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300 miles, is situated at San Fernando (Cadiz). There are also wireless stations at Cartagena and Ferrol.

For 1920 the strength of the navy was fixed at 10,500 sailors and 4,222 marines. Total number of officers in active service in the navy, in- cluding all departmental corps: 1,373. Reserve: 103.

Production and Industry.

Spain is a preponderatingly agricultural country. Of the total number of inhabitants engaging in economic activities, 24*61 per cent, are engaged in agriculture, 0*23 per cent, in hunting and fishing, 0'42 per cent, in mining, 5 '02 per .cent, in manufacture, 073 percent, in transport, 0"74 per cent, in commerce, and 3 - 16 belong to the labouring classes.

Of the soil of Spain 88 '45 per cent, is classed as productive ; of this 35 '5 per cent, is devoted to agriculture and gardens, 2 - 5 vineyards, 2 - 9 olive culture, 25 '3 natural grass, 22 "2 fruits.

The soil is subdivided among a very large number of proprietors. Of 3,426,083 recorded assessments to the property tax, there are 624,920 properties which pay from 1 to 10 reales ; 511,666 from 10 to 20 reales ; 642,377 from 20 to 40 reales; 788,184 from 40 to 100 reales; 416,546 from 100 to 200 reales; 165,202 from 200 to 500 reales; while the rest, to the number of 279,188, are larger estates, charged from 500 to 10,000 reales and upwards. The subdivision of the soil is partly the work of recent years, for in 1800 the number of farms amounted only to 677,520, in the hands of 273,760 proprietors and 403,760 farmers.

The area under the principal crops and the yield (for 3 years) were as follows : —

Area.

Yield.

1918

1919

1920

1918

1919

1920

Acres.

Acres.

Acres.

Cwts.

Cwts.

Cwts.

Wheat.

10,348,537

10,499,667

10,374,712

73,86S,578

70,852,992

76,444,7S8

Barley.

4,258,S92

4,303,887

4,309,310

39,406,852

35,623,758

39,392,050

Oats.

1,524,453

1,613,842

1,600,600

8,840,600

9,555,892

10,966,284

Rye. ..

1,839,752

1,828,935

1,820,395

15,406,774

11,835,142

14,138.252

Maize.

1,182,742

1,193,155

1,181,577

12,204,502

12,982,452

14,068,432

Millet.

5,437

5,302

4,940

42,436

39,856

41,798

Meslln. . . 1

108,822

110,232

107,580

047,728

690,998

681,780

Rice

111,807

113,400

121,287

4,152,908

0,053,800

6,788,790

Beans.

498,385

490,200

189,063

4,012,11(1

3,670,448

Kidney Beans. 1

794,607

790,390

798,435

8,022,040

8,418,998

3,765,424

Peas

138,007

142,315

153,527

747,774

844,788

Chick Peas

502, 207

556,365

607,365

2,334,548

2,371,840

2,798,702

Lentils.

80,937

75,535

82,047

886,998

423,582

505,754

Tares.

457,105 159 47**

480,752

1 Ztl OUR

494,185 104,842

1,748,414 998*699

2,12S,044 1,027,252

2,708,692 1,148,898

Vetches. .

lot ,t'00

In 1920, 3,289,714 acres were under vines(3, 300,965 acres in 1919)and pro- duced 9,576,528,864 pounds of grapes (7,914,252,192 pounds in 1919), yielding ordinary red and white wines tc the extent of 706,756,116 gallons (543,904,788 gallons in 1919). Sherry, nialaga, and generous wines were exported. 3,929,772 acres (1919) under olives yielded 1,818,100 tons of olives and 336,393 tons of oil. Other products are esparto, flax, hemp, pulse ; oranges and hazel nuts are largely exported, and Spain has important industries connected with the preparation ol wine and fruits. Silk culture is carried on in Valencia, Murcia, and other provinces. There are 28 (cane) sugar factories and 46 (beet-root) sugar factories in Spain. The production in 1919 of the former was 6,278 metric tons and of the latter 104,949 metric tons.