oranges, grape-fruit, tangerines, etc. There are no data showing what percent-age of these non-resident holdings are be-ing improved, but it is probably a smallone. Neither is there data giving accurateinformation as to what is being done byresidents with their own holdings otherthan that conveyed by the information thatthe colony after seven years will pick about11,000 or 12,000 boxes of citrus fruits. Thereis not much money in the community, con-tinued Mr. Wilson, and those who are earn-ing some in caring for other peoples farmsare improving their holdings as rapidly aspossible. There is some income from garden prod-uce, sold in town and in neighboring vil-lages. But the home market is limited andCamaguey, a large city with about 25,
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