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SPAIN

There are Consular representatives at Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Newport, Swansea.

2. Of Great Britain in Spain.

Ambassador.— at. Hon. Sir Maurice de Bunsen, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., C.B., appointed Feb. 1906.

Councillor.—^. A. Rennie, M.V.O.

Secretaries.— QloxxA Russell, Hon. Mervyn Herbert, and C. L. Kamsden.

Naval ^««c;t^.— Captain AV. Kelly, K.N. ,. .r ^ -r^ c- r^

Military Attache.— lA^\\t-Qo\. Hon. Henry Yarde-Buller, M.V.O., D.b.O.

Consul-General (at Barcelona).— J. F. Roberts, C.M.G.

There are Consular representatives at Bilbao, Cadiz, Coruiia, Madrid, and other places.

Colonies.

The area and population of the colonial possessions of Spain are ap- proximately as follows: —

Colonial Possessions

Possessions in Africa: Rio de Oro and Adrar Spanish Guinea. Fernando Po, Annabon, Little Elobey.

Corisco, Great Elobey,

Total, Africa.

Area: English square miles

73,000 12,000

814

85,814

Population

12,000 200,000

23,844

235,844

For administrative purposes the Canary Islands are considered part of Spain. Rio de Oro and Adrar, stretching southwards along the Sahara coast from the south-western frontier of Morocco, are under the _ governor- ship of the Canary Islands, with a sub-governor resident at Rio cie Oro. The Spanish territory on the Gulf of Guinea, extends from the Mum to the Campo river and the German Kamerun, its eastern boundary being on the meridian of 11° 20' E. of Greenwich. The coast region is low and marshy and contains vast forests. The vegetation is luxuriant and at l)laces along the coast there are Spanish, French and English lactones. But there are no harbours and the rivers are all inaccessible to vessels, ihe l)opulation comprises about 300 Europeans. There are Catholic and Anierican Presbyterian missions at work among the natives. Spain has given to France the right of pre-emption in case of the sale of any of these African colonies or the adjacent islands.

The budget for 1911 estimates the revenue and expenditure ot the colonies each at 2,758,948 pesetas.

Books of Reference concerning: Spain and Colonies.

Tlie publications of the Departments of Agriculture, Conniierce and Public Works; of Public Instruction; of Marine; of War; of Finance; of the Instituto Geograhco > Estadi.stico (Census, &c ). , ..., , ^i,i„„:/„ ^ia

NomenclWde las ciudades, villas, lugares, aldeas, y demas entidades de poblacion de Espana, forniado por la Direccion General del Instituto Geograflco y Lstadistico, con referencia al 31 de Dicienibre de 1900. 2 vols. Madrid, 1004.

Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series and Miscellaneous Series. Loudon.

Baedeker's Spain and Portugal. 3rd cd. Leipzig, 1908.

iirtfd (T.), Historia de Espana. Barcelona, 1011. „, . , ,on.

Barrio y Mier (M.), Hiatoria del Derecho espaiiol. 2 torn. Madrid, 1804.