The presses of Havana, the cedula that banned them, and the apprentices two public bodies paid for in 1800

A press was licensed in Havana in 1735; a royal cedula of 1774 refused a second one and forbade any press but the government's; the Captains General did not enforce it and four offices were working by 1800. The trade had no compositors, so the economic society and the Real Consulado advertised paid apprenticeships - ten pesos a month, clothing and keep, three years, an examination every six months. Of five candidates, none met the conditions.