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 COMMERCE

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The number of farm animals in 1919 was estimated as follows : — Horses, 594,351 ; mules, 1,069,408 ; asses, 1,014,026 ; cows, 3,396,573 ; sheep, 19,387,427 ; goats, 3,970,656 ; pigs, 4,228,964 ; camels (Canary Islands), 5,083.

Spain is rich in minerals. Iron is abundant in the provinces of Vizeaya, Santander, Oviedo, Navarre, Huelva, and Seville ; copper in the provinces of Seville, Cordoba, and Huelva ; coal is found in Oviedo, Leon, Gerona, Valencia, and Cordoba ; zinc in Santander, Murcia, Guipuzcoa, and Vizeaya ; cobalt in Oviedo ; lead in Murcia, Jaen, and Almeria : manganese in Oviedo, Huelva, and Seville ; quicksilver in Ciudad Real and Oviedo ; silver in Guadalajara ; sulphate of soda in Burgos ; salt in Guadalajara ; sulphur in Murcia and Almeria ; phosphorus in Caceres and Huelva. Platinum is reported to have bemi discovered in Spain in 1915.

In 1919 workers employed in connection with the mining industries were as follows : 131,015 men, 2,938 women, and 21.178 boys and girls under 18. The total value of the mineral output in 1919 was 499,662,644 pesetas at the pit mouth, there being 3,407 productive mining concessions covering an area of 310,969 hectares. Mining accidents caused 251 deaths. The quantities and values of the more important minerals in 1919 were as follows : —

Minerals

Metric tons

Value, Pesetas

Minerals Metric tons p^jjj*

Anthracite Asphalt

Mercury Sulphur

•

39S.771

4,564

24,966

89,586

103,608

804.414

154

25.035

4,640,061

431,189

19,410,062

50,443

6,356.435

l,310;i08

Coal. . . 5,304,S66 Lignite. . 539.*:.' \9. IS Manganese 66.685 1.329,598 Silver. J T«,«

Zinc

Copper.

Tin

Phosphorite

Iron

Iron pyrites

5,612,649 -.261

45,41*. 5,139,423

Lead. . 136.1S0 46,129,647 Argentiferous

lead. . 41.S7". 10,259,351 Salt . . . 37.SU1 607,700 Wolfram . . 337, 234,600

Spain has considerable manufactures of cotton goods, principally in Catalonia. In 1910 there were 742 undertakings employing about 68,300 looms, with 2,614,500 spindles ; in woollen manufactures there are 8,800 looms with 662,000 spindles. There are in Spain about 144 paper mills (likewise in Catalonia) making writing, printing, packing and cigarette paper. • There are 37 glass-making factories. Corks are manufactured to a large extent ; in 1913, 46,320 tons, of a value of 1,970,4207.; in 1917, 59,073 tons, of a value of 2,303,8477.

In the Spanish fisheries the total number of boats employed was in 1917 about 15,293, of which 751 are steamers ; fishermen, 86,287 ; and the value caught about 87,229,047 pesetas, representing a total weight of 135,607 tons. The most important catches are those of sardines, tunny fish, and cod. In Spain there are 677 factories, with 19,320 workmen, for the preparation of sardines and fish -preserves. The value of their output in 1917 was 63,174,390 pesetas.

Commerce.

Imports and exports in pounds sterling : —

Year

Imports

Exports

Tear

Imports

£

i

£

1914

42.015,356

35,237,733

1917

53,135,596

1915

48,269,492

50,331 HI

1918

24.3f>4,077

1916

51,238,860

55,109,3S9

1919

43,375,120

Exports

52.133.7S9

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