PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY — COMMERCE
1019
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1895
1896
Coal .... Iron ore Pig lead .
Tons 1,739,075 5,514,339 160,786
Tods 1,830,771 6,808,000 170,790
Copper ore .
Zinc (calamine) .
Iron pyrites
Manganese
Salt ....
2,800,000
44,000
60,267
10,162
326,320
2,825,000
45,000
200,000
100,000
350,000
Silver .......
Mercury
Kilogrammes 58,546 1,506,000
Kilogrammes
222,900 1,513,999
The smelting works number 132, with 16,310 workmen. The value of the mineral output is 108,221,668 pesetas ; and of the metallic produce, 141,476,545 pesetas. In addition to the industries connected with wine, fruits, olives, &c., Spain has considerable manufactures of cotton goods, employing about 68,300 looms, with 2,614,500 spindles, also paper works, and manufactures of articles in wood and cork.
Concerning Spanish fisheries, the most recent statistics relate to 1892. In that year the total number of boats employed was 14,726; fishermen, 67,197 ; weight of fish caught, 82,813,978 kilogrammes of the value of 38,241,093 pesetas. The most important catches are those of sardines, tunny fish, and cod. In Spain there are 409 factories, with 16,509 work- men, for the preparation of sardines. The value of their output is about 15,000,000 pesetas annually.
Commerce,
The total imports and exports of Spain (including the precious metals) wore as follows in five years : —
Year
Imports
Exports
Pesetas
Pesetas
1894
710,543,401
579,929,271
1895
703,792,444
692,635,935
1896
750,479,067
895,338,618
1897
784,196,987
979,545,623
1898
595,925,751
859,747,055
The following table shows the various classes of imports and exports for 1897 and 1898 :—
Description
Imports
1897
Stone, minerals, glassware ami pottery
Metals and their manufactures
Drugs aTid chemical products.
Cotton and its manufactures .
Other vegetable flbres and manu factur^s
Pesetas
72,715,632 24,651,056 60,183,616 03,300,414
22,822,432
1898
Exports
1S97
Pesetas
58,120,006 16,850,248 53,239,528 80,831,060
21,848,147
Pesetas
126.508,381
100,230,107
23,861,030
61,877,498
4,098,348
1898
Pesetas
127,217,080
101,303,110
22,291,954
37,948,584
2,564,513
