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Show The state department has received a Ftatemeut showing the large increase in shipments made by New York merchants mer-chants to Havana during September and October last under the Spanish reciprocity re-ciprocity treaty, which tvent into effect two months ago. Shipments of machinery ma-chinery for the manufacture of sugar have Iieen greater than ever before. Leading provision merchants in Havana estimate that when the treaty provision as to a reduction in the duty on flour takes place, January 1st next, the imports from the United States to Cuba will reach 1,000,000 barrels per annum, or more than double the present total consumption. |