1296 spain
still largely used. They are : — The Quintal = 220 4 lbs. avoirdupois ; the Libra = 1 - 014 lbs. avoirdupois ; the Arroba, for wine = Z\ imperial gallons ; for oil = 2f imperial gallons ; the Square Vara = 1 "09 vara = 1 yard ; the anega =1£ imperial bushel.
Diplomatic and Consular Representatives.
1. Of Spain in Great Britain. Ambassador. — Alfonso Merry del Val (appointed March 16, 1913). Minister-Counsellor. — Manuel Gomez y Garcia Barzanallana.
Firtt Secretary. — Alberto Aguilar.
Second Secretary. — Fernando Vakles.
Third Secretary. — Louis Olivares.
Attache's. — Eduardo M. Pena, Marquis de Murrieta, Jose F. Villaverde, and Pedro de Zulueta.
Military Attache'. — Lieut. -Colonel Fernando Rich y Font.
Naval Attache. — Captain Manuel Vierna.
Consul-General in London. — Jose Congosto (appointed February 6, 1913).
There are Consular representatives at Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, New- castle, and Southampton ; and Consular agents in all the principal towns.
2. Of Great Britain in Spain.
Ambassador. — The Rt. Hon. Sir Esme Howard, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O. (appointed September 3, 1919).
Counsellor. — C. J. Wingfield.
Secretaries. — Hon. M. Herbert and J. V. Perowne.
Military Attache'.— Col. A. W: F. Baird, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Commercial Secretaries. — U. de B. Charles, and Stanley Gordon Irving.
Consul-General (at Barcelona). — A. L. S. Rowley.
There are Consular representatives at Bilbao, Cadiz, Coruna, Madrid. Seville, Malaga, Almeria, Valencia, 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
Ifti
Spanish Ouinea
Fernando Po, Annobon, Coriseo, Great Klobey, |
Little Elobey I 814 18,844
Spanish Morocco 1 ; 7,700 600,000
Area: English p opulation
square miles l
109,200
965 20.000
9,470 200,000
Total, Africa | 128,14 844,330
i ate Morocco.
For administrative purposes the Canary Islands are considered part of Spain. The area of the islands is 8,342 square miles, and their population 506,414.
Rio de Oro and Adrar, stretching from the Wadi Draa 29° N. and 11° 4' \V. to Cape Blanco 20° 46' N. and 17° 3' W. Politically there are three zones:— (1) Colony of Rio de Oro, 26° N. to 20° 46' N., an area of 65,500 square miles ; (2) the Protectorate, between 27° 40' N. and 26° N. bordered on the East by 8° 40' W., an area of 34,700 square miles ; (3) the occupied territory, between 27° 40' N. and the Wadi Draa, an area of about
