Show The rule In Havana has been to steal about half the money received at the customhouse The American officers have employed Spaniards mostly or Cubans rather and they have had a world of trouble with them because of their disposition to steal And still the gross revenues from custom duties col lected l there during tho year 1890 exceeded ex-ceeded 11000000 or about S2000000 luc lu-c < oss of the War departments original I origi-nal estimate Other ports pn the l Island probably contributed from 3000000 to 1000000 more so that the Cuban revenue reve-nue for customs during lS9 seems likely like-ly to exceed 15000000 When the fields that have been devastated begin again to produce their crops In full so that the people who own the estates can Import the regular amount of merr chan lse there ought to be no trouble about the revenues to make that the loveliest snot on earth |