740 



SOUTH CAKOLINA. 



SPAIN. 



domestic servants, 10,654 laborers not speci- 

 fied, 387 lawyers, 789 physicians and surgeons, 

 and 1,074 teachers not specified ; in trade and 

 transportation, 8,470, including 2,084 clerks in 

 stores, 1,112 employes (not clerks) of railroad 

 companies, and 1,277 traders and dealers not 

 specified ; and in manufactures, mechanical and 

 mining industries, 13,794, of whom 2,454 were 

 carpenters and joiners. 



The State contained 3,010,539 acres of im- 

 proved land, 6,443,851 of woodland, and 2,650,- 

 890 of other unimproved land. The cash value 

 of farms was $44,808,763 ; of farming-imple- 

 ments and machinery, $2,282,946 ; total amount 

 of wages paid during the year, including value 

 of board, $7,404,297 ; total (estimated) value of 

 all farm-productions, including betterments 

 and additions to stock, $41,909,402 ; orchard- 

 products, $47,960 ; produce of market-gardens, 

 $127,459 ; forest-products, $167,253 ; home 

 manufactures, $312,191 ; animals slaughtered 

 or sold for slaughter, $2,507,149; all live-stock, 

 $12,443,510. There were 44,105 horses, 41,327 

 mules and asses, 98,693 milch-cows, 17,685 

 working-oxen, 132,925 other cattle, 124,594 

 sheep, and 395,999 swine. The chief produc- 

 tions were: 317,700 bushels of spring, and 

 465,910 of winter, wheat, 36,165 of rye, 7,614,- 

 207 of Indian-corn, 613,593 of oats, 4,752 of 

 barley, 460,378 of peas and beans, 83,252 of 

 Irish, and 1,342,165 of sweet, potatoes, 5,830 

 of clover-seed, 10,665 tons of hay, 224,500 bales 

 of cotton, 32,304,825 pounds of rice, 34,805 of 

 tobacco, 1,461,980 of butter, 184,253 of honey, 

 11,404 of wax, 1,055 hogsheads of cane-sugar, 

 13,179 gallons of wine, 211,815 of milk sold, 

 436,882 of cane, and 183,585 of sorghum, mo- 

 lasses. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 1,584, having 210 steam-engines 

 of 4,537 water-power, and 700 water-wheels 

 of 10,395 water-power, and employing 8,141 

 hands, of whom 7,099 were males above six- 

 teen, 578 females above fifteen, and 464 

 youth. 



The capital invested amounted to $5,400,418 ; 

 wages paid during the year, $1,543,715 ; value 

 of materials used, $5,855,736 ; of products, 

 $9,858,981. Among the leading industries 

 were 12 establishments for the manufacture 

 of cotton-goods, using 14 water-wheels of 

 955 horse-power, and employing 1,123 hands; 

 capital, $1,337,000 ; wages, $257,680; materi- 

 als, $761,469 ; products, $1,529,937; 624 flour- 

 ing and grist mills, using 79 steam-engines of 

 1,242 horse-power, and 537 water-wheels of 

 7,209 horse-power, and employing 1,138 hands; 

 capital, $835,814 ; wages, $109,386; materials, 

 $2,663,423; products, $3,180,247 ; 227 lumber- 

 mills, using 82 steam-engines of 2,315 horse- 

 power, and 114 water-wheels of 1,729 horse- 

 power, and employing 1,212 hands; capital, 

 $583,425 ; wages, $209,806 ; materials, $581,- 

 499; products, $1,197,005;. and 54 establish- 

 ments for the manufacture of tar and turpen- 

 tine, employing 876 hands ; capital, $205,425 ; 



wages, $123,645 ; materials. $422,378 ; prod- 

 ucts, $774,077. 



The total number of libraries, reported by 

 the census of 1870, was 1,663, containing 546,- 

 244 volumes. Of these, 922, with 397,020 vol- 

 umes, were private, and 741, with 149,224 

 volumes, other than private; among the latter 

 were 1 State library, with 2,700 volumes, 3 

 court and law, 6,324 volumes, 4 school, col- 

 lege, etc., 20,800 volumes, 647 Sabbath-school, 

 93,200 volumes, 84 church, 25,100 volumes, 

 and 2 circulating, 1,100 volumes. 



The total number of newspapers and periodi- 

 cals was 55, having an aggregate circulation of 

 80,900, and issuing annually 8,901,400 copies. 

 Of these, 5 were daily, with a circulation of 

 16,100; 4 tri-weekly, circulation 9,600; 42 

 weekly, circulation 44,000; 3 monthly, circu- 

 lation 10,000; and 1 quarterly, circulation 

 1,200. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 1,457, having 1,308 edifices, with 491,425 

 sittings, and property valued at $3.276,982. 

 The principal denominations were : 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



Total population 705,606 



Number of persons receiving support during the 



year ending June 1, 1870 2,343 



Cost of annual support $224,805 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870 2,071 



Native 1,994 



White 888 



SPAIN", a country in Southern Europe, 

 was, at the close of the year 1872, a king- 

 dom,* ruled by Amadeus I., second son of the 

 king of Italy, born on May 30, 1845; King 

 of Spain since December 4, 1870. King Ama- 

 deus was elected at a full meeting of the Cortes, 

 at which 311 members, out of a total of 345, 

 were present. The majority required by law 

 for the election of a monarch was 173, and the 

 king obtained 191 votes, the remainder being 

 given to three other candidates and in favor 

 of a republic. 



Spain is divided into forty-nine provinces, 

 which, according to the latest calculations 

 ("Gotha Almanac" for 1873), had the follow- 

 ing area, and, in 1867, the following popula- 

 tion : 



* On February 11, 1S73, the king abdicated, and Spain 

 became a republic. 



