such tabulation the sum of three and one-half (34) cents for each person, and one (1) cent for each building enumerated, as follows: Eight-tenths (0.8) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 1 and 2. Three-tenths (0.3) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 3 and 4. Three-tenths (0.03) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 5 and 7. Forty-five hundredths (0.45) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 8, 9, and 10. Seventy-five hundredths (0.75) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Nine-tenths (0.9) of one cent per person on completion of the tabulation of tables 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21. The payments for tabulating tables 1 and 2, and for tabulating tables 3 and 4, are to be made on the completion of such tables for each province of Cuba and department of Porto Rico, and for the remaining tables 5 to 22 inclusive, on completion of such tables for each island. The party of the second part agrees to commence such tabulation without delay upon receipt of the schedules from the party of the first part, and to proceed with and complete said tabulation with diligence and dispatch. The party of the second part further agrees to tabulate the schedules relating to agriculture and schools for said islands according to such tables as may be required by the party of the first part, for which tabulations the party of the first part agrees to pay to the party of the second part, in addition to the payments above provided for, the actual cost of such tabulation (which shall include rent, clerk hire, material, and all other expenses) plus ten (10) per cent of such cost for the services of the party of the second part for superintending and directing the work. The party of the first part may at any time discontinue the tabulation of the schedules relating to agriculture and schools by giving written notice to that effect to the party of the second part; and in such event all records and results are to be delivered to the party of the first part, and the party of the second part shall be paid for the cost of the work plus said ten (10) per cent for services, to the date of the receipt of such notice by the party of the second part. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have executed this agreement in quadruplicate, and have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals this 1st day of February, A. D. 1900. Signed by contracting parties and witnessed. List of governors of the island of Cuba-Continued. Date. From June 1, 1834, to Apr. 16, 1838.. 89 From Apr. 16, 1838, to Feb., 1840.. 90 Feb., 1840, to May 10, 1841. Name, etc. Francisco Garcia Osorio, Governor-General. Gaspar de Torres, Governor-General, provisional. Juan Maldonado Balnuevo, Captain-General. Geronimo de Quero, Captain-General, provisional. Francisco de Venegas, Captain-General. Juan Esquivil, Captain-General, provisional. Juan Riva Martin, Captain-General, provisional. Juan Bitrian de Viamontes, Captain-General. Diego de Villalba, Captain-General. Severino de Manraneda, Captain-General. Pedro Alonso, Captain-General. Juan de Prado Portocarrero, Captain-General. Ambrosio Villalpando, Count of Riela, Captain-General. Diego Manrique, Captain-General. Pascual Jimenez de Cisneros, Captain-General, provi sional. Antonio M. Bucarely, Captain-General. Marqués de la Torre, Captain-General. Diego J. Navarro, Captain-General. Juan M. Cagigal, Captain-General. Luis de Unzaga, Captain-General, provisional. Bernardo Troncoso, Captain-General, provisional. José Espeleta, Captain-General, provisional. Domingo Cabello, Captain-General, provisional. Domingo Cabello, Captain-General, provisional. José Cienfuegos, Captain-General. Juan M. Cagigal, Captain-General. Sebastian Kindelan, Captain-General, provisional. Dionisio Vivés. Given absolute authority by royal decree of 1825. Mariano Rocafort. Given absolute authority by royal decree of 1825. Miguel Tacon. Given absolute authority by royal decree of 1825. Lieut. Gen. Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain-General. Lieut. Gen. Joquin Ezpeleta y Enrille. Lieut. Gen. Pedro Tellez de Gironm, Prince of Anglona. No. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 List of governors of the island of Cuba-Continued. Date. From May 10, 1841, to Sept. 15, 1843.. Sept. 15 to Oct. 26, 1843 Oct. 26, 1843, to Mar. 20, 1848. From Mar. 20, 1848, to Nov. 13, 1850. From Nov. 13, 1850, to Apr. 22, 1852. From Apr. 22, 1852, to Dec. 3, 1853... From Dec. 3, 1853, to Sept. 21, 1854.. From Sept. 14, 1854, to Nov. 24, 1859.. From Nov. 14, 1859, to Dec. 10, 1862. From Sept. 24, 1867, to Dec. 12, 1867.. From May 8 to June 8, 1875.. From Oct. 8, 1876, to Feb. 5, 1879.. From Feb. 5, 1879, to Apr. 17, 1879.. From Apr. 17, 1879, to Nov. 28, 1881.. From Nov. 28, 1881, to Aug. 5, 1883.. From Aug. 5, 1883, to Sept. 28, 1883 From Sept. 28, 1883, to Nov. 8, 1884 From Nov. 8, 1884, to Mar. 25, 1886. From Mar. 25, 1886, to July 15, 1887. 124 From July 15, 1887, to Mar. 13, 1889 125 From Mar. 13, 1889; died Feb. 6, 1890.. 126 From Feb. 6, 1890, to Apr. 4, 1900.. 127 From Apr. 4, 1890, to Aug. 20, 1890 128 From Aug. 20, 1890, to June 20, 1892. 129 From June 20, 1892; died July 15, 1893. From July 15, 1893, to Sept. 5, 1893. From Sept. 5, 1893, to Apr. 16, 1895. From Apr. 16, 1895, to Jan. 20, 1896.. From Jan. 20, 1896, to Feb. 11, 1896 From Feb. 11, 1896, to Oct. 31, 1897. From Oct. 31, 1897, to Nov. 30, 1898 From Nov. 30, 1898, to Jan. 1, 1899, at 12 noon. 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 Name, etc. Lieut. Gen. Gerónimo Valdes y Sierra. Lieut. Gen. of the Royal Navy, Francisco Javier de Ulloa, provisional. Lieut. Gen. Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris, Count of Lucena. Lieut. Gen. Federico Roncali, Count of Alcoy. Lieut. Gen. José Gutierrez de la Concha. Lieut. Gen. Valentín Cañedo Miranda. Lieut. Gen. Juan de la Pezuela, Marquis de la Pezuela. Lieut. Gen. José Gutierrez de la Concha, Marquis of Habana, second time. Lieut. Gen. Francisco Serrano, Duke de la Torre. Lieut. Gen. Francisco Lersundi. Lieut. Gen. Joaquin del Manzano y Manzano. Lieut. Gen. Blás Villate, Count of Valmaseda. Lieut. Gen. Domingo Dulce y Garay, second time. bana. Lieut. Gen. Buenaventura Carbó, provisional. Lieut. Gen. Blás Villate, Count of Valmaseda, third time. Lieut. Gen. Cayetano Figueroa y Garaondo, provisional. Lieut. Gen. Luis Prendergast y Gordon, Marquis of Victoria de las Tunas. General of Division Tomás de Reyna y Reyna, provisional. General of Division José Sanchez Gómez, provisional. General of Division José Arderius y García, provisional. Capt. Gen. Arsenio Martinez Campos. MEMORANDUM ON TERRITORIAL CHANGES SINCE 1861. A glance at two maps of Cuba, one published about the middle of this century and one of later date than 1878, shows at once two different sets of political subdivisions in the island. For a comparison of the census of 1861 with that of 1887 it is necessary, first of all, to determine as exactly as possible what relation the limits of the provinces, the largest political divisions of the island in 1887, bear to the much smaller distritos gubernativos existing in 1861. This is in order one may be sure that the statistics which are to be compared deal in every case with identical areas. At the time of the census of 1861 Cuba was divided into two departments-the departamento occidental and the departamento oriental. The former-the western department-was by far the larger, comprising fully two-thirds of the island and containing twenty-four distritos gubernativos. The eastern department contained but eight distritos gubernativos. The division into departments seems to have been a military one, and of little administrative importance. By a royal decree in 1878 Cuba was divided into six provinces. These in turn were subdivided into judicial districts (partidos judiciales), each of which was composed of one or more parishes (ayuntamientos). A Spanish authority" gives the following reasons for this change: "The royal decree of June 9, 1878, promulgated by the minister for the provinces beyond the sea (ultramar), changed the political and administrative organization of the island of Cuba, making a division of her territory in harmony with her necessities and the growth of her material interests. The political disturbances in the island had produced the serious civil war, provoked by the enemies of Spanish domination in the Antilles. The war made necessary an organization essentially military, adjusted to the conditions required for strategy. This has now been continued for some years after the pacification of the country, until the minds of the people have been calmed, and the benefits of peace, fostering all classes of legitimate interests, have allowed the military activity to lessen and to yield to the civil power the initiative and influence belonging to it. "By virtue of said royal decree the territory of the island of Cuba was divided into the following six provinces: Pinar del Rio, Habana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Puerto Rico, and Santiago de Cuba, having at the head of each a civil governor, who is directly under the Governor-General of the island." It was not possible to find in the documents examined any specific statement in regard to the areas of the provinces established by the above decree of 1878. It therefore became desirable to ascertain what light the maps of Cuba could throw on the subject. Fortunately, there is in the Congressional Library a large collection of maps of the island, from among which were selected, as being the clearest and most authoritative, the large map of Cuba published in 1861 by J. H. Colton, New York, the small hand map published by the same firm in 1860, the large map of Cuba made by D. Gordon Gonzalez and published by La Propaganda Literaria in Habana, in 1861, and the large map published by the United States War Department in 1898. The Colton maps show better than any of the other maps in the Library the division into distritos gubernativos as they existed at the time of the census of 1861. The Gonzalez map of 1881 also gives them, but not clearly. No good map of date corresponding to the census of 1887 was to be found, and therefore a careful comparison of the Gonzalez map of 1881 was made with the United States War Department map of 1898. There are maps in the Library collection bearing dates between 1887 and 1898, but they are small and do not appear to be trustworthy. The United States War Department map of 1898 is not only the most recent, but it is far the best and most complete of all the maps of Cuba in the Library collection. One minor difference in the boundary lines of the provinces between the War Department map of 1898 and the Gonzalez map of 1881 will be explained in detail later in this report. Substantially, however, the boundaries of the provinces have remained unchanged since 1878. A comparison of the various maps cited above shows that as a general rule the division lines between the provinces of 1887 and later coincide with the boundaries of the distritos of 1861. Thus Pinar de Rio province comprises the four distritos—Pinar del Rio, Bahia Honda, Guanajay or Mariel, and San Cristobal, its eastern boundary following the eastern boundaries of Guanajay and San Cristobal. 1 Spanish census of 1860. Resena Geografica y Estadistica de Espana, Madrid, 1888, pp. 1062, 1063. |
