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Administration of the Marquis de la Torre--One of Cuba's Best Governors--Cleansing and Paving the Streets of Havana--New Public Buildings--Harbor Improvements--The First Theatre--Trinidad, Santiago and Puerto Principe also Renovated--Founding of Pinar del Rio and Other Towns--Reforms in Government--Havana a Beautiful and Prosperous City--Turgot's Warning to Spain Unheeded--Interest in the North American Revolution--Tariff Reform--The Currency--Jurisprudence.