684 



SPAIN. 



Chinese labor was another point that recom- 

 mended itself to the committee. According to 

 their report, Chinamen can be imported at an 

 expense of not more than $125 per head, the 

 whole or a greater part of which will be re- 

 funded by the laborer. Their labor can be 

 contracted for, for five years, at the rate of 

 fifty cents per day. 



At this convention the subject of direct trade 

 with Europe was discussed, and the committee, 

 to whom this topic had been referred, recom- 

 mended "the establishment of a permanent 

 line of freight and immigrant steamers to a 

 port in Europe, in shares of $25 each." As a 

 further means of improving the resources and 

 increasing the wealth of the State, the develop- 

 ment of manufactures was recommended to the 

 convention. It was contended that the staple 

 production, cotton, should be utilized at home, 

 and not be transported abroad at great cost to 

 be manufactured. 



In the following table is given the Federal 

 census, by counties, of the State for the years 

 1870 and 1860: 



SPAIN". During the year 1870 the country 

 continued under the provisional administra- 

 tion of the Regent, Marshal F. Serrano y Do- 

 minguez, Duke de la Torre, appointed on June 

 18, 1869. The Government of the United 

 States was represented at Madrid by Major- 

 General D. E. Sickles. Spanish ambassador 

 and minister at Washington, Don M. L. Ro- 

 berto, accredited March 19, 1869. The area 

 of Spain, inclusive of the Balearic and Canary 

 Islands, is 195,607 square miles. According 

 to a memorial published by the " Direccion 

 General de Estadistica" at Madrid, in 1870, the 

 population of Spain, excfusive of Tetuan, 

 was : 



Deccrab'r, i8G5... 16,408.821 

 IWiU... 10,545,882 

 1867... 16,701,179 

 1868... 16,732, C52 



The population of the colonies, according 

 to the latest official reports, was estimated 

 at 6,378,541. The population of the city of 

 Madrid is reported in the census of 1806 at 

 317,217. The budget for 1870-'7l estimates 

 the revenue as follows : 



Pwctns.* 



Direct taxes 199,338.005 



Taxes on rents and pensions 32 :: 



Indirect taxes 60,290,000 



State; monopolies (tobacco, lottery, and stamp- 

 tax) 161,188,250 



Revenue from state domains 71.870. 800 



Kevenue from the colonies 5,000,000 



War indemnity from Morocco and Cochin-china 3,500,000 

 Revenue from crown-lands 2,215,000 



Total 535,702,055 



The expenditure was estimated at 716,067,443 



Showing a deficit of 180,965,388 



The public debt, on the 31st of March, 1870' 

 amounted to 2,639,851,703 escudos; interest' 

 69,133,299 escudos (1 escudo equals 48 cents) 

 The annual contingent for the army has beea 

 fixed by law at 80,000 men. The active stand- 

 ing army in Spain is composed of 60,000 in- 

 fantry; 9,000 cavalry; 8,500 artillery; 2,500 

 sappers and miners; 13,000 civil guard; and 

 13,000 carabiniers : total, 106,000 men. The 

 army reserve of the first class numbers 30,000 

 men; second class, 80,000 men. Grand total 

 of the army in Spain, 216,000 men. The colo- 

 nial army is composed as follows : 



The militia, which forms the reserve of the 

 colonial army, numbers 8,000 infantry; 1,800 

 cavalry ; and an expeditionary corps of 33,000 

 men. Total military strength in Spain and 

 the colonies, 295,000 men. The marine, on 

 January 1, 18YO, consisted of 120 steamers, 

 carrying 787 guns, and 3 sailing-vessels, carry- 

 ing 32 guns ; in course of construction, 4 steam- 

 ers, counting 27 guns. The navy was under 

 command of 1 admiral, 6 vice-admirals, and 

 14 rear-admirals. 



The movement of shipping, during 1867, 

 was as follows : 



The merchant navy consisted of 

 3.051 sailing- vessels, of 98,026 tons, in the coastinfr-trade. 



102 steamers, of 20.275 tons, ' 



1,312 sailing-vessels, of 247,160 tons, seafaring. 



49 steamers, of 25,239 tons, 



* One peseta is equal to 19> cents. 



