Puerto Padre.-Travelers who visit Gibara should also visit Puerto Padre, a town of 8,000, which is 12 kilometers distant. Hotel: Garcia. Cuba to Porto Rico, Haiti, and Dominican Republic.-While in Santiago the traveler should consult the steamship agents concerning passage to Haiti, as it may be desirable to return and take a boat from there to Port au Prince in case a convenient sailing is not available from Kingston. The Empresa Naviera de Cuba has recently inaugurated a weekly service between Port au Prince and Santiago and return; time of trip, one day; fare, $34. The same line has also a monthly sailing from Habana, touching Santiago, Port au Prince, Santo Domingo, and San Juan.

NOTE. Some travelers desire to proceed to Porto Rico directly after covering Cuba. Satisfactory accommodations between either Habana or Santiago de Cuba and San Juan, or vice versa, are difficult to obtain. The Empresa Naviera de Cuba operates a biweekly passenger service from Habana to Dominican ports and San Juan and return, touching Santiago de Cuba each way. Their boats do not offer very satisfactory accommodations and are not to be recommended for long trips. Occasionally a sailing of a European vessel touching both Habana and San Juan may be had. Fare by Empresa Naviera from Santiago de Cuba to San Juan, $75; to Santo Domingo City, $65; to Puerto Plata, $51. From Habana to San Juan, $120; and to Port au Prince, $72.

Santiago de Cuba to Kingston, Jamaica.-Regular and frequent sailings are available between these two ports; the trip takes about a day and the approximate fare is $20.

JAMAICA

Kingston from New York, Central America, etc.-Kingston can be reached directly from New York by the weekly service of the United Fruit Co., which continues on to Cristobal, Cartagena, Puorto Colombia, and Santa Marta, returning via Cristobal and Kingston. In addition, a biweekly service is maintained by the same company from New York to Santiago, Kingston, Honduras, Guatemala, British Honduras, Kingston, Santiago, and return to New York. Fare, New York to Kingston, $102, Kingston to Puerto Castilla, $50; to Tela, $65; Puerto Cortez, $75; Puerto Barrios, $75; and Belize, $90.

Kingston, the capital, is the only city of real importance. It acts as the distributing center of the island, which annually imports approximately $25,000,000 worth of merchandise. All of the wholesale houses are located in Kingston and for those firms which sell exclusively to wholesalers the canvass will be completed in that city. In case a salesman desires to visit the smaller places, these can be reached by rail or automobile.

Hotels: Myrtle Bank, South Camp Road, and others. Rates vary with the seasons but are approximately $10 a day, American plan, for the first named and $6 to $7.50 a day for the latter.

Kingston to Port au Prince, Haiti.-Via the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. or the Horn Line. Time of trip, about 2 days; approximate fare, $40. If a sailing is not available, return to Santiago de Cuba and proceed from there to Port au Prince. Weekly sailings are also available by the United Fruit Co. steamship service for Cristobal; time, 2 days; cost, $50. From Cristobal two sailings a month are available for Port au Prince by vessels of the Panama Railroad Steamship Lines; time, 21⁄2 days; fare, $45.

HAITI

Haiti from New York.-Haiti can be reached directly from New York by the following lines: Panama Railroad Line, two sailings a month direct to Port au Prince; Royal Netherlands Steamship Co., weekly to Port au Prince and biweekly to Haitan ports; and the Colombian Line, weekly to Haitian parts. Approximate fares to Port au Prince and Cape Haitien, $60 and up.

Samples having no commercial value are admitted free into Haiti, but those having a commercial value are subject to the regular duties. In case samples are temporarily imported by a resident manager for placing orders, they must be regularly invoiced and pay a duty of 20 per cent, which is refunded if the samples are reexported within six months. Advertising matter is dutiable but the rates are low.

Haiti has two important commercial centers, Port au Prince and Cape Haitien. Although the former should be canvassed first, the latter is important and should also be visited. Very little business is transacted between the two cities and both import their requirements direct. Cape Haitien is well served with foreign steamship lines, and the merchants located there transact a fairly large volume of business. Agencies should be placed in both cities, if the most effective distribution is to be obtained.

Port au Prince, the capital and leading commercial center, has a population of 125,000. This should be canvassed thoroughly by the salesman, as it handles about 60 per cent of the total imports. It is also the leading export port, but the export trade is more evenly distributed and the share of the capital is only about 20 per cent.

Hotels: American, Montagne, Bellevue, and France. Rates, $3 to $4 a day, American plan. Desirable private hotels are available and well patronized, especially by those making an extended stay.

NOTE-If the traveler wishes to proceed directly to Santo Domingo City after covering Port au Prince, he may do so by automobile over the southern route in about 15 hours or more, depending on the condition of the roads. The cost is from $100 to $150. The Empresa Naviera de Cuba also has a monthly sailing between these two ports; time, two days; fare, about $40.

Port au Prince to Cape Haitien.-No rail connections exist between these two cities and it is necessary to make the trip by automobile over a fairly good road. The distance by road is about 275 kilometers and it is a day's trip. The cost is about $80, depending somewhat on the time of the year and the bargaining ability of the salesman. Also, if other people are making the trip at the same time and are not averse to sharing the car the individual cost may be lowered.

Cape Haitien (population 20,000) is, next to Port au Prince, the most important city and the distributing center for the large agricultural region in northern Haiti. It has steamship connections with New York and European ports and handles about 10 per cent of the imports and 15 per cent of the exports, principally coffee and logwood.

Hotels: Cosmopolitan, American, and Hotel de Paris; rates, $3 to $4. American plan.

Haiti to Panama, Venezuela, etc.-From Port au Prince two sailings a month are available via the Panama Railroad Steamship Line to Cristobal, Canal Zone, and New York. Sailings are also available for Curacao and Venezuelan ports by the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co.

Cape Haitien to Santiago, Dominican Republic, via Monte Cristi. By automobile over a good road most of the distance, all of it being improved. Occasional sailings are also available from Cape Haitien to Monte Cristi, a distance of 34 nautical miles. The approximate cost of automobile hire is $75.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Unsalable samples and those without commercial value are admitted into the Dominican Republic free, as is advertising matter intended for free distribution. No license or other tax is collected from commercial travelers.

Inasmuch as the traveler will pass through Monte Cristi he can, if desirable, canvass this town, as a number of houses with a good annual turnover are located there. It has a population of about 4,000 and is a port of some importance.

Santiago (population 20,000) is the largest city in northern Dominican Republic and is the chief commercial center of that region. It has a number of large wholesale houses which cover the surrounding districts, as well as numerous retailers who import merchandise directly. Effective distribution in the northern half of the Republic is often secured by placing an agency in this city, or else a subagency under the general agency at Santo Domingo. Hotels: Grand Hotel Sevilla, Frances, Santiago, and others. Rates, $3.50 per day, American plan, and up.

Santiago to Puerto Plata.-From Santiago a side trip can be made to Puerto Plata on the north coast. This city of 10,000 is the third port in importance and handles most of the imports for Santiago and the surrounding territory. The trip may be made by the Dominican Central Railway in about six hours.

Santiago to Santo Domingo.-Via a good road by either the busses which run regularly or by automobile. The distance is about 175 kilometers and it takes four to five hours. Cost of automobile hire, $30.

Santo Domingo is the capital and most important city in the Dominican Republic. Population, 35,000. This port handles nearly half of the total imports and carries on a large export business as well. The local houses in Santo Domingo canvass the remainder of the country-particularly the region in the south and southeast. The city has four hotels which are patronized by foreigners, Fausto, Colon, Frances, and Palace. Their rates range from $4 to $6 a day, American plan.

New York to Dominican ports.-The Clyde Steamship Co. operates a tri-weekly service from New York to the city of Santo Domingo and return, touching Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata, Sanchez, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo City, and Barahona. The trip from Monte Cristi to Santo Domingo City takes five days. Fare, New York to Dominican ports, $85 and up.

HAITI

Haiti from New York.-Haiti can be reached directly from New York by the following lines: Panama Railroad Line, two sailings a month direct to Port au Prince; Royal Netherlands Steamship Co., weekly to Port au Prince and biweekly to Haitan ports; and the Colombian Line, weekly to Haitian parts. Approximate fares to Port au Prince and Cape Haitien, $60 and up.

Samples having no commercial value are admitted free into Haiti, but those having a commercial value are subject to the regular duties. In case samples are temporarily imported by a resident manager for placing orders, they must be regularly invoiced and pay a duty of 20 per cent, which is refunded if the samples are reexported within six months. Advertising matter is dutiable but the rates are low.

Haiti has two important commercial centers, Port au Prince and Cape Haitien. Although the former should be canvassed first, the latter is important and should also be visited. Very little business is transacted between the two cities and both import their requirements direct. Cape Haitien is well served with foreign steamship lines, and the merchants located there transact a fairly large volume of business. Agencies should be placed in both cities, if the most effective distribution is to be obtained.

Port au Prince, the capital and leading commercial center, has a population of 125,000. This should be canvassed thoroughly by the salesman, as it handles about 60 per cent of the total imports. It is also the leading export port, but the export trade is more evenly distributed and the share of the capital is only about 20 per cent.

Hotels: American, Montagne, Bellevue, and France. Rates, $3 to $4 a day, American plan. Desirable private hotels are available and well patronized, especially by those making an extended stay.

NOTE-If the traveler wishes to proceed directly to Santo Domingo City after covering Port au Prince, he may do so by automobile over the southern route in about 15 hours or more, depending on the condition of the roads. The cost is from $100 to $150. The Empresa Naviera de Cuba also has a monthly sailing between these two ports; time, two days; fare, about $40.

Port au Prince to Cape Haitien.-No rail connections exist between these two cities and it is necessary to make the trip by automobile over a fairly good road. The distance by road is about 275 kilometers and it is a day's trip. The cost is about $80, depending somewhat on the time of the year and the bargaining ability of the salesman. Also, if other people are making the trip at the same time and are not averse to sharing the car the individual cost may be lowered.

Cape Haitien (population 20,000) is, next to Port au Prince, the most important city and the distributing center for the large agricultural region in northern Haiti. It has steamship connections with New York and European ports and handles about 10 per cent of the imports and 15 per cent of the exports, principally coffee and logwood.

Hotels: Cosmopolitan, American, and Hotel de Paris; rates, $3 to $4, American plan.

Line can thus be used if the salesman desires to omit the smaller islands to the east and proceed directly to Venezuela. Time, San Juan to Venezuelan ports, two days; fare, $30 to $50.

San Juan to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.-In proceeding to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, it would be well to ascertain in advance the sailings of the Colombian and the Furness Bermuda Lines, so that too much time will not be spent in the Virgin Islands, as in case of delay the extra time could probably be utilized to better advantage in Porto Rico. These two lines each have a monthly sailing from New York, with St. Thomas their first port of call.

The Bull Insular Line has sailings from San Juan every Friday for St. Thomas and St. Croix. The trip is made overnight, and the cost is $10 and up.

VIRGIN ISLANDS

St. Thomas is the principal stop in the Virgin Islands and the entrepôt and distributing center. The other important island of the group is St. Croix, which can be reached from St. Thomas by the Bull Insular Line, the Furness Bermuda (West Indies service) and Colombian Lines, and by local sailing vessels. There are two cities. on St. Croix-Frederiksted and Christiansted. The trip between these two can be made by automobile at an approximate cost of $6. Several houses doing both a wholesale and retail business are established on St. Croix. The British Virgin Islands can be reached from St. Thomas, but these are relatively unimportant, and there is no necessity for visiting them.

The Grand Hotel at St. Thomas has good accommodations at rates from $3 and up, American plan.

LESSER ANTILLES

Three lines operate on schedule through the Lesser West Indian Islands-the Colombian and Furness Bermuda Lines, From New York, and the Canadian Government Merchant Marine (Ltd.), from Halifax. The Colombian Line has a monthly service from New York, calling at St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbadoes, and then on to Paramaribo, returning via Dominica and St. Thomas. St. Thomas is reached the sixth day out, and the trip from that point to Barbados takes about eight days.

The Furness Bermuda Line (West Indies service) operates boats out of New York every month, reaching St. Thomas six days out and touching at St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, and Trinidad. The trip from St. Thomas to Trinidad, including calls, takes about eight days.

The Royal Mail Steam Packet formerly operated a fortnightly service from St. Johns and Halifax to Bermuda, St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, and Demerara. However, this service has been discontinued, as a result of the expiration of its contract with the Dominion